#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 – ”

Suddenly she scowls, turning fully to glare at Roger coming down the hall towards us. “The way this one was pounding on my door, flying around like a bat out of hell – ”

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

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

my phone when I

and looping my arm with Cora’s at the elbow, pulling my sister close because I know

on the question of the switched sperm sample before the war and they wanted to…clear

into a grimace. “As a…suspect.” “WHAT!?” My sister shouts, her voice ringing out through the house. Rafe flinches and starts to cry, still cuddled in

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

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

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

breathe in deeply and then exhale. Then, slowly, she pulls her hands down her face, tucking them beneath her chin in two fists, a gesture I remember from

my head at her, my eyes wide with apology. “You know that I know you have nothing to do with this just…please, let

office. “Forgive my investigators – they were just following process and being

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

knowledge of it than the rest of us –

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

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

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