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Chapter 10: Thoughts And Revelations
Walking back into the house, Walter looked at his parents and laid the paperwork down on the table in front of them saying, "Merry Christmas. I know its a little late but you now officially have a grandson."
Looking at Sean who was smiling at Ralph, Louise asked, "What you are talking about Walter and Sean what do you know?"
Sean just said, "Ask your son."
"Walter?"
"Long story short at this point, I just signed papers getting parental rights to Ralph. As far as the rest of the story of everything else that is going on at this point, it will just have to wait until Paige and the rest of the team gets here which will be either late tonight or tomorrow sometime. My guess is she will be here late tonight due to the fact that one of my clients, who I also consider a friend, owns two planes and I'm 98% sure she will hijacked one of them."
Smiling at the thought of having a grandchild, Louise went over to give Walter a hug as well as Ralph. "I am so happy for the you both." looking at Drew, "Thank you for allowing this to happen."
"Your welcome.", said Drew. Soon after the announcement was made Mr. and Mrs. Flanagan decided to leave. "Louise, since you have extra company to get ready for I think we should take our leave. Unless you need the help to prepare for them then I will be happy to stay and help.", said Darby who was actually making an excuse to stick around to gossip. "No, but thanks Darby, I can handle it from here. Besides, I have plenty of people around here to help with any preparations for the people who will be in here by tomorrow's end." With that being said Mr. and Mrs. Flanagan left, leaving the rest inside to talk and try to explain a little on what was going on and why the trio was here in the first place.
As Paige and Cabe got back to the garage the rest of the team had already arrived with bags packed and ready to go to Ireland.
"I can't believe Ralph was holding out on us. How did he find Walter so quickly when we have been looking for him practically non-stop?", asked Sly.
"Well you know Walt, he wouldn't just up an abandon jr. genius.", said Toby.
"True but Ralph said he wouldn't help find Walter but yet he did and then took off after Walt. What was he thinking he could accomplish that we couldn't?", asked Happy.
"Well, actually, Ralph said he wouldn't help us find Walter, he never said he wouldn't try to find him on his own but I am quite curious on how he did it and such a short time at that.", said Sly.
"Look, we are all curious on how Ralph managed to find Walter but we won't get those answers until we have both of them in front of us.", said Cabe.
"Walter is ok for all of us showing up like this, right?", asked Sly a little nervously.
"Yes Sly. He does know and as a matter of fact, he asked me to bring you guys along." said Paige.
"Well, that is good. At least it is a start to healing this team and we do need to heal before we can take anymore cases.", said Toby.
"I agree.", said Cabe.
With the team in agreement on what needs to be done, Paige walked away from the group. She sent a text to Linda to let her know that Walter was ok and in Ireland with his family. After all she did promise her that she would do that. Then she made a phone call to Richard Elia. During her meeting with him that she had the other day, he did tell her to call him no matter what time of day or night to let him know that Walter had been found.
"Hello."
"Richard."
"Yes."
"Hey this is Paige.
"Oh Paige, have you found Walter?" asked a sleepy sounding Richard.
"Yes. You said to call you no matter what time of day or night to let you know that Walter has been found. His parents called us to let us know that he was there with them in Ireland. Now, there is a huge favor that I need to ask of you. My son, Ralph, was also looking for him and found him and did not tell us and then took off to Ireland himself, along with my mother and my ex. So, can I borrow plane so I can get over there to get my son and maybe try to bring Walter home as well?
"Yes of course Paige, I will have a plane ready and waiting for you at Burbank Airfield in say about two hours. Just let me know how many people will be on board."
"The entire team will be going to Ireland. Now, I am planning on sending two people back immediately so you don't have to worry about your pilot bringing back an empty plane."
"Don't worry about that Paige, just bring Walter back home will you. I feel like I need to apologize to him for what has happened this past week."
"Ok Richard, thanks." said Paige.
Hanging up her phone and walking back towards the group, "Guys, Richard Elia is letting us borrow a plane. We leave in two hours.", said Paige.
"So, it is currently 4:30am here so we will land in Ireland around 6:30pm there.", said Sly.
"Well, lets go, we can sleep on the plane.", said Cabe.
Everyone was sitting around the table making small talk when Walter got up from the table and went into the living room where Ralph had retreated too not three minutes ago.
"Hey bud, you ok?"
"Yea, I just got a little board in there."
