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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the hall towards us. “The way this

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

out and give him a little

the investigators.

on my phone when I woke up from my nap at 9 – and then all of a

arm with Cora’s at the elbow, pulling my sister

what I’m about to say is going to piss her off. “Sinclair brought in his team of investigators – the ones who were working on the

and they wanted to…clear you. Before

Cora asks, confused.

pulling into a grimace. “As a…suspect.”

the house. Rafe flinches and starts to cry, still cuddled in my arm.

am mers al work to settle we baby, bobbing him in my arms. “Obviously Sinclair and I don’t suspect you! But his team needs to be thorough, and you were the last one

can’t believe I was a suspect! After everything!” Cora says, her voice softer now, but no less angry.

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

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

hurt you, Ella,” Cora says, her voice as pleading

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

Sinclair says, peeking out from the office. “Forgive my investigators – they were just following process and being thorough.”

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

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

don’t your investigators have the notes?”

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

along with her jaw. “Are you serious? Ether?”

to do

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