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.”
her chair and crosses her arms over
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 doesn’t
he’s our doctor – he did such
says, turning to me and holding my eyes. “He did a very good job taking care of Rafe. He was at your beck and call. He was very conveniently available when you were hurt after the temple and worked incredibly hard
stops there, staring at me, letting me figure it out. “No,” Cora
a frightened hand going to my mouth. “Do you
Henry speaks
infiltrating lives,” Henry says to me and to Sinclair. “We also know that they tend to place their people in high-powered positions – lawyers, bankers, doctors. We also know that Xander, if he is behind this, is very content
see him again covering his face with his hand. “How
standing up now. “Hank is not
that we built, Cora,” Roger points out, clearly working hard to keep his temper even. “At a clinic that we
family. I know him. I know that he only has good things in his
know that the Cult has a history of deploying sleeper agents. But Hank himself? He hasn’t given
with me. Instead, they just quietly look away from Cora, not saying the words
Hank because she got so close to him. That if he tricked all of us, then he tricked her the most. And that would be
her I see that she intuits what we’re all thinking. Without another word Cora seals her mouth shut
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