Surrogate For Alpha Dom

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

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way this

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

her eyes at Roger and then turning back to me. Roger opens his mouth to retort but I reach out and give 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

the investigators.

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 looping my arm with Cora’s at the elbow,

I’m about to say is going to piss her off. “Sinclair brought in his team

wanted to…clear you. Before I was allowed to

me?” Cora asks, confused.

I say, my mouth pulling into a

ringing out through the house. Rafe flinches

am mers al work to settle we baby, bobbing him in my arms. “Obviously Sinclair and I don’t suspect you!

I was a suspect! After everything!” Cora

more like six hours. “And obviously you were cleared! So!” I shrug and look at her pleadingly,

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

says, her voice as pleading as it

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

from the office. “Forgive my investigators – they were just

“Okay,” she says, nodding. “I get it. But, what can I

have more knowledge of it than the rest of us – you were there. We’d like to see if you remember anything

“Of course – I’ll tell you everything. But don’t your investigators have the notes?” Cora asks, confused, “from the last

my sister a wide, too–eager smile. “Well…” I say, my voice wheedling as I passes the baby to Sinclair and take both of Cora’s hands. The baby calms almost instantly in Sinclair’s arms. “How

her jaw. “Are you serious?

do

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