"Yea, I can relate. You want to come upstairs for a minute?"
"Sure."
Walter and Ralph both got up to go upstairs. Before going up Walter called to his mom.
"Hey, Mom."
"Yes, dear."
"Do you still have my old telescope?"
"If we do, it would probably be in the attic."
"Ok."
On the way upstairs to the attic, both geniuses stopped by Walter's old room. Ralph looked around the room in fascination and saw the one thing that caught his attention. He saw the blue prints to the space shuttle that got Walter in trouble in the first place.
"Dad, would it be alright if I can take this back with me when we go back to LA?"
"What is that?"
"This." pointing at the blueprints and looking at Walter.
"Sure, I don't see why not. Is there a particular reason you want that?"
Unaware that they had company, Sean stood outside the door just listening to the interactions between Walter and Ralph.
"Yes, there is a reason actually but I would like to keep it to myself for now if that is ok."
Sure, that is ok. We will take it down before you go back to LA."
"How about before we go back to LA."
Chuckling a little, "Ok, Ralph before we go back to LA. Come on, I want to see if my old telescope is up here and if so see if anything needs to be replaced on it."
"Ok."
Walking up to the attic, Walter started looking for his telescope that he had as a kid. But for Ralph, he felt like he found a treasure trove to Walter's past. While looking, Sean walked in and watched in aw at how easily Walter and Ralph interacted and felt a little pang of jealously because he wished that Walter and him had that type of connection when he was Ralph's age.
"Do you two any help?", asked Sean.
"Maybe a little considering a certain 12-year-old is occupied with other things.", said Walter.
Chuckling, "Ok. What are you looking for exactly?"
"My old telescope."
"Oh cool.", exclaimed Ralph with a gleam in his eyes.
"Did you find the telescope?", asked hopeful Walter.
"No. But I did find an old book."
"Cool but that is not what we are up here looking for."
"I think it is, the only thing is that nothing appears to be in English. That's why it is so cool to me."
"I guess it would. Let me see it.", asked Walter.
Looking at the book, "It is in Gaelic Irish.", said Walter.
"Can you translate it to me later?"
"Yes, I will read it to you at bedtime.",
"Ok, cool."
"Good, now how about you helping with finding the telescope?"
"Ok."
Finally finding the telescope, they went downstairs and Walter gave the task of dissembling and cleaning it to Ralph while he went outside to the barn to help his dad like he had planned.
"Hey Walter.", called Drew.
Turning around, "Drew."
"Do you need any help. I mean since I'm here I might as well find something to do while I await my judge, jury, and executioner."
Giving a 'you deserve it look', "Yea, you can help, by the way where is Veronica?"
"I left her in there with your mother and Ralph."
"I think I am going to run inside for a moment. Knowing Veronica, I think I need to have a quick chat with her."
"Why, don't you trust Veronica alone with your Mother. After all she is Paige's mother?", ask Sean who was smiling at Walter trying not to laugh.
"No, actually, I don't.", said Walter who immediately went walking back towards the house.
Drew looked at Sean puzzled at Walter's reaction.
"What was that all about?"
"Well, given the situation, has your mother ever met Paige's mother?"
"No, Paige's mother wasn't around when we were together. Then again, Paige only met my mother on a handful of occasions. Why?"
"Did they get along?"
"My mother tolerated Paige at the beginning and when she found out that we were expecting Ralph, she, well...lets just say she never wanted to see Paige around the house again. And I am being nice about it."
"That is too bad."
"That still doesn't explain Walter's reaction"
"Do you think your mother and Veronica would have gotten along?"
"I don't know, I doubt it but then again I only just met Veronica a few days ago and I know a little about why she wasn't in Paige's life but I think you should hear that explanation from Paige. Why?
"Oh ok, then I will just have to wait on Paige to talk about her mother. In the mean time I will try to explain as to why I asked you that question. The one thing that you would hope for would be that both yours and her parents would get along. That in and of itself makes for an easier family gathering when both sides of the family can get along. Then on the other hand, when they don't get along it makes for a lot of difficulties because one side or the other may think their child isn't good enough for the other or the couple in the middle has to decide on who's house to spend certain holidays or other special occasions. From what you just said about your mother not liking Paige, that seems like the likely scenario with your mother. She didn't think Paige was good enough for you so when the unexpected pregnancy popped up that was all the more reason to think ill of Paige because she was young and, probably to your mother, had no sense of direction. What were you like back then?"
