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

–

hall towards us. “The way this one was

mutters, his frustrated expression matching Cora’s. “It wasn’t exactly peaceful heading into your

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

the investigators.

phone

my arm with Cora’s at the

her off. “Sinclair brought in his team of investigators – the ones who were working on the question

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

Cora asks,

my mouth pulling

Rafe flinches and starts to cry, still cuddled in

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 who we know had the sample! It makes

suspect! After everything!” Cora says, her voice softer now, but

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

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

Cora says, her voice as pleading as it

head at her, my eyes wide with apology. “You know that I know you have

“Forgive my investigators –

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

his pockets as he slowly walks over to us. “You have more knowledge of it than the rest of us – you were there. We’d like to see if you remember anything from that afternoon that could help.”

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

passes the baby to Sinclair and take both of Cora’s hands.

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

do hypnosis?”

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