Cover Up

Have you ever noticed that store or restaurant in your neighborhood that seems to stay open despite the fact that no one ever seems to be in there buying anything, EVER? I am not talking about one of those guilty pleasure places like Krystal's, White Castle, or even a celebrity restaurant. It is not the kind of place that you pretend not to,like, but secretly go at 2 AM. It is a dingy hole in the wall with bad food.
I just passed one of those places today when I dropped LoLo off at school. I will admit that I have been to this restaurant once. That was 6 years ago and the food was so bad that I have never been back since. I did not see anyone else in there when I went the first time (Red flag, I know) and I have not seen anyone go in or out since.
I am usually fascinated how places like this can stay open and other places fold within a year. I am sure the overhead is low because they can't be ordering a lot of food based on past sales. They don't need a lot of stay because bugs serve themselves and the location does not warrant a high rental price, but still, something must be up. Then I remembered something that Husband once said about a gas station in our neighborhood where the pumps don't work, but manages to stay open. It must be a drug front or some kind of mafia meeting place. There really is no other explanation for how they stay afloat. The same is true for the car wash that never had a car but always had people standing in front.
It all makes so much more sense now. I think about the few times that I saw a cop pull someone over in that parking area and it is like an episode of CSI, NCIS, and Law & Order when all the pieces finally come together and you know who did it.
It was all a cover up. Consipracry theories are everywhere and sometimes they're real!