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

–

“The way this one was pounding on my door, flying around like a bat out of hell

frustrated expression matching Cora’s. “It wasn’t exactly peaceful heading into

I reach out and give him a little shove and turn to my sister. Clearly in a mood, Roger just

the investigators.

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

complicated,” I say, hesitating and looping my arm with Cora’s at the

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

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

me?” Cora

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

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

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 who we know had the sample! It makes

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

suspect for like, three hours,” 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

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

you, Ella,” Cora says, her

wide with apology. “You know that I

says, peeking out from the office. “Forgive my investigators – they were

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

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

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

to Sinclair and take both of Cora’s hands. The baby calms almost instantly in Sinclair’s arms. “How do you

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

to do hypnosis?”

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