"That's it Toby i have had enough of your snarky comments and total inability to make a decision without a two hour discussion .We started Centipede Partnership so everyone could discuss and agree on what action to take, as you pointed out you were fed up of being ruled over by some one with a god complex , but ever since we started you have been argumentative over any decision that needs to be made ,you unilaterally decide to take three hour lunches with Happy especially if wine tasting is involved . You arrive late ,you leave early more days than you stay till the end of a working day . In other words you are acting like a typical Despot . I say i am taking tomorrow off and immediately you begin going on that there as to be a discussion on as whether i can or not .I DO NOT THINK SO , at the moment i have got about 120 hours ahead of you on hours worked and when you consider over 90% of our work is coding to which you contribute 0% you are the wrong person to tell me about work . You always said you hated working with Walter because of his god complex , you have one just as big ,but yours is more of a Devil complex . So that's it I QUIT !" Paige by now was in full flow and was not going to take any more nonsense from Toby . She turned on her heels ,went back to her office collected her purse and sweater and made her way to the exit door . "If i have left anything behind put it in a box and i will collect it in a few days time ." With that she left the office and made her way to her car.

"What is going on ?" Shouted Happy to Toby "It's just Paige having a tantrum , she will be back tomorrow begging for her job back ." Replied Toby . Happy slapped Toby on the back of his head sending his fedora six feet across the floor . " Do not bet on that , she seemed madder at you than she did the night we quit Scorpion and she laid into Walter ."

By this time Sly had come over to them is face full of confusion . "What is going on with Paige ?" "Toby finally drove Paige out of Centipede with all his arrogance and stupidity . SHE QUIT ." Happy told Sly . "Then what are we going to do ? Who will arrange the bids and talk to potential clients ." "I can do that it is so easy , and we can hire a secretary to cover the paperwork ." Said an arrogant Toby . "Best of luck with that ." Happy told him with a stern look on her face .

Once Paige reached her car and got in and sat there for about five minutes trying to still her rapidly beating heart and to calm down he anger , before driving off . Checking her fuel gauge she realized she would need to call at the service station on her way home . Pulling up at the pump ,she switched the car engine off and got out and put the gas into her car . She approached the cashier and paid for her fuel $18 with a $20 note .The cashier handed her the $2 change ,she noticed the Lotto machine and asked for a $2 ticket .

Arriving home ,an empty house as Ralph had gone to stay with Drew for a few days . She put her purse and keys on a side table . Fetching a bottle of wine and a glass from the kitchen ,she made herself comfortable on the sofa . After a couple of glasses of wine Paige began to remember about what had happened over the past weeks .

The reason Ralph was with Drew was that he was still mad at her over her breakup with Walter . At first after she had explained to him her version of the night ,Ralph had accepted the fact Walter was now out of their lives ,but having spoken to Sly and heard is recount of the night ,he had realized how much his mother was more of the problem than she had told him . She also knew that Walter had cancelled his contract with Homeland only two weeks after he found out about Centipede Partners . He had put the garage up for sale and moved back to Ireland . Cabe had taken a desk job at Homeland Headquarters ,much to the pleasure of Allie ,as he was now doing a 9 till 5 job , weekends off and no chasing bad guys around the country or the world . She had found all this out when she had taken a chance on phoning Katherine in the hope of picking up a few crumbs of Homeland jobs . Only to be berated over the fact that she had caused the breakdown of Scorpion and the fact that she (Paige) was a complete hypocrite ,she walked out on Walter over a small white lie ,then set up an alterative company with people who also kept the truth from her about the white lie . Her final remark was / As long as she was assistant Director or some other title ,Centipede Partners would never get any work from Homeland /

