Chapter 18
The explosion wasn’t loud from so far away, but the noise from the people on the farm was enough to alert Kiko. The commotion outside the barn was panicked, loud; Kiko tugged on Mother’s lead and they left the building, stood with others peering across at the breakfast barn. People were running out of it, shouting, while others held hands over children’s eyes or carried the younger ones with faces pressed into shoulders.
Kiko understood immediately what had happened. It had occurred enough over the past few days. His second thought was Dom—he’d been poking around about the bombs. Kiko had no idea what the odds were that he’d set one off, but he worried nevertheless. He tossed out thoughts of going over to the barn; even if he could get in through the crowds of people trying to
