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“Good,” Ashlyn said vehemently.
“I can’t believe he planned the entire thing,” Elodie said.
“The cops found the guy who harassed you the other evening,” Slate told them. “He claimed Magnus paid him to do it.”
“Which is good,” Ashlyn said.
“Good?” Elodie asked with a frown.
“Yes, it means that he never would’ve done it if he hadn’t been paid.”
“True,” Elodie agreed. “And Theo was never a threat to you either. Magnus was going to blame him for everything.”
Lexie nodded, and Midas saw the guilt in her eyes return. “We appreciate you coming, but maybe we can all talk about this later?” he suggested.
Elodie and Ashlyn immediately nodded.
“Come by my place tomorrow afternoon. You can stay as long as you want,” Midas told them.
“Okay. Don’t think I won’t take you up on that,” Elodie warned.
“You’ll probably get sick of us hanging around,” Ashlyn added.
“Never,” Midas assured them.
“Thanks for coming, guys. I promise I’m good. I’ll be back at work soon.”
“No, you won’t. Natalie told me to tell you she’s giving you two weeks off. And if she sees your butt back before then, she’s gonna be pissed,” Ashlyn informed her.
“But—”
“No buts,” Ashlyn told her. “And… I didn’t get to tell you before, was planning on breaking the news this afternoon, but we got the green light to set up a Food For All location in Barbers Point.”
Lexie beamed. “We did?”
“Yup.” Ashlyn smiled, then glanced at Elodie. “You still interested?”
“Yes!” the other woman said immediately.
“Awesome. By the time you come back, we’ll have more info,” Ashlyn told Lexie.
“That’s great.”
“Okay, it’s time to go,” Slate said, stepping toward Ashlyn and taking her elbow in his hand.
Midas was somewhat surprised that Ashlyn didn’t immediately yank her arm out of his grip. Instead, she simply nodded. “We’ll see you tomorrow, Lex,” she called as she let Slate usher her toward the door.
“I’m really glad you’re all right,” Elodie said. “I’ll bring by some of the four hundred and twenty-two magazines Scott bought me while I was healing.”
“Thanks,” Lexie said.
Midas gave his friends a chin lift. “Tell the guys they can head home. Lex should be discharged tomorrow morning.”
“Will do,” Mustang said. “Expect to see us all there.”
Midas nodded. He didn’t need his friends to help him get Lexie settled in his home, but he sure did appreciate them being there all the same.
When it was just the two of them alone once more, Midas sat on the edge of the bed and smoothed his hand over her hair. He tried to ignore the ugly marks on her neck. They’d fade, as would hopefully the memory of seeing her lying unconscious on the floor with Magnus hovering over her.
