Short on Time

Chapter 85

Sitting in Iron Heights was like a nightmare from the past. The times I went with Barry to visit his father, especially that time we were kidnapped, it wasn't fun being back here. However, I would make the best of it, because this wasn't the first time I've been here since Barry was sentenced, nor would it be the last.

I smiled as Barry walked in and sat down across from me, "Hey, I'm so glad to see you."

"Me too," I said softly. "How's it going?"

"It's not as bad as I thought it would be," Barry said, but I could tell he was lying. "And hey, you're talking to the newest member of the Iron Heights janitorial staff. I'm the fastest mop alive."

We both laughed at the horrible irony, but we needed laughter as much as we could. "Well, we've been surveilling the DeVoes twenty-four seven. They must have made a mistake somewhere. Iris and Joe have been pouring over all of the evidence. I've been trying to dig into his life as a professor and anything I can get my hands on. We are going to get you out of there, Barry."

"I know you will," Barry said. "How's the rest of the team? I saw Ralph on TV."

"Iris is very annoyed, Ralph is getting a little cocky," I told Barry smiling.

"Yeah, I was when I started too it happens," Barry said.

"Yeah, I remember," I said sadly thinking back on the first day we officially met. 

"Ginger, it's okay," Barry said gently.

"I just can't believe this is our new normal, Barry. I don't want this to be our lives," I told him. "The twins miss you so much, they're just babies. They aren't happy with me reading them their bedtime story," I said laughing when I thought of their faces.

"You should send me a picture of what they look like when you can't read that book right," Barry joked.

"They haven't grown any, so you're not missing anything," I told him.

"You're going to find something," Barry told me.

"I know it," I said softly as I smiled at him.

"Closing time! Wrap them up!"

"I just wish I could touch your hand again," I said sadly.

"You will," Barry said putting his hand on the glass and I matched his sending as much warmth as I could to him through the glass. "I promise. I'll see you tomorrow?"

"Every tomorrow," I promised.

~*~

"Her name is Zoey Clark," Joe said as we looked at the pictures. Normally, the team didn't call me in unless it was important. Dealing with the crime duo that kidnapped me is very important.

"James Jesse had a girlfriend?" Caitlin asked.

"Yeah, she called herself Prank. Back in the day, she was Bonnie to Jesse's Clyde," Joe said.

"That is disturbing," I muttered as I walked around with Henry on my back and Esther on my front. These two refused to sleep, no matter how much I tried. They only fell asleep when they were exhausted.

"No matter what, whether it was attempted murder, arson, robbery, she was always by his side," Joe said.

"Man, what were people wearing back then?" Cisco asked.

"You should see my parents," I muttered.

"Zoe Clark was the beneficiary to Clark Toys empire," Iris said.

"Not much of an empire. All those stores closed twenty years ago," Joe said.

"Looks like she has Bachelor's degrees in arts and applied sciences, as well as a Master's in chemistry," Caitlin said.