Chapter 4The ornately appointed restaurant and banquet hall, a spacious, two-story, modern-day edifice plopped into the highly historic district of Savannah along Riverfront Plaza, teamed with life. Raucous laughter and soft jazz poured from within. Myriad scents of blooming magnolia and nearby honeysuckle, loam, and potential seafood from the adjacent Savannah River, and tasty treats from the luxurious establishment itself wafted through the air, assaulting the nostrils in a marriage of bliss to tempt the palate and the soul. Shooting up from the building’s front-lined gardens of peonies, camellia, and mistflower, red and blue floodlights crisscrossed the restaurant front, bathing it in varying shades of romantic violet. Bold and beveled gold letters above the twin entrance doors advertis
