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 –”

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

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

the investigators.

continues when he’s gone, “why didn’t you text me earlier if this happened hours ago? There wasn’t anything on my phone

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

her off. “Sinclair brought in his team of investigators – the ones

to…clear you.

me?” Cora asks, confused.

say, my mouth pulling into a

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

am mers al work to settle we baby, bobbing him in my arms. “Obviously Sinclair and I don’t suspect you! But his team needs to be thorough, and you were

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

my eyes and wishing to mollify her because, honestly, it was more

a minute to breathe in deeply and then exhale. Then, slowly, she pulls her hands down

says, her voice as pleading as it

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

Sinclair says, peeking out from the office. “Forgive my investigators – they were just following process and being thorough.”

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

to go back to that day,” Sinclair says, 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

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

take both of Cora’s hands. The baby calms almost instantly in Sinclair’s

serious? Ether?” she asks, awed. “Do you – you

to do hypnosis?”

insist, that too–big smile still pasted on my face. “It just makes you remember! And then