Drake gave Melody the extra key to the Reef Bungalow. She came in intermittently as she had the chance to decorate his house. Each time he came back, he found something added to it that softened the emptiness.
When he offered to pay her back for the expenses, she said she didn't incur much. Most of the decorations she brought came from her own family. They were things that belonged to her parents and came from her childhood home, which was stored in a container because there was no room in Nanna and Uncle Dave's house. Drake was touched that she would allow him to have them. He even told her that she could take it back at any time she wanted, though she had no intention to.
Cliff had arranged for his buddies to bring some equipment to help clear out the brush from his yard. And Emily had
