This gave Fiona time to focus on Harmony. There were several questions she’d like answered. For instance, why had Harmony stayed over at the David home when her own home was close by? She’d thanked Everett for letting her stay over the night before. The look she gave him was one of thoughtfulness, but Fiona couldn’t say if she were a woman whose look of satisfaction stemmed from sexual gratification or fulfillment of some other need like comfort or escape. Perhaps he merely offered a place to go when she needed to get away from her daily routine. Pulling into the lot of Later Gator’s drew Fiona’s attention from her own musings and to the enormous weathered building on piers before them. The restaurant was made to look as if it sat in a swamp, surrounded by murky water that stagnated beneath the gray and weathered decking. “Whoa!” Ryder shrieked. Whoa indeed. There was an alligator mascot on the roof whose mouth extended down to the floor and was carved into an entryway, giving one the illusion of walking through the mouth of the beast upon entry.
