#Chapter 313 – 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

reach out and give him a little shove and turn to my

the investigators.

happened 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 door

arm with Cora’s at the elbow, pulling my

in his team of investigators – the ones who were

you. Before I

me?” Cora asks,

my mouth pulling into a

the house. Rafe flinches and starts to cry, still cuddled in my

my arms. “Obviously Sinclair and I don’t suspect you! But his team needs to be thorough, and you were the last one who

After everything!” Cora

it was more like six hours. “And obviously you were cleared!

she pulls her hands down her face, tucking them beneath her chin in two fists, a gesture I remember from our childhood when she was

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

with apology. “You know that I know you have nothing to do with this

Cora,” Sinclair says, peeking out from the office. “Forgive my investigators

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

go back to that day,” Sinclair says, his hands in his pockets as he slowly walks over to us. “You have more knowledge of

running a hand through her hair. “Of course – I’ll tell you everything. But don’t your investigators have

both of Cora’s hands. The baby calms almost instantly in Sinclair’s arms. “How do

you serious?

me to do hypnosis?”

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

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