Chapter 354 – The Problem

Ella

Cora blinks rapidly in disbelief and my own mouth falls open. I see Roger go tense in his chair and feel Sinclair do the same beside me.

“Wha- what?” Cora asks, aghast, leaning forward to stare more closely at Henry. “The problem that is HankJ; FJA

Hank? What the hell kind of problem is Hank?”

I grimace a little when I see her get defensive and dart my eyes to Roger, seeing him rankle at it, just a little bit. Roger, I know, is jealous of Hank – not very jealous, not in a bad way. Just…as much as he doesn’t blame Cora for her previous hesitations, or hold them against her…

…well, he’s not going to be thrilled about Cora’s ex’s continued presence in our lives, is he? Especially when he sees Cora defend Hank like that..

“Please, Cora,” Henry says, putting a peaceful hand out towards her. “Just… hear me out.”

“What is wrong with Hank,” she insists, continuing to be angry, which just upsets Roger more. I glance at Sinclair, worried. His face is a mirror of my own.

“Please “Henry says again, leaning forward and staring at Cora only at Cora intensely. “I mean no insult. I just want to…discuss.”

crosses her arms over her chest again, not happy about it but willing

am just concerned,” Henry continues, “about this man’s continued connection to

Roger mutters, his face turned down towards the table. Cora shoots Roger a dirty look he pretends

– he did

at your beck and call. He was very

it out. “No,” Cora says, breaking in and shaking her head vehemently.

a frightened hand going

Henry speaks as if he didn’t hear

and to Sinclair. “We also know that they tend to place their people in

again covering his

not part of this – he – he’s

even. “At a clinic that we pay for. This man is…very suddenly very involved in

person who has only done wonderful things for this family. I know him. I know that he only has good things in his heart, and wants to help, and to

sorry because Cora has a point. Henry does too we need to be careful, especially because we know that the Cult has a history of deploying

quietly look away from Cora, not saying the words that echo in the

want to believe bad things about Hank because she got so close to him. That if he tricked all of us, then he tricked her the most. And that

when I look up at her I see that she intuits what we’re all thinking. Without another word Cora seals her mouth shut and

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