After a chaos-filled summer, Kiko and Dom are ready to ease into a more laidback autumn and really put in some quality time together. Allowing Dom's ex roommate to crash with them, however, turns out to be a mistake when the guy won't leave.<br><br>Dom struggles to cope as Travis dredges up things from his past he'd rather not remember and slowly casts doubts on his relationship with Kiko. Just when the tension seems to be too much, a murder after a Halloween party reignites the spark between Kiko and Dom.<br><br>But when the body count begins to rise, it becomes clear that this is no ordinary killer. With few leads and no end to places the murderer could strike, this could either be a Halloween for Kiko and Dom to remember, or their very last.

Deal with the Deviled Eggs

“Yeah, whatever,” muttered Chad as he moved off to the register. Kiko straightened the two cups Chad had knocked over and moved to refill them with orange dye. The child who had been crying calmed down after his mother coxed him to scribble on another egg, and Kiko picked up the partially-dyed broken one off the floor.


He’d been offering Egg-O-Lantern dyeing for several years now and it always seemed to be more trouble than it was worth. Somehow the dye always spilled, the crayons always broke, and half the time parents scribbled the faces on the eggs for their children so that they would look like Kiko’s examples.


Chad sold a family of five a dozen hard-boiled eggs and Kiko’s phone pinged. He set an egg timer for the child’s replacement egg and left the family of five to descend on the black and white crayons. He ducked into the bathroom, locked the door, and took quick stock of the supplies before taking out the phone.


Chapter 13