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 –”

like a bat into hell,” he mutters, his frustrated expression matching Cora’s. “It wasn’t exactly peaceful heading into

him a little shove and turn to my sister. Clearly in a mood, Roger just shakes his head and goes into the office, where Sinclair is still talking to

the investigators.

Cora continues when he’s gone, “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

hesitating and looping my arm with Cora’s at the

about to say is going to piss her off. “Sinclair brought in his team of investigators – the ones who were

and they wanted to…clear you. Before

me?” Cora asks,

I say, my mouth pulling into a grimace.

her voice ringing out through the house. Rafe

siynı, yiving me an exasperated 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

suspect! After everything!” Cora says, her

wishing to mollify her because, honestly, it was more like six hours. “And obviously you were cleared! So!”

hands to her face and covers it, taking a minute to breathe in deeply and then exhale. Then, slowly, she pulls her hands down

Ella,” Cora says, her voice as

at her, my eyes wide with apology. “You know that I know you

says, peeking out from the office. “Forgive my investigators – they were

understands. “Okay,” she says, nodding. “I get

he slowly walks over to us. “You have more knowledge of it than the rest of us

don’t your investigators have the notes?” Cora

take both of Cora’s hands. The

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

do

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