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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     After leaving that coffee shop    
with a plan in mind, I didn’t care     
about the rain anymore.                
     The next morning, I went to the   
bank, talked to the person in charge of
trust, and showed her the newspaper ad.
     She promised to get things started
immediately.                           
     While the farm would take a few   
days, she gave me the necessary paper- 
work to use as collateral for the Nova,
and I immediately went to get it.      
     It was old enough and grey enough 
to be non-descript. It also had a      
couple small dents, just like almost   
everyone else’s car.                   
     I didn’t even wait. I went out on 
the firing line that night and tried to
find animals to help.                  
     Nothing happened for a couple     
days, but that first time... I think   
I’m gonna skip this one Doc. Let’s just
say, he was already dead, but the Dark-
ness didn’t care.                      
     I didn’t show up for work until   
three days later, sleeping next to him 
the whole time. I couldn’t drive any-  
where, or even get in the car, because 
as soon as the Darkness started to hit,
I threw my keys into the woods.        
     When I finally was able to get    
moving again, my house came through.   
Moving all operations there, gave me   
something to think about, but I still  
couldn’t forget him.                   
     After that, it almost became an   
obsession, and some nights, I didn’t   
get a minute of sleep before I had to  
start whatever job I was working that  
day.                                   
     I’d drive around for hours look-  
ing for strays, or any animal that was 
hurt, or being hurt, run over, or      
thrown to the side of the road like    
garbage. Left to die all alone, with no
one to even try and help them at all.  
     How mean and dark inside do you   
have to be to do something like that,  
and that always started me thinking    
about my own sins.                     
     I tried to block that out by doing
my best to not only get them help, but 
also stay with them until that help    
arrived.                               
     If I couldn’t get the poor animal 
to him, Barry would always come running
and see what he could do, just like he 
promised.                              



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CHAPTER 1: WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 15th
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