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With Alex Lawson being carted away in handcuffs by PC Joe Lloyd, Caroline closed the front door to Charlie’s farmhouse and sat down on the sofa opposite him.
‘Are you sure you don’t want to get that looked at? I really think you should go to the hospital.’
‘I’ll be fine. He barely touched me,’ Charlie said.
Usually, Caroline would try to talk an assault victim into getting their injuries looked at, but she could see Charlie Ford wasn’t going to change his mind.
‘So, what was that all about?’ she said to Charlie, nodding and smiling at Dexter as he walked into the room.
‘No idea. Your guess is as good as mine.’
‘What, so you’ve got no idea why a friend of yours turned up at your home out of the blue and attacked you? Did he say anything?’
‘Nothing. Just went for me the second I o
