#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 – ”

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

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 still talking to some of the

gone, “why didn’t you text me earlier if this happened hours ago? There wasn’t anything on my phone when I woke up from

Cora’s at the elbow, pulling my sister close because I know what I’m

of investigators – the ones who were working on the question of the switched sperm sample before the war and they wanted to…clear you. Before I was

mouth pulling into a grimace. “As a…suspect.” “WHAT!?” My sister shouts, her voice ringing out through the house.

giving her an exasperated look as I unloop my arm from hers and work to settle the 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

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

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 shrug and look at her pleadingly, ” maybe move on from

of her hands to 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 her chin in two fists, a gesture I remember

Cora says, her voice as pleading as it is insistent. “Cora,” I say, shaking my head at her, my eyes

office. “Forgive my investigators – they were just following

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

to us. “You have more knowledge of it than the rest of us – you were there.

tell you everything. But don’t your investigators have the

give my sister 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 in

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