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 –”

frustrated expression matching Cora’s. “It wasn’t

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

the investigators.

Cora continues when he’s gone, “why didn’t you 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

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

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

you. Before I

Cora asks,

pulling into a grimace. “As a…suspect.”

house. Rafe flinches and starts to

siynı, yiving me an exasperated look as op my 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,

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

mollify her because, honestly, it was more like six hours. “And obviously you were cleared! So!” I shrug and look

then exhale. Then, slowly, she pulls her hands down her face, tucking them beneath her chin in two fists, a gesture I remember from our childhood when

says, her voice

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

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

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

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

running a hand through her hair. “Of course – I’ll tell you everything. But don’t your investigators have the notes?” Cora asks, confused, “from the

the baby to Sinclair and take both of Cora’s hands. The baby calms almost instantly in Sinclair’s arms. “How

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

to do hypnosis?”

my face. “It just makes you remember! And then you’re