#elsieashes

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“Hey now, you aren’t supposed to be here yet!”

“Dad!”

She was racing to him, laughing uncontrollably as she threw her arms around him!

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“It’s been weeks. You normally don’t stay away so long.”

“Been really busy.”

“It’s good you’ve not dropped in, I’ve not been alone.”

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For the first time since he woke from his coma, Crispin was glad to leave Elsie’s side. The immense pain she felt was overwhelming for him. He didn’t know how to process or handle it.

His plan was to solve the crime, but the council interfered. Mundane problems were something a spellcaster was not allowed to solve. He was given an ultimatum, and in the end, abandoned the quest.

[tiptoesims]

He moved forward, “So that’s the plan? Fuck a random after being a one man girl your entire life? Have you ever even looked at another guy?”

Not since discovering Ren was her soulmate at fifteen.

“I look at you, not that I’d call you a ‘man’.”

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“What’s happening?”

Her chest was heaving, “He’s moving in with someone.”

She didn’t even have to say who ‘he’ was, only one person could get Elsie worked up like this.

“Good for him.”

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“Yes. We’ve been dating for over six months now. I’m going to ask her to move in.”

“Move in. To our home?”

His brow cocked, “My home.”

Frack. Frack. She couldn’t seem to get air in her lungs. What was happening?

[tiptoesims]

None of them knew it, but this would be the last time they ever spent a happy evening together…

[tiptoesims]

Poppy hopped onto the coffee table as the evening wound down, “A toast! To the best bitches I’ve ever known!”

Hugs, a few tears from Harper and Tiara, and the group said their goodbyes.