Chapter 24

"So, is the video enough?" Barry asked Cecille.

"It should be enough to get your father a new trial and with this, plus the added testimony of Joe and Captain Singh, yes, I think that there is a very strong chance that your father will be a free man by the end of the week." Cecille said and both Barry and Jesse grinned at that.

"Thank you Cecille." Barry said as he hugged her.

"Don't thank me. Honestly, this is well overdue." Cecille said as a breach opened and Cisco and Frost jumped out of it.

"How did it go?" Barry asked, since they'd been searching the sewers for any trace of Grodd.

"There's no sign of Grodd anywhere in the sewer system." Frost said as she switched back to Caitlin.

"And there have been no sightings of him that could indicate him being in a tower." Cisco said.

"Guess Thawne took precautions to make it harder for us to find him. I'd say task the satellite with searching for him, but knowing Thawne, he likely uploaded something into our system to keep us from detecting the gorilla." Barry said and Cisco nodded.

"I'll start running a system purge for anything regarding Thawne's work in it." Cisco said and Barry nodded.

"Well, since we can't find Grodd, we might as well focus on what we can do. Such as getting dad out of prison and I think that when we do, we should restore his memories." Jesse said.

"Wait, what?" Barry asked.

"I think that the best way for us to keep him safe from Zoom if he exists in this universe or from Thawne is if he remembers the truth and that keeps him from leaving again. Besides, something tells me that waking up and finding out he has a daughter won't be the most surprising thing he's learned." Jesse said.

"If Jesse can handle the reality that she isn't Harry's daughter anymore, I think your dad can handle the fact that she's his daughter." Cisco said and Barry nodded.

"If it doesn't work, I'll call J'onn and ask him to run damage control." Barry said and they all nodded.

"Come on, let's go get some sleep. I have a feeling that we won't be finding any traces of Thawne or Grodd tonight." Iris said, honestly exhausted.

"Good idea." Barry said as they all headed out.

It turns out that the video was so convincing that a hearing wasn't even required as the judge who looked at the video and after hearing convincing arguments from both Joe and Singh, agreed to release Henry Allen without needing to bother with another trial, since he'd actually been the same judge who'd tried Henry before and honestly, even though the evidence at the time had been overwhelming, the judge still hadn't been sure he'd reached the right verdict.

Anyways, that was why now, Barry and Jesse were both smiling as they watched their father walk out of Iron Heights as a free man once again.

"Dad." Barry said as he hugged him.

"Hey slugger." Henry said as he then turned to his daughter.

"Hi dad." Jesse said, trying to keep her nerves under control, since she was nervous about how Henry would react when they restored his true memories.

"Jesse. Well don't just stand there, come give your old dad a hug." Henry said with a smile and Jesse did exactly that before she took a deep breath and pressed the memory ring against his arm, restoring his memories.

"What was that?" Henry asked as he gripped his head.

"That was me reminding you of the way things were." Jesse said, hoping she hadn't just made a big mistake.

"Like how I now have a daughter in addition to having a son." Henry said.

"Yeah." Jesse said nervously.

"It will take some getting used to, but I guess now I don't need to leave so soon again. Instead, I can take the time to get to know my daughter." Henry said with a slight smile and Jesse looked relieved as she hugged him again.

"Come on, there's a party waiting for you at Joe's." Barry said.

"So, can you take both of us?" Henry asked.

"Actually, both of us are speedsters, so I can take you and Jesse can follow." Barry said.

"I wonder what else has changed." Henry said.

"I'll tell you at Joe's. I think that we've all had enough of this place for one lifetime." Barry said and Henry nodded as Barry grabbed him and sped off, with Jesse hot on his heels.

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