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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at Roger coming down the hall towards us. “The way

hell,” he mutters, his frustrated expression matching Cora’s. “It wasn’t exactly peaceful heading into your apartment, which smelled like wonton soup and –” 1

Cora huffs, narrowing 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 talking

the investigators.

anything on my phone when I woke up from my nap at 9 – and then all of a sudden Roger’s pounding on my door

and looping my arm with Cora’s at the elbow, pulling my

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 allowed to text you.”

Cora asks, confused.

say, my mouth pulling into a grimace. “As a…suspect.”

voice ringing out through the house. Rafe flinches and starts to cry, still cuddled in my

don’t suspect you! But his team needs

believe I was a suspect! After everything!” Cora

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

deeply and then exhale. Then, slowly, she pulls her hands down her face, tucking them beneath her chin in two

would never hurt you, Ella,” Cora says, her

know that I know you have nothing to do with this just….please,

says, peeking out from the office. “Forgive my

see that she understands. “Okay,” she says, nodding. “I get it. But, what

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

I’ll tell you everything. But don’t your investigators have

say, my voice wheedling as I passes the baby to Sinclair and take both

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

to do hypnosis?”

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