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 –”

expression matching Cora’s. “It wasn’t exactly peaceful heading into your apartment, which smelled like wonton

huffs, narrowing her eyes at 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,

the investigators.

this happened hours ago? There wasn’t anything on my phone when I woke up from my nap at 9 –

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

off. “Sinclair brought in his team of investigators –

you.

me?” Cora

my mouth pulling into a grimace. “As

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

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

suspect! After everything!” Cora says, her voice softer now,

mollify her because, honestly, it was more like

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

says, her voice as pleading as it is insistent.

say, shaking my head at her, my eyes wide with apology. “You know that I know you have nothing to do with

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

I see that she understands. “Okay,” she says, nodding. “I

“You have more knowledge of it than the rest of us – you were there. We’d like to see

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

smile. “Well…” I say, my voice wheedling as I passes the baby to Sinclair and take both of Cora’s hands. The baby

her jaw. “Are you serious?

to do

bad!” I insist, that too–big smile still pasted on my face. “It just makes you remember! And then you’re just a little hungry afterwards,