Chapter 14
ANIKA LOOKED FOR CARLOS when she came in to start her shift, but he was nowhere in sight. She scrubbed her foot against the mat behind the counter in the women’s department, surprised at how much just the sight of him lifted her mood. It wasn’t possible to think about that long because the Friday afternoon shoppers were clogging up every aisle of Kenworth’s. It seemed that the promotions Keira and Tayton had planned were doing well.
At five minutes to seven, Anika took her break. She walked over to the Soda Fountain— Carlos still wasn’t there. Her shoulders slumped. She turned to go and stumbled into Cecilia. “Oh, excuse me,” Anika said. “I didn’t see you there.”
“Are you the one who has been taking items from housewares and setting them up in the women’s clothing department?
