#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 your apartment, which smelled like wonton soup and –”

but I reach out and give him a little shove and turn to my sister. Clearly

the investigators.

me earlier if this happened hours ago? There wasn’t anything on my phone when I woke up from my

looping my arm with Cora’s at the elbow, pulling my

because I know what I’m 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 switched sperm sample

and they wanted to…clear you. Before I was allowed

me?” Cora asks, confused.

say, my mouth pulling into

through the house. Rafe flinches

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, and you were the last one who we know had

After everything!” Cora says, her voice

more

Then, slowly, she pulls her

Ella,” Cora says, her voice as

her, my eyes wide with apology. “You know that I know you

office. “Forgive my investigators – they were just

sighs and I see that she understands. “Okay,” she says, nodding. “I get it.

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

everything. But don’t your investigators

baby to Sinclair and take both of Cora’s hands.

serious? Ether?” she asks, awed. “Do

do

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

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