Instead of attending the Christmas Ball, Harry had stayed in his office. He had ransacked the office, looking for any traces of the old Robert Sutherland. As he sat back down in the chair, his eyes stared above the door way. Something peculiar had caught his eye in the white wall, above the frame itself.

He stood up from his seat and ran his hand along the wall. It held a secret compartment. As he pushed the wall in, something released and a small draw came out from in the wall.

Inside the wall was a dark brown journal. Robert Sutherland's journal. He closed the draw and brought the journal over to the desk. As he went to sit down, a folded note fell from the inside and landed on the floor.

He picked up the letter and read.

"My Dearest Astrid. If you are reading this, it means that I am no longer with you and that you have inherited STAR Labs and everything that we have worked so hard to achieve.

I must confess a secret that I could never bring myself to tell you, while I was alive. This news might break your heart, but the words have to be spoken.

Your mother and I, as much as we have both loved you as if you were our very own, are not your true biological parents. We only ever met your father. His name was Kent Nelson. He gave you up at a time when he was in danger. He made us vow to love you as if you were our own, or else your life, too would be in jeopardy. After we had lost our own child, we could not bear such a cruel fate to befall another child.

I am sorry that you might feel that you have been living a lie. But for what it's worth, I hope that you have found the happiness within your life. Just as I hope that Cisco is still a very important person to you. Just as he has always been like a son to me. He has always loved you, just as your mother and I too, have always loved you.

I wish you all the best in your future, love always, your father Robert Sutherland."

Suddenly the noise of someone slamming things around in the cortex, made Harry jump. He got to his feet and opened the door to find Cisco packing his things. He had tears in his eyes.

"Are you okay, Cisco?" Harry asked.

"For your information, jerk! I'm not fine! I'm leaving, I can't be here!" Cisco snapped.

"What's happened?"

"Look, I don't need to tell you anything! You're just some imposter who thinks they can come in here and take over everything, as if she were all yours!" Cisco snapped.

"I take it that we're not actually talking about me, here?" Harry asked.

"No, I'm sorry. Oliver Queen, actually. The rich playboy bachelor, Astrid's ex-boyfriend, just kissed her. I suppose that it's a good thing I never proposed to her, she would have said no, anyway." Cisco said.

"So, where are you going?" Harry asked

"I already messaged a friend of mine from Gotham City. I'll only be gone for a couple of weeks, just to sort my head out."

"You're sure?" Harry asked him.

Cisco opened a breach before his eyes, "Yeah, I'm sure. Look after the place for me? Don't let any scary Rag Dolls destroy it, while I'm gone?"

Harry nodded and as the breach closed behind Cisco, Harry thought back to the name in the letter. Kent Nelson was really Astrid's father. Harry had indeed met a Kent Nelson before, but he wasn't sure if it was the same one. This Kent Nelson was also known as DR Fate.

Yet, Astrid had been struck with an interesting twist of fate, including the fact that this was the only earth that she had survived and inherited STAR Labs.

But one thing that Kent had said in the past had struck Harry at that exact moment. The words being "There are no coincidences."

Theoretically speaking, DR Fate could indeed be Astrid Sutherland's father, which would have been why Barry was sent to save her.

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