"I was young and maybe a little wild. We were both young and in college. I was going to college on a baseball scholarship and that was all I really wanted to do. Ralph really wasn't part of the plan. He just happened. When I got signed on to the minor leagues I thought it was my ticket to the majors like I always wanted. I never thought about how I was going to do that with a girlfriend and baby to take care of. I tried, believe me I really tried but I was young and didn't know what I was doing. I ended up going from one minor team to another and then Paige kept saying something was wrong with Ralph. She kept saying he wasn't acting like the rest of the kids his age and I thought it was just her. He was a baby after all and I didn't know any better or how to determine that something was really wrong with him. I mean, he did seem slow, for example: When he was about a year old, I rolled a ball to him and he just looked at for the longest time. I tried to coax him to roll it back to me but he would just kind of turned it around examining it. He eventually rolled it back but after that he acted like it was nothing special. The other toys had, he would treat it like the same way, he would examine it and play with them for a moment then he acted like he was bored with, almost like he had no use for it anymore. When he was two, Paige insisted on taking him to a doctor to see what was wrong with him because she truly believe something was wrong because he never did act like the kids in the day care he was in while I was training. I finally agreed to it and after a few visits and a few test were ran, the doctor came back and said he was developmentally delayed and mentally challenged. He basically told me that my son was never going to be that normal little boy that I wanted to play ball with when he got older. Soon afterwards the fights between us began and increased to the point that I just didn't want to go home anymore. I didn't know how to be a father to a special needs child. I even began to blame Paige for doing something that I didn't know about during her pregnancy that ruined our child for life. Needless to say, I told my mother about Ralph's behavior and she immediately began blaming Paige as well, saying she done something that she shouldn't have during her pregnancy and how it was all her fault and that I should just up an leave. We weren't married after all and I should just cut all ties with her and walk away. Sorry to say, I listened and gave up on them both. It didn't help that my baseball career was my one true love over both of them. Looking back, I was never really ready to be a dad. I was too young and I still wanted to see the world from the front seat not sitting in back wishing and regretting not following my dream, I just wished I hadn't abandoned Paige for it all."
"From what you just said about Ralph at that young age, you describe Walter as a baby. But if I had to compare, myself to you,I was somewhat like you but I couldn't and wouldn't have walked away from children. I don't think I could have lived with myself if I had made that decision. My daughter, Megan, she was born like any other normal child, she acted like any other normal child but unfortunately she came down with MS which devastated both of us. Walter was still young and we didn't think he would have understood what was going on so we didn't even try to explain anything because we couldn't understand ourselves what was going on nor could we believe our own sweet baby girl was cursed with that dreaded disease. Then Walter, who acted the same way like you described your son, and like you, I didn't know how to raise my son because he was so different from all of the other boys around. You don't think I didn't want a boy to help me on the farm instead I fathered a child who was constantly being ridiculed about being different and constantly called to the school because his teachers thought he was consistently being belligerent with them when honestly they couldn't teach him anything because he had already figured it out and was always and I mean always correcting them. But unlike you, I didn't walk out on my son. I do feel like I did abandon him because I never stood up for him when he needed me too. So, in a sense I guess I did abandon him just not in the literal sense."
"So why do you think Walter is worried about me leaving Veronica alone with his mother?"
"Honestly, that is a question we are going to have to ask him. I just met the women today and apparently you haven't know her that long but Walter seems to have known her long enough to be worried about you leaving her alone with his mother."
"Well, I'm not exactly sure but from what I can put together and understand, Veronica really wants Walter and Paige to patch things up and get back to where they were at or maybe more like them actually getting married. All I can say is that Veronica thinks that Walter is her daughter's soul mate."
"You know, Megan pretty much said the same thing when she first mentioned Paige to us and how Walter was slowly changing for the better. From what I saw on the day that Megan died, she was right. He did change but I just didn't realize how much until now."
"You know if she came up and told me when I came back three years ago that she considered Walter as Paige's soulmates, I would have just gotten mad and all the more jealous of Walter for grabbing a hold the one special thing that I let go of."
