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 –”

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

back to me. Roger opens his mouth to retort but I reach out and give him a little shove and turn to

the investigators.

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

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

in his team of investigators – the ones

war – and they wanted to…clear you.

me?” Cora asks,

I say, my mouth pulling into a grimace. “As

ringing out through the house. Rafe

bobbing him in my arms. “Obviously Sinclair and I don’t suspect you! But his team needs

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

and wishing to mollify her because, honestly, it was more like six hours. “And

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 from

know I would never hurt you, Ella,” Cora says, her voice as pleading as

eyes wide with apology. “You know that

true, Cora,” Sinclair says, peeking out from the office. “Forgive my investigators – they were just following

and I see that she understands. “Okay,” she says, nodding. “I get it. But, what can

his hands in his pockets as he slowly walks over to us. “You have more knowledge of it than the rest of us – you were there. We’d like to see if you remember anything from that afternoon that could

tell you everything. But don’t your

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

serious? Ether?”

to do

my face. “It just makes you