** Harper **
Assuming that Eli's eagerness suggested hunger, Harper added an order of loaded Belgian waffles to share. He didn't turn it down. They took their time with the sumptuous treat, and when they finally left the shop with a sugar overload, dusk had fully settled in, casting a veil of blue light over the park.
"Wow." Harper halted in her tracks as she took in the new view greeting them. "Does this park somehow transform into a different place at night?"
Lights had come on all around them, the warm glow dazzling against the evening backdrop. Shop signs flashed pink and soft yellow, rows of string lights along the roofs dancing in a merry rhythm. Fairy-shaped lamps lit up the sidewalks. Across the plaza, the glittering crest of a carousel spun in a kaleidoscope of colors, and the chimes of its music drifted on the wind, crisp against the quiet splashes of ocean waves just beyond the promenade.
