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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down the hall towards us. “The way this one was pounding on my door, flying around like a bat out of hell –”

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

to retort but I reach out and give him a little shove and turn to my sister. Clearly

the investigators.

gone, “why didn’t 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 then all of a sudden Roger’s pounding on my

and looping my arm with Cora’s at the

his team of investigators – the ones who were working on the question of the switched sperm

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

me?” Cora

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

sister shouts, her voice ringing out through the house. Rafe flinches

“Obviously Sinclair and I don’t suspect

I was a suspect! After everything!” Cora says, her voice softer now,

rolling my eyes and wishing to mollify her because, honestly, it was more like six hours. “And obviously you were cleared! So!” I shrug

hands to her face and covers it, taking a minute to breathe in deeply and then exhale. Then, slowly, she pulls her hands

never hurt you, Ella,” Cora says,

eyes wide with apology. “You know that I know you have nothing to do with this

office. “Forgive my

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

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

mean,” Cora says, running a hand through her hair. “Of course – I’ll tell you everything. But don’t your investigators have the notes?” Cora asks, confused, “from the last time

give 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 do you feel

drops along with her jaw. “Are you serious? Ether?” she asks, awed. “Do you – you

do hypnosis?”

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