"Well, I guess I can see why Walter would be worried about leaving Veronica alone with Louise. He may be worried that both mothers might interfere with whatever him and Paige is fighting over instead of letting them figure things out for themselves. I get along with my mother-in-law but if Louise and I was in an argument like those two are, I don't thing I would want her mother and my mother co-conspiring with each other to try to solve a problem that doesn't involve them. I've talked with Walter and I also told him that I will be here to support him but it is up to them to figure out what the real problem is and start trying to fix things from there. I also told him it will be hard but if they can work things out on their own they both will be better for it."
"I think I can see your point. I guess it is bad when your mother and possible future mother-in-law are getting along and conspiring with each other all at the same time and lets not forget to mention that they just met today on top of everything else."
Chuckling. "I guess that would be something to worry about."
Walking back in the house, Walter saw Louise and Veronica sitting at the table in deep conversation. "What are you too conspiring to do."
"Nothing of any consequence, why are you worried about something?", asked a smiling Veronica.
"With you, there is always something to be worried about. Speaking of which can I talk to you privately for a moment? Please."
"Yes, of course. Is everything ok.?"
Walking farther into the other room hoping they were both out of earshot, "Yes, but I just want to tell you something, well actually warn you about something that I want you to take to heart."
"Ok. What it is?"
"I know that you are a con-woman but my family doesn't as well as the rest of this village. So this is what I want you to take to heart. If you are planning on or make any kind of attempt as to swindle anyone out of anything here, DON'T. If I find out that you have conned someone here, trust me there won't be a boulder, rock, pebble, or a grain of sand that you could hide under and I not find you. You know I am that good and you can also take to heart that if you want Paige and I work together then go for it because I have a feeling she would be more than happy to help me locate you regardless as to where you are in this world. Do I make myself clear."
"Yes, and do you really think I would take advantage of your family?"
"Veronica, I don't think you would intentionally but I also know that you may not be able to help yourself given an opportunity. Paige and I have enough problems with each other as it is and we definitely don't need you bringing anything extra into the mix."
"Ok, I get where you are coming from with all of this and I give you my solemn promise on that. As a matter of fact, I will give you a Scoop Swear Promise. That was something that Paige asked me to make a few days ago. Ralph explained to me what a scoop swear promise was."
"Ok. Good. I will most certainly hold you to that then. One more thing, don't go conspiring with my mother."
"Ok, but too late.", patting Walter on the cheek, Veronica walked back into the kitchen smiling.
Walter shaking his head at a retreating Veronica looked towards the dinning room to where Ralph was working on the telescope. Watching Ralph for a moment, he decided to walk in there to check on him.
"Hey bud, how is it going in here?"
"Hey, dad. Its going ok but some of the lenses are going to have to be replaced as well as some of the parts."
Walking over to his now adopted son, Walter began looking at the dissembled telescope on the table while at the same time, unbeknownst to the two geniuses, they were both being watched by the two women from the kitchen. One woman in particular was watching in amazement how easily Walter interacted with the twelve year old boy and wondered how it was possible that a child who had no biological attachment to her son acted so much like him. It was almost like she wanted to ask for a paternity test to prove that Ralph really was her biological grandson but come right down to it, it didn't matter because she can see just how happy and content her son was at the moment. It also made her realize what she had missed with him when he was growing up and wished she had a second chance to go back and change things for the better with her son. In truth, she wished she had the same relationship with Walter as he does with Ralph. Even though she felt a pang of jealously, she was also proud of the man that her son has become as well the the parent he was becoming.
"Ralph, from the looks of things how about you and I go into town and look at buying another one. We can look at and compare prices and see which would be the most efficient choice as far as repairing this one or just buying a new one. Then again this one is about twenty years old anyway."
"Sounds good to me, I'm ready whenever you are."
Smiling and nodding, "Ok. Get ready and I will let the others know that we are going into town for a little while."
"Ok, just let me grab my jacket and I will be ready."
"I'll see you in the kitchen then."
Walking back into the kitchen, "Hey, Ralph and I are going into town to see about getting a new telescope or maybe repairing the old one, do you need anything while we are there?"
"No, I don't think so but I can always call you if I need anything."
"Ok. That will work. Ralph are you ready?"
"Yes."
With a thought occurring to Walter, he turned back around to face the two women in the kitchen, "As a matter of fact, everyone is welcome to come with us if you want too?"
Tobin who had just entered the kitchen asked, " Where are you going?"
"Ralph and I are going to go into town and look at telescopes. Do you want to come with us?"
"Sure, I'll go with you. It sure beats sitting around the house bored for the evening."
