Chapter 19
By Tuesday there had been no further attempts at Kiko’s life. Dom was ready to be relieved by the time lunchtime came and went and he and Kiko were still in Yolks on You together, taking care of the customers. In a few hours, Kiko would close up for three days and come home to Dom, who wished family had already left. It was so hard to snag time with Kiko already. Dom figured it’d be impossible for Christmas.
“You don’t look happy,” said Kiko after he’d rung up a customer. Dom was rinsing out eggnog glasses behind the counter and shrugged. “It’s that we don’t know who poisoned the rolls or threw the brick.”
“Ben trying to protect his daughter,” said Dom. “Why else would it have stopped?”
“So I’m safe now. What is it?”
Dom sighed.
“I miss you,” he muttered. He couldn’t look
