The Sunlight Grocery used to be called The Sun Stop until its sudden and strange transformation several years ago. The characters involved in that have moved on, and the store isn’t as perfect as it once was, but much of the neighborhood around it has gentrified to some extent. Lake Belle is far from an up and coming town, although some areas are charming and even respectable.

The woman who owns the place, Lorraine Pack, doesn’t come into the store. Her husband choked to death on a grape in the produce section, but since no one liked Orlis Pack, no one bothers to mention it. As long as The Sunlight makes money Lorraine doesn’t care what else goes on there; most of the employees have never seen her and never will. More employees work at the store than post, but most of them don’t care about the internet beyond checking email or shopping.

The Sunlight Grocery is on the corner of Harper Avenue and Hill Road, and everyone in Lake Belle ends up stopping in there at least once. Sometimes when they do, they buy a little something and leave. Other times there’s a story.