Accidental Surrogate for Alpha

#Chapter 314 – 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 –”

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

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

the investigators.

anything on my phone when I woke up from my nap at 9 – and then all of a

I say, hesitating and looping my arm with Cora’s at the elbow, pulling my

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

they wanted to…clear you.

me?” Cora

my mouth pulling

sister shouts, her voice ringing out through the house. Rafe flinches and starts to cry, still

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 an

After everything!” Cora says, her

honestly, it was more like six hours. “And obviously you were cleared! So!” I shrug and look at her pleadingly, “maybe move on from it!”

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

would never hurt you, Ella,” Cora says, her

shaking my head at her, my eyes wide with apology. “You know that I

out from the office. “Forgive my investigators – they

says, nodding.

have more knowledge of it than the rest of us – you were there. We’d like to see if you remember anything from

But don’t your investigators have the

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 Sinclair’s arms. “How

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

to do

smile still pasted on my face. “It just makes you remember! And then you’re just a