Chapter 313 – Sister Support

Ella

“Ella!” I hear my sister’s voice cry the same moment I hear the front door to the house open. I stand quickly from my seat in Sinclair’s office, Rafe awake and peaceful in my arms, and move to the open doorway.

“Cora!” I call. I see her spin away from the living room where she was looking for me and jog down the hall towards me, Roger closing the house’s main door behind him as he enters as well. Cora takes my shoulders in her hands as soon as she gets close.

“Are you

– are you all right?” she gasps, looking me over, and then looking down towards the baby. I can see a little relief come into her face the moment she sees us both before her, intact and safe.

“We’re okay,” I say, giving her a little smile. “For right now, we’re okay. Thank you for coming so late at night.”

My sister snaps her eyes up at me, frowning a little.

“What?” I ask.

“I just…” she says, confused, glancing back at Roger, “I didn’t expect you to be so calm.”

“Well, it happened like, eleven hours ago,” I say, raising my eyebrows at her. “We’ve had some time to process and plan

Suddenly she scowls, turning fully to glare at Roger coming down the hall towards us. “The way this one was pounding on my door, flying around like a bat out of hell –”

he mutters, his frustrated expression matching Cora’s. “It wasn’t exactly

retort but I reach out and give him a little shove and turn

the investigators.

“why didn’t you text me earlier if this happened hours ago? There wasn’t anything on my phone when I woke up from my nap at 9 – and then all of a sudden Roger’s pounding

say, hesitating and looping my arm with Cora’s at the elbow, pulling

“Sinclair brought in his team of investigators – the ones who were working on the question of the switched sperm

war – and they wanted to…clear you. Before

Cora

say, my mouth pulling into a grimace. “As

Rafe flinches and starts to cry,

look as op my am mers al work to settle we baby, bobbing him in my arms. “Obviously Sinclair and I don’t suspect you! But his team needs to be thorough, and you were the last

I was a suspect! After everything!” Cora

it was more like

sister brings both of her hands to her face and covers it, taking a minute to breathe in deeply and then exhale. Then, slowly, she pulls her hands down her face, tucking them beneath her

know I would never hurt you, Ella,” Cora says, her voice

my head at her, my eyes wide with apology. “You know that I know you have nothing to do with this just….please,

true, Cora,” Sinclair says, peeking out from the office. “Forgive my investigators – they were

I see that she understands. “Okay,” she says, nodding. “I get it. But, what

more knowledge of it than the rest of us – you were there. We’d like

course – I’ll tell you everything. But don’t your investigators

as I passes the baby to Sinclair and take both of Cora’s hands. The baby calms almost instantly in Sinclair’s arms. “How do you feel about…trying

along with her jaw. “Are you serious? Ether?” she asks, awed. “Do you – you

to do

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