The absence of the sun meant that some of the heat had faded. It was still summer, of course, but the air was no longer so oppressive. Kiko smiled at Dom, his fear turned to joy. The entire mess was over, and he had not lost Dom. He wanted to celebrate.
“We going back to the booth?” asked Dom. Kiko shook his head and took Dom’s free hand gently with his own, careful of the fact that it was the man’s injured arm.
“No, Katie closed it up for the night. I never run it this late. We’re going to grab a blanket from the truck and eat pie under the fireworks.”
Dom smiled.
“Sounds good.”
They said nothing as they returned to the parking lot and nabbed the blanket Kiko kept around for sitting on the ground. Several families had placed their children on their car roofs, probably so that their l
