He spent his morning with Melody and John outlining some of his ideas and giving them enough information to work with. Melody was excited to have the ...project and found a few minutes to pull Dale aside to tell him so in a very intense and satisfying way.Dale had been so focused on getting Lizzy settled the day before that he hadn't realized that with the growth his family had recently gone through he was out of bedrooms. When he apologized to Melody about it she said, "Well I guess that should. I was in no mood to cook but was certainlyhungry, so I accepted without any hesitance and we wentover to her house for dinner.She was an excellent cook and I ate more then Inormally do but Irene didn’t seem to notice how much Ihad consumed and we talked like two teenagers, abouteverything. I helped Irene clean up and when we hadfinished cleaning up, she pulled me to her, wrapped herarms around me, thanked me for helping her and kissedme. I don’t know what happened to me as I never. “Can I help you?”“Yea dummy,” she said as she handed the 6 pack to me and stepped in to my apartment. “You can put those in the fridge.”“Karen?” I said, almost in disbelief, “Is that you.”“Wow!” she said as she stepped over to my full length mirror by the hallway, “I must have really changed if you can’t recognize your own sister.”She had not just changed, she had transformed! Where she used to be round in all directions now stood the lean frame of a 58 year old knockout. “My God sis,” I. Mum was in the front and Tracey and I in the back with Aroha sandwiched between us."Long journey?" Tracey asked."Yes, but I'm here now and glad to get away as the whanau is in an uproar. Benny got arrested yesterday," Aroha replied."What! What for?" I asked."He had a load of P (Methamphetamine/Ice - called "P" due to the Pseudoephedrine used to manufacture the drug) in his boot. He was transporting it for one of the gangs, but last I heard he wouldn't say which one," Aroha replied."Bloody.