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 –”

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

him a little shove and turn to my sister. Clearly in a mood, Roger just

the investigators.

ago? There wasn’t anything on my phone when I woke up from my nap at 9 – and then all of

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

know what I’m about to say is going to piss her off. “Sinclair brought in his team of investigators – the ones who were working on the question of the switched sperm sample

– and they wanted to…clear you. Before I was

Cora asks,

mouth pulling into a

out through the house. Rafe flinches and

arms. “Obviously Sinclair and I don’t suspect you! But his team needs to be thorough, and you were the

a suspect! After everything!” Cora says, her voice softer now, but no less angry.

a suspect for like, three hours,” I reply, rolling my eyes and wishing to mollify her because, honestly, it was more like six hours.

exhale. Then, slowly, she pulls her hands down her face, tucking them beneath her chin in two fists, a gesture I remember from our childhood when she was truly

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

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

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

sighs and I see that she understands. “Okay,” she says,

over to us. “You have more knowledge of it than the rest of us – you were there. We’d

don’t your investigators have the

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

“Are you serious? Ether?” she asks, awed. “Do you – you want

do hypnosis?”

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