Leaving the Den

Melody and Ellie finally had everything in storage. It wasn’t much. Because they had orders to fill. They would pack them in the storage unit and then send them as needed. There wasn’t any furniture to speak of moving into here. That came here when Melody moved from her apartment. She’d been paying cash for this place, so no one knew she believed this would happen. That would have caused it to happen earlier than this. A few days in a motel was nothing. She just hoped they wouldn’t kick them out because of David crying or any scents they’d have to use if they needed to make something unexpectedly.

Once they were settled into their room, and David was asleep for the night. Well, most of it. Melody had time for herself to think. So much happened in the last year and look at her now. Gods, she must have let someone down. She would wish that David didn’t live. He was too sweet and precious for that. No, she regretted not telling Ellie to stay, and she had told Malcolm the tr