"Mom, Veronica?"
"I'll go with you. Might as well sight see before my daughter gets here and permanently bans me from certain privileges."
Smiling, "I'll go if your father wants to go."
"Alright, I'll go outside and ask them if they want to go with us while everyone gets ready."
Walter noticed that his father and Drew were talking when he was walking out to the barn, he just couldn't tell what they were talking about though. Entering, "Hey, Ralph and I are wanting to go into town to look at telescopes. I told everyone inside that they are welcome to come along. Everyone said yes but mom said she would go if you want to go, so now the decision lies with you and Drew."
"Sure, I might as well go and see something here in Ireland before my judge, jury, and executioner shows up and passes sentence on me."
Smiling, "Sure we'll go. I really don't foresee this loft getting done today anyway."
"At the rate of visitors that keep showing up, I don't foresee it either."
Soon after, everyone was ready, the group was on their way back into town not knowing how soon the rest of their visitors will be arriving. But, for a certain couple, they just know it will not to be pretty when a certain blonde haired single mom gets into town. They both are fairly certain she will be wanting blood for what they did or should they say what they didn't do.
The team had boarded the private jet that Richard Elia has loaned them by 6:30am and by 7:00am they were up in the air. They had flown across the country and refueled in Maine. Now, they are somewhere over the Atlantic Ocean. Paige had just woke up from dozing off and was now staring out of the window.
"Hey, Paige. How are you holding up over here?"
"Hey, Toby. Honestly, I don't know. I'm not sure about things anymore. First of all I all but destroyed the very person who in a sense pulled me out of a whole and gave me back my son. Second, said son couldn't trust me enough to let me know that he went looking for and found Walter and then up and left without my knowledge and I can't figure out for the life of me as to why. If that isn't enough, the two people who I trusted to keep him safe decided to go off to another country with him and not bothering to call me to let me know they were leaving. And just to keep that ball rolling, I find out everything through a note that was left on the front table by the door like they just left to go get a gallon of milk from the store. So, tell me Toby, how am I doing?
"Well, other than the obvious frustration of being left out, I think you are holding up better than most people would in your present situation. But your body language also says you are apprehensive and anxious about seeing a particular genius with a 197 IQ."
"Actually, I am down right scared, Toby. I am scared that I've destroyed everything between us to the point there is no salvaging it. I am also scared that he wouldn't accept me back as anything other than an employee and truth be told, I would deserve it."
"Paige, I have a feeling you have a couple of cards up your sleeve that you are not sure you want to play."
"Maybe, but the decision is mine to make and it may be for the better, I don't know. Either way, its not your choice to make or your decision to weigh in on. This decision stays with me and possibly Walter, but not you or any other member of this team. From what I gather, which I am still waiting on the whole story from you and Cabe and Tim's involvement, you guys did enough damage trying to make decisions that had nothing to do with any you. So, sorry, but you guys are sideline with the whatever happens between Walter and myself. We need to figure this personal and private situation out on our own."
"Fair enough."
Sitting back in her seat and staring back out the window, Paige tried to keep silent tears from falling because she felt like her whole world was falling apart and she didn't know how to start fixing it. She also began to wonder how all of this damage to the team in general happened and if Tim was the cause of it all.
The rest of the team had also heard the conversation between her and Toby and realized that she was right. They had to let them figure this on their own and hope for the best and pray for the worst that everything would work itself out and that they could go back to being the team and family they once were. Each individual person also thought Walter was right in some way, ever since Tim came on board, things slowly fell apart without anyone noticing what was happening around them.
Toby began psychoanalyzing everything that has happened since Tim came to Scorpion as a training agent or at least that was what he said he was at the time but he also said that he chose Scorpion not Scorpion choosing him. What was his sole purpose of being there. What was his real mission? Was he trying to destroy Scorpion from the inside and if so, why? Was he truly interested in Paige or was he just using her to get to a bigger target? There were a lot of questions popping into his head about Tim all of a sudden and the one person he really needed to talk to was in Ireland. Toby was just hoping that Walter would be willing to talk about everything that has happened over the last eight months with an open mind and accept his apology for messing up the one real shot he had at true love. For as long as he has known Walter, he also has never known Walter to be in love with anyone. Paige just happened to be that special someone that made a big difference in that megalomaniac's life. She had done nothing but make him a better person and he just hoped and pray that that love was still there. Toby also made another silent prayer. He prayed that his two best friends find their way back to each other because he feels that Walter and Paige are the opposite sides of the same coin and Ralph gets the best of both worlds with a set EQ/IQ parents like Walter and Paige, because for a genius that is rare.
