When Walter entered the garage he saw the team enjoying a rather relaxing day.
Ralph and Sylvester were playing a game of chess, Toby was helping Happy with something she was building, and Paige and Cabe were just relaxing at their desks.
Cabe looked up from his computer and said, "I assume this is the woman who was calling earlier." He said, looking at Kate. "Who's the little girl?"
Walter decided that the best thing would to just tell the team now rather than wait.
"Can I have everybody's attention?" Walter said.
Everybody looked up from what they were doing but didn't seem that interested.
Walter took a breath before saying, "This is Abby, my daughter."
That caught the team's attention.
Nobody spoke at first but then Happy broke the Silence by saying, "She's your what?"
"My daughter." Walter said again, avoiding eye contact. "She is the daughter of me and Kate."
Silence once again overtook the room and everybody just looked at the three of them, disbelief in their eyes.
"They will be staying with us for awhile." Walter said, making the situation even more awkward.
"Walter can I talk to you for a minute." Paige said, an unreadable expression on her face.
"Sure." Walter replied.
Paige started to walk further into the garage and Walter followed her, feeling awkward about leaving Kate and Abby unattended.
"Don't interrogate her." Walter whispered as he passed his friends, fearing they would scare Kate and Abby away if they started bombarding them with questions.
When Walter got to Paige he said, "I know this must be awkward."
"Well that would be the understatement of the year." She replied.
"Look I know that this is unexpected but I can't just let them stay on the streets, they have nowhere to go."
Paige seemed to accept his answer before asking, "Why did you never mention Kate or Abby before?"
"I didn't know about Abby until today." Walter answered. "Kate never told me, she said she didn't want Abby to be raised by a distant father. Now they need my help and I will help them."
"How long will they be staying here." Paige asked.
"Until Kate finds a job and can find a place to live." Walter replied.
Paige took a breath and said, "Walter, I may not like the idea of Kate staying here but be careful with Abby, you've already missed a lot of her childhood, don't mess up."
"I won't." Walter replied, he was surprised at how calm Paige was being, he thought she might object or be angry but instead she was trying to help him.
When Paige and Walter got back to the team everyone had moved to their desk. They were trying to keep themselves busy so they wouldn't question Kate.
Kate was talking with Cabe and explaining her situation to him.
What caught Walter's attention however was what Abby was doing.
She was sitting across from Ralph and playing chess with him.
Walter smiled at the sight and thought, 'She's home.'
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