So, by popular demand, this story will continue.

Argus base

Late morning

Lyla was going over some reports when her cell phone rang. And it was her personal phone, not her work phone. Lyla dug her phone out and saw 'Barry Allen' flashing across the screen. Frowning, Lyla answered.

"Barry?' Lyla asked, mentally thinking of a reason Barry would be calling her.

To her knowledge, nothing had gone wrong since Barry handled Devoe.

"Hey Lyla. Is now a bad time?" Barry asked and Lyla could immediately tell something was wrong with the speedster.

"No, not at all. What's going on Barry?" Lyla asked a little concerned.

"I need you to track someone down for me. Patricia Spivot, she goes by Patty. Last time I talked to her was January two years ago, she was headed to Midway City, although she may have moved since then," Barry told her.

"Any particular reason you're trying to track her down now?" Lyla asked.

"When she left, she may have been pregnant with our daughter," Barry said and Lyla almost dropped the phone.

"Oh," Lyla said lamely.

"Yeah. So, can you help me find her?" Barry said and Lyla could hear the desperation in his voice.

"I'll see what I can do," Lyla promised him.

Star Labs

Same time

Barry hung up the phone and looked up at the speed tube, where Nora was running. The yellow lightning coming off her in waves looking exactly like his. Barry shook his head, looking over to where Cisco, Caitlin, Wally, and Iris were.

"Well?" Barry asked.

"Joe gave me access to the CCPD database and I ran a DNA test. Nora's DNA matches up with both yours and Patty's, 99.9 percent," Caitlin told him.

"So it's true, Patty…she was pregnant. And she never told me," Barry said, running a hand over his face as he processed this.

"You okay man?" Wally asked as they all eyed Barry in concern.

"I just found out that my ex-girlfriend, who I cared very deeply for and thought I knew very well, had my daughter and never told me. I don't think I plan on using okay for a while Wally," Barry said gruffly. "What about Nora being stuck here?"

"Everything's normal. She definitely has Speed Force in her system, she's just not going fast enough to um, open up a time portal," Cisco said obviously not all there today as they all looked over at him.

"Enjoy a little too much Champaign?" Barry asked, eager for something to distract him from his situation.

"This was the first opportunity I had to process my break up with Gypsy. How was I supposed to know that your future daughter," Cisco made wild gestures with his hands as he said this. "was going to show up and crash my pity party?"

"Okay, maybe you should go lay down, huh buddy?" Barry said, looking over at Caitlin. "Make sure he lies down. Wally, could you take a sample of Nora's DNA to the Legends, see if they can figure out what's going on? Worst comes to worse, maybe they can take Nora home on the Waveridder?"

"Yeah, sure," Wally nodded before speeding off.

"Look, I gotta head to CCPD, Singh wants me. I'd already be on my way but," Barry looked up at Nora speeding in the Speed Tube. "Can you two watch her, keep an eye on her?"

"Sure," Caitlin said and Barry nodded before he started walking off.

"Barry," Iris caught up to him. "Look, I know this is complicated but…everything's gonna work out. I mean, I'm sure Patty had a good reason for not telling you."

"She kept my daughter from me. Nora's probably around two years old now Iris. I missed so much already. And there-there is no reason that can ever justify that, no forgiveness for that," Barry said roughly before speeding off.

Iris gulped once he had run off, looking over at Nora's speeding form in the speed tube. She could only hope, perhaps foolishly, that Barry would never find out her secret.

Central City Police department

Afternoon

Barry opened up the door to his lab and smiled at the sight of the boxes of cases he had missed while the Devoe thing was going on. After the morning he'd had, the constant in this was a welcome distraction.

"Wow, you are seriously behind," Barry nearly jumped as he turned around to face Nora. "Sorry, didn't mean to startle you."

"You didn't," Barry lied and, by the amused half smile on her face, it was clear Nora had inherited her mother's skills of deduction. "I thought you were staying at Star Labs with Caitlin and Iris."

"Well, as much fun as it sounds spending time with the step-mom I never knew, I would much rather get to know my dad," Nora said and Barry narrowed his eyes.

"Never knew? Get to know? Do we…not know each other? In the future I mean?" Barry asked uncertainly and Nora shrugged.

"We've never met before. Mom told me that, when I was about nine months old, she called you, told you about me. She didn't catch you, so she left a message. She never got a call back, so she assumed you didn't want anything to do with us. With me," Nora explained and Barry heard the slight catch in her voice, only someone who was used to hiding his emotions behind a smile would have seen how this affected her.

"So, the wedding…" Barry trailed off.

"The first time I saw you outside of pictures or news reports. I'd imagined that moment so many times in my head, thought of a million things to say, to ask you, and the first thing I actually say to you is 'don't forget to say I do,'" Nora said with a sound that was half laughing half crying.

"I never got a message. If I had…" Barry trailed off as she looked up at him.

"If you had, what?" Nora asked, her eyes shining with unshed tears.

"If I'd known you were out there, if I'd known that I had a daughter, I'd have made sure that you'd know every day that I loved you. That I was there for you. That I was your father and that nothing would have stopped me from being part of your life," Barry said his voice thick with emotion.

Nora's mask crumbled and she lowered her head, her chest heaving as she cried, releasing years of repressed emotions. Barry walked over to his daughter and took her into his arms. As Nora, for the first time, allowed her father to comfort her, Barry felt something in that moment he had never felt before. He felt a father's love for his child.