Cabe listening to the pair, started to wonder how much damage he caused. Was he wrong telling Walter he wasn't ready for Paige? Telling him that Paige was better off with Tim? Maybe Walter was more ready than he gave him credit for. Cabe started thinking that he made a mistake by bringing Tim in as a training agent and also hiding the fact that Tim had a hidden agenda. He just wasn't planning on getting captured and Paige getting shot. Both of those incidences was probably the main reason why Walter never truly trusted Tim. He held Tim accountable for him be taken hostage and beaten and he surly held Tim accountable for Paige getting shot. If Paige was killed during that mission, Walter would have held Tim solely accountable for that lost. Not to mention, Cabe could have possibly lost Walter's trust all over again due to the fact that not only would he have lost the love of his life, even if he didn't want to admit it then, but Walter would have also lost Ralph because Ralph would have been sent to his father in Maine. Then a realization hit Cabe, upon loosing those two, Walter would have imploded and Scorpion would seize to exist because he would not have handled that particular lost well. He would have shut down completely and never open himself back up to anyone. That tragic lost alone would have caused the 197 genius to go down the rabbit hole never to return again.
Happy began wondering what she could have done to prevent any of the recent events from happening. Thinking back, she should have called Walter on some things that could have maybe have put a stop to some of the nonsense that led up to all of this. Going out with Linda was one thing she should have put her foot down on. They were still married at the time, she had a right to after all, besides if he never went out with Linda, he would never have bought those stupid jazz ticket and the Tahoe fiasco would never have happened. She also felt like she should have talk to Walter about letting the team know about their so-called marriage. That revelation could have put an end to a lot of needless heart ache especially with Toby. He would have never went to talk to that lunatic that goes by the name of Mark Collins. She also felt like she hurt her friends with that secret. She was always the one with trust issues now she wonders if Paige would trust her again considering she was the only other female on the team. She also began wondering when everything started to go wrong with the cyclone as a whole. Her thoughts began to center on Tim and wondered why he chose Scorpion for his Homeland Assignment and how he managed to get a say as to where he was assigned. She always thought that an agent in training was assigned to their training post not get a choice of where they want to go and given that assignment.
Sylvester sat in a seat away from the windows because no matter how many times he has been on a plane in the last three years, flying still scares him. He tried to get his mind off of the flight itself by thinking how he could patch things up with his brother. He was worried that he may have caused irreparable damaged to his relationship with Walter by not telling him that he was in constant contact with his in-laws. Right now all he wanted was to be back in Walter's good graces because he felt like he let down the one person who always made him feel strong and that was the love of his life. He also started wondering where everything started going wrong with Scorpion. He started seeing the lack of trust that Walter had with Tim but at the time he pushed Walter's trust issues to the side due to possible jealousy because of the relationship Tim was gaining with Cabe and then the personal relationship Tim was trying to gain and succeeded in having with Paige. How it escalated from there he wasn't sure. But then a thought stuck Sly, how was it that Tim got to choose his assignment with Scorpion instead of Scorpion choosing him to work for the team. How come Walter didn't have a say on who Homeland sent to train with the team but yet, Tim was allowed to choose? And more importantly, why did Tim automatically think he could just come onto the team when he was discharged from the Navy. Did he even think to consider talking to Walter about that decision considering Scorpion was Walter's company and the cyclone was Walter's team? Paige may be second in command when Walter isn't there but that doesn't mean Paige is the one and only person who makes the decision on who get hired onto the team. Paige didn't have the right to make that decision without Walter and Tim didn't have the right to decide that he was just going to stay no questions asked. So, why was it so important that Tim remained here at Scorpion. Also, why did he suddenly need to leave as quickly as he decided he needed to stay with the team.
Very little was said for the rest of the trip to Ireland but everyone had their own thoughts going through their heads. In a few hours they hope to have some of their questions answered, if not by open team discussion then by technology. As a team, they were going to do whatever it takes to bring their team back together again and become the family they once were and hopefully stronger for it.
Author's Note: I tried to catch all of my grammatical error but if I missed any that would make a beg difference in the story please PM me and I will correct it. Thank you.