Stuck in the Past

Chapter 23

The first thing we did when we arrived at Earth-2 was to talk to Harry's friend who worked in the police to find out where we could find the lady who survived the fire. He told us that the house was never restored and that you went to live with a friend until three months ago, ending up in a nursing home.

He gave us the home address and we followed the path there. The home was still a bit far from the police station, but with Barry's speed, in a matter of seconds we were already at the door of the nursing home. We enter and went to ask one of the women at the reception for information.

- Good morning, we would like to visit Mrs. Williams.

- Are you family?

- We are friends of the family.

- Very well, go through that door and follow the corridor until the end. Enter the last door on the left and find the common room.

"Thank you very much," I said and we followed the directions the woman told us.

When we arrived at the common room, we found an employee who was at the door. In that room there were a lot of elderly people and we didn't know how the lady was physically, so our best option was to ask the employee.

- Follow me, please. Mrs. Williams, today you have visitors. " she said, leaving us at a table by the window.

"Caitlin Snow?" Asked the lady, looking directly into my eyes.

- Yes ... Sorry for my question, but how do you know my name?

- Sit down, don't be shy. I know a lot about you, dear. I know your name is Caitlin Snow Allen, you have two children named Henry and Dawn and you are worried about my reaction when you told me that my daughter had died in your hands.

- But how?

- I can read people's thoughts. And since you set foot in this room, you have been thinking about your children and the best way to tell me about my daughter's death.

"Are you a metahuman?" Asked Barry this time.

- Yes, Barry Allen.

- So you know why we're here ...- said Harry and she just nodded, saying yes.

- You want to know more about the fire that destroyed my house and killed my son-in-law and husband. To tell you the truth, my memories of that night are somewhat limited, because I was sleeping when the fire started. One minute I was in bed sleeping next to my husband and the next I was being pulled out of my house by my daughter.

"I'm sorry," said Barry after the lady told us everything she remembered about that night.

- Me too, however I try not to think about it too much ... Oh dear, don't blame yourself, - said the lady, turning to me. - I know you did everything you could to save her. It's not your fault that she died ... Don't blame yourself for that anymore!

- Mrs. Williams, we would like to know if you have any more family that can take care of the child.- Barry asked.

- Call me Edna. Well, actually he has an uncle, my son, however I doubt he is willing to take care of his nephew.

"Why?" Asked Harry, curious.

- He never endured the fact that his sister was a metahuman and he did not. You know, I met my Alphonso in a bar that was only frequented by metahumans. Although we are both metahumans, our eldest son did not contract powers ... When he found out that his sister had metahuman powers and he did not, he started to walk away from us.

"You don't know where we could find him, by any chance?" Asked Barry.

- No dear. Since he left home when he was 20, he never spoke to us again.

- I'm going to talk to my friend from the police, he may know somehow to help us find him.

- And how is he? My grandson, Spencer.

- He is fine. Due to the trauma of the fire, he lost his memory and has stayed with us until we can find the rest of his family. He had a nightmare about an explosion last night and this morning we looked for news with that theme and found the news of the explosion that caused the fire in your house.- Barry replied.

- Do you want to see him? - I asked smiling and she gave me a huge smile. - That is, if you can leave here for a few hours.

- Of course I can, dear. Just talk to the reception ladies.

- I'll take care of it! - said Barry smiling, leaving me alone with Edna, since Harry was on the cell phone with his friend.

- Edna, do you know if Spencer has metahuman powers?

- I don't dear, I mean if he has them, they have not yet manifested. You know my daughter was a metahuman, but her husband was not. So there is 50% of being and 50% of not being.

"My friend said he was going to do some investigations and that he still says something to me today," said Harry, returning to our side.

- And I already spoke with the ladies and is authorized to come with us. However, we have to come and bring her until eleven tonight, "said Barry.

- So what are we waiting for, let's see my grandson.- said the lady getting up.

- Cisco, I'll send you our coordinates to open the portal.- said Harry over the intercom.

- Deal!

Seconds later a portal opened in front of us and before we knew it, we were already in the STAR Labs court. We went to the control room and introduced Edna to Cisco and Ralf. Time on Earth-2 passed more quickly than on Earth, so we still had two hours before it was time to leave STAR Labs. And since Dawn was going to pick up Spencer, we were going straight to our house.

The time to leave STAR Labs came quickly and we were finally going to watch the reunion between Spencer / Ronnie and his grandmother. I can assure you with all the certainty that I am on a nervous wreck. As it was Dawn who was picking up the boy today, we went straight home. Henry came to the door right away, very worried because we hadn't given him news yet.

- Edna, this is my son, Henry. Henry, this is Ronnie's grandmother.

"A pleasure to meet you," said Henry, extending his hand.

- Why don't we go to the living room and sit on the sofas. They shouldn't be long now, "said Barry, and so we did.

Five minutes later we heard the front door open and we heard Ronnie's voice. And seconds later the two appeared in the room and Ronnie came to sit next to me. I introduced Edna to my daughter and Ronnie, who was not recognizing her.

- You're hungry, aren't you? Do you want me to prepare something for you to eat? "I asked and Ronnie agreed.

- Let me do it. I was also going to do something for myself, so I take advantage of it and do it for both of us.- Dawn said smiling and disappeared from the room.

Minutes later she appeared in the living room with a glass of chocolate milk and a nutella toast. At first none of us knew very well what to say, but the silence was quickly broken by Ronnie who asked his grandmother if she wanted to help him with his homework.

While they were both in the living room, Barry and I came to the kitchen to start preparing dinner, Henry went to the garden for a while and Dawn went to her room. Almost fifteen minutes later Edna came to our side to offer her help in the kitchen and although we told her that it was not necessary, she insisted on helping us.

What was agreed was that while I prepared the meat for roasting, Edna took care of the rice and Barry made the salad. With dinner ready, we asked Henry to come and help his father set the table and after it was set, we all sat down at the table and started dinner.