#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 – ”

like a bat into hell,” he mutters, his frustrated expression matching Cora’s. “It

little shove and turn to my sister. Clearly in a mood, Roger just

text me 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 pounding on my

hesitating and looping my arm with Cora’s at the elbow, pulling my sister close because I know what I’m about to say is going to piss her

the question of the switched sperm sample before the war and they wanted to…clear you. Before I was allowed to text you.”

“WHAT!?” My sister shouts, her voice ringing out through the house. Rafe flinches and starts to cry, still cuddled

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 the sample! It makes sense, from

can’t believe I was a suspect! After everything!” Cora says,

because, honestly, it was more like six hours. ” And obviously

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

says, her voice as pleading as it is insistent. “Cora,” I say, shaking my head at her, my eyes wide with apology. “You know that I know you have nothing to do with this just…please, let it

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

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

walks over to us. “You have more knowledge of it than the

– se – I’ll tell you everything. But don’t your investigators have the notes?” Cora asks, confused, “from the last

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

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