As all these thoughts were going through her head she became more morose and tears began to fall down her cheeks . She sat there for an hour drinking her wine ,then decided to make herself a snack . By the time she had prepared and eaten her food ,she looked at the clock and noticed it was time for the lotto to be drawn on t.v. Remembering she had bought a ticket which she retrieved it from her purse . She switched the t.v. on and watched for the draw . The announcer began calling out the numbers 17 , 3 , 26 . She realized those three numbers were on her ticket ,and she began thinking well at least i have won $10 . She was pulled out of her thoughts very quickly as the announcer carried on calling out the numbers 29,1,32 . She checked her ticket again and again ,suddenly realizing all the six numbers were the same as those on her ticket . She sat still in total shock . Am i dreaming , as this just happened to me . Again she was brought out of her thoughts by the t.v. announcer . Tonight's jackpot is $10,000,000 and it would appear there is only one winner . She was now feeling real excitement , but who could she share the news with ,all of a sudden she realized nobody . Ralph was hardly speaking to her ,so if she was to phone him ,he would probably not pick up .

The Centipede crew ,no she was still so upset at Toby ,she did not want him to find out about her good luck , that meant she could not tell the rest of the crew as they would feel obliged to tell him . Cabe again was still not talking to her over that night . The one person in the world she really wanted to share the news with was half a world away and would certainly not want to speak to her WALTER . She realized the day he had found out about Centipede Partners just what a fool she had been , he was the love of her life and just how much she had and still was missing him . She also realized how much damage she had done to Ralph , not with is education ,he was still studying and top of his class, but mentally and E.Q. wise . Now she was feeling as if she did not have a friend in the world . She checked the time and it showed 10.30 p.m. Should she risk phoning Walter ,how would he react . She decided she would wait another hour and take a chance , the worst that could happen he would reject her call .

She clock watched until the hands of the clock moved around to 11.30. p.m. immediately she pulled up her contacts on her phone and hit Walter contact details . After a few rings Walter answered . " Hello Paige why are you phoning me this early in the morning ?" " Hi Walter i wanted to tell you my good news and could not wait , sorry it is so early ." "What is your news ." Replied Walter rather sharply . Paige did not appear to pick up on his tone and she excitedly began to speak again. " I have just found out i have won $10,000,000, on the lotto and i wanted to share it with you ." "Well i am pleased for your good fortune i hope you have a good life because you have certainly ruined mine ." "WALTER,WALTER ." She shouted into a now disconnected phone .

She soon realized she had ruined the beautiful relationship she had with Walter ,and just how much she had hurt him . She just sat there sobbing .

TWO YEARS LATER

Paige had moved from her down town condo to a Malibu beach house ,but she was sad and lonely woman . All her girlfriends she had pre Scorpion ,were now married or in long term relationships . She had tried going on a few dates since her breakup with Walter , but every one she would compare with Walter and none of them came anywhere near Walter , so all of her dates were failures .

Centipede Partners imploded within three weeks of her leaving . Sylvester had taken it the Breakup the hardest ,so hard in fact he had carried out successfully what he had attempted in a motel room before being saved by Walter . But at least he was with his beloved Megan .

Toby and Happy had tried to get employment but with their attitudes no one was really happpy about employing either of them . Toby once tried flipping burgers and lasted all of two hours before being thrown out of the restaurant . In the end they reopened Happy's dad's old garage and are making a living out of it at present , but her father his due for release in the next few months .

Cabe and Allie had cut Paige off once Walter had left for Ireland blaming her for all the trouble . Even Ralph had chosen to take up an offer from Harvard to continue his education and as it was on the East coast he had to move out there ,now apart from an occasional phone call ,and twice yearly visit there is no contact .

Walter had made is position clear in one quick gesture , when he put the phone down on her . Oh how she missed him even is irritating habits ,he still is the best thing that ever happened to her . What a fool she had been .

She now faces a Miss Haversham life style and as seemed to accept it .

Walter had set up a small computer repair shop and lived in a small one bedroom flat above the shop . A lot of his work is due to Richard Eli starting a manufacturing plant just out side Cork ,so a lot of coding work has been passed to Walter on Richard's instructions . He still feels the empty space in his life which used to be filled by Paige .His E.Q. has dropped which which has not helped with is business as he still manages to alienate a lot of his customers .

THERE ARE TWO VERY LONELY PEOPLE IN THE WORLD