Surrogate For Alpha Dom

Accidental Surrogate Chapter 386-The Long…Long Road

Ella

It takes me just a little over an hour to realize that…I hate road trips.

“Oh my god,” I murmur to Cora as the vibrations of the gigantic RV continue to

shake through us, making poor Rafe grumble uncomfortably. “Is it night yet?

Can we stop?”

“You’re being a baby, Ella,” my sister replies, looking up at me with a smirk,

jumping her red king over three of Roger’s black checkers and capturing them.

“It’s fun!”

“You’re only having fun because you’re kicking Roger’s ass for the third time at

that game,” I murmur, sighing as I glance out the window.

“Seriously,” Roger sighs, leaning back against the white leather of the

kitchenette’s booth. “You should quit that, Cora. For Ella’s sake – she’s trying to

enjoy herself.” He runs a frustrated hand through his hair, staring at the board.

“Yes,” Cora replies, laughing. “For Ella’s sake, I’ll go easy on you.”

“I just thought it would be prettier,” I sigh, looking out the window at the endless

highway miles. “Like, purple mountains majesty. Fruited plains. Etcetera.”

Instead, it’s just hour after hour of looking at cars, and asphalt, and the sad little

pine scrub that borders the highways.

“Maybe when we get further out,” Cora offers, hopeful. “Nah,” Roger replies,

making his next move on the checker’s board. “After the forest it’s all corn for

days.”

I groan, leaning my head back. “I hate corn.”

“No, you don’t,” Cora chides, instantly making her next move on the board and

capturing two more of Roger’s pieces. He gasps in protest and then slumps

back again.

“How are you doing this,” he murmurs, studying the board. “Are you a witch?”

“Maybe,” she says with a shrug.” Guess we have to ask mom.”

I smile at her then, bouncing my fussy baby in my arms. And I inhale a deep

breath, silently ordering myself to cheer up because even if I decidedly do not

like riding in the RV, I’m still excited to take this trip for my sister, to get her the

answers she so desperately wants.

Eventually Cora and I retire with the baby to the bedroom where Sinclair

might not feel the movement of the

and discussing ridiculous things like terrain

find endlessly fascinating for some weird

and leave them to it. Cora

chatting, watching movies, and

baby between us.

in the little sun-soaked room at the back

sister, reconnecting with her

been missing from my life

broke through my window.

think it’s all really over?” I ask her in a quiet moment as the sun starts

sink to the horizon.

I’m

she sighs, telling me honestly. “I think…well, Ella,

I think we’re going to have

the next challenge is

have to fight to make that peace in our lives,

to try to steal it

at my napping baby, trailing a little finger down his

quietly. ” Did we choose wrong? I mean

We picked this…should we have

want a simpler life,” Cora laughs, and I look up

shaking

I was a nanny

single mom, to live quietly alone with my

at me in dismissal. “That was just

always. Yes, you were always going to

her head to the side, “but…you were

think it kind of makes sense that you ended up

door for you to help thousands

was

considering what she’s saying. And I guess…well, I guess

this was perhaps always the life I wanted, even

sometimes that I wanted

also,” she adds, her voice dropping

my fated

my eyes going wide. ” But you’re a

frowning. “But… Ella, this thing between us,”

feels really big. I don’t…know

that.”

you feel a mating bond snap into place?”

turning back to me. “But Roger said it

day

motel.”

knowing what happened that day, and she blushes a little

But I lean forward eagerly, wanting to know. “What did

giving a little

choose you as

I say, impressed, a little jealous. I have no hesitations

know that what’s between us

– it’s an experience I’ll

ask

says,

“Why not?”

don’t want him

scooching forward on

she gasps,