AmyStrange & the Criminal
(Part 1: the Escape)
                              Copyright © 2019 by David P. Ayotte
THIS BOOK IS NOT FOR CHILDREN
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CHAPTER 1: WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 15th

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     I was still living with Pee Wee at
the time, and he drove us home.        
     After Pee Wee told me what hap-   
pened while I was out, he didn’t say   
anything else, and I figured it        
wouldn’t be a good idea to maybe set   
him off again, so I kept quiet.        
     By the time we got there, I’d so- 
bered up enough to check and see that I
still had all my parts. Luckily,       
nothing was broken either, so all I had
to do was clean up a few cuts and      
bruises.                               
     While we were silently sitting on 
the couch watching the numbers get     
worse, I was furiously trying to think 
of a way to stop the depression from   
dragging me down, down, down, and back 
to that video again, but that’s when it
hit me.                                
     The only option I had left, and   
that was to go freelance.              
     I’ve been resisting it since that 
day, and that’s mostly because I still 
had to pay my share of the rent, and   
freelance work didn’t pay shit. At     
least, not the kind I wanted to do.    
     Surprisingly enough, just thinking
about it actually helped. The Darkness 
not only lightened up, but also took a 
step back, like I was finally getting  
on the right track.                    
     I almost started laughing but fig-
ured that wouldn’t be a good idea right
now.                                   
     I did begin wondering just what   
going freelance meant? Did I get to    
wear a mask, cape, and drive around in 
a cool car? Or, is this something I    
should keep secret and not be flashy   
about?                                 
     I decided to keep it secret, be-  
cause being flashy sounded too much    
like bragging, and also because there  
were a lot of sick people out there,   
just like me, and I didn’t want to be  
come one of their victims.             
     It would be ironic for sure, but  
definitely not part of the plan, but   
what was the plan exactly?             
     Saving animals was easy to say,   
but how exactly was I going to find    
these abused animals, and how was I    
going to save or help them once I did? 
     Getting a car was a good start,   
and also a better job. This Initiative 
thing was ok, but that was always going
to be short term.                      
     I needed something more permanent 
with benefits. Something that also gave
me the time to do all this secret save 
the animals stuff and not always be    
looking for my next job.               
     I didn’t laugh, but I did jump up 
off the couch.                         
     “I gotta go,” I said, and put on  
my coat.                               



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CHAPTER 1: WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 15th
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