"Wow ... this place is so Schway!" Nora said as she walked with Barry into his favorite coffee shop

"Do you like it that much?" Barry asked with a chuckle

"Yup. I mean ... reminds me a lot of CC Jitters ... a ... "

"Does that place still exist?" Barry asked

"Yes ... but it's not even comparable to this place!"

"I came here my first day in Coast City ..." Barry said as they sat down at a table, and ordered.

"This place is a long way from the police station! Why did you come here? How did you discover this place? " Nora asked curiously

"Well…"

"So?" Nora asked. looking forward to hearing the answer

"I've been coming here for 25 years ..."

"AND…"

"One person brought here for the truth ... it was my wife ..."

"You are married!?" Nora said, with horror on her face "Sorry ... I have to go ..." she said before getting up

"Wait up…"

"Listen, I don't want to know anything! I'm not interested in open relationships! I don't like cheating! Maybe I was wrong about you! "

"My wife died 5 years ago!"

"Oh ..." Nora said, regretting what she said "Sorry ... I thought that ..."

"Don't worry" Barry sighed "I'll refer to her as my wife for life ... even if I remarry"

"No, I'm really sorry! I just hate betrayals ... "

"Who cheated on you?" Barry asked bluntly

"Go straight to the point, huh ..." Nora sighed

"From how you talk about it, you understand that it is personal"

"It was about 5 years ago ... my first real relationship ... She was 30 ... We were together for 6 months ... I loved her, and I thought she loved me too ..." Nora said, as her eyes began to moisten

"Did she cheated on you? Was she having an affair? "

"No ... I was the affair ... She was married!"

"I'm sorry for what you've been through," Barry said, taking her hands

"Thanks ..." she replied, embarrassed

"You know, in a way I can understand what you've been through ..."

"For real!? I don't think so" Nora said, breaking contact with Barry's hands

"After years I was finally married to the person I loved all my life ... then one day she cheated on me ...

We got divorced ... at first I was destroyed, then I moved on ...

One day, when her father, who was also my adoptive father, died ... she and I, we ...

the next day she said she never stopped loving me ...

If it had happened a few months earlier I would have also come back to her, but I was finally happy ...

My girlfriend, Caitlin Snow had even forgiven me for that mistake ... and she hadn't even left me when my ex claimed she was pregnant ... "

"So far you look more like my ex!" Nora said, angry at how Barry's story was going

"Well, in the end, on the day of the birth, I discovered that that wasn't my daughter, and I left ..."

"Wow ... bad shot ..."

"Not only that ... that evening was my anniversary with my girlfriend, I wanted to propose to her ... We had an appointment in a luxury restaurant ... I was in hospital, so I told her I would join her there ... but she died in a car accident a few minutes later ...
Within one night I had lost everything ... "

"I'm so sorry ... Is that why you moved to Coast City?"

"More or less…"

"OK ... Let's change the subject ..."

"Sorry…" Barry said

"For what?"

"It should be a date ... yet I'm ruining it"

"Don't worry, you're not ruining it! I was the first to start the betrayal speech! I'd like to propose a toast "Nora said, raising her coffee cup as if it were a glass of champagne" To the two of us… that one day we'll have a real relationship, free from betrayals! "

"Cheers"