Short on Time

Chapter 84

My name is Ginger Marie Clancy Allen, and my husband is an innocent man.

"This is exactly what Devoe wanted," Harry said.

"I mean, we all played right into his plan, especially me," Barry said.

"Why would Devoe want to orchestrate all of this?" Joe asked.

"I don't know, but we know that this started when I was still in the Speed Force," Barry said.

"But why target Dominic?" Iris asked.

"Dominic's power must have allowed Devoe to inhabit his body," I sighed as I tried to get the twins to calm down. Barry held Henry as I held Esther, but neither of us could get the to settle. They're ratteled, and they don't like that they can't be at home in their room.

"We should've been on top of this earlier," Harry said.

"What about the other metas on the bus? Why create them?" Joe asked.

"Part of a larger plan?" Harry suggested.

"How are you even here right now, Allen? Aren't you on house arrest?" Ralph asked.

"Yeah, well..."

"He's at Joe's, actually. Either that or the courthouse. I managed to hack into the ankle monitor GPS," Cisco explained.

"That's not the only thing Cisco hacked," Caitlin added.

"When you came out of the Speed Force, you were talking gibberish at CCPD. You said something about not wanting to kill anyone. I digitally scrubbed a video. Last thing we want is somebody hearing something we don't want them to hear," Cisco said as we brought up the video.

"Your Honor, I'm innocent. I didn't do this. I didn't kill anyone," Barry said in the video.

"Yeah, I mean, I don't remember saying any of that," Barry said currently.

"You don't?" Harry asked.

"No," Barry sighed.

"We should look at everything else he said when he first came out of the Speed Force. Might give us a clue," Cisco said.

"That's a good idea," Joe agreed.

"Okay, guys, but remember, I mean, considering all the evidence they have against me, this trial is not even gonna last very long," Barry reminded.

"Okay, but with Cecile taking a leave of absence to represent you, you got the best lawyer in town," Caitlin said.

"Yeah, I mean, even if they did find you guilty, it's not like any prison can hold you," Cisco said.

"Well, I'm not gonna run. I won't be a fugitive. If I'm convicted, I have to go to prison," Barry said and I had to look away. That DeVoe could orchestrate almost the exact thing that happened to Barry when he was a child and do it it our children, it was terrifying. However, DeVoe should be even more terrified of me. He's threatened my family, and I was not going to let that stand.

"We're not gonna let that happen," I told Barry forcefully.

"Right. Let's get to work," Cisco said leaving with the others.

Barry looked at me sadly as I finally managed to get Esther to sleep, "we should get to the courthouse."

"Alright," I nodded, but we still didn't move.

"How you doing?" Barry asked.

"They say the first year of marriage is always the hardest, but I never thought my husband being on trial for murder would be one of the challenges. We have been through so much, the twins aren't even a year old and-" I began.