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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     At least he was trying, and that’s
when I remembered seeing him somewhere 
before. I just couldn’t remember where,
but that thought left me instantly.    
     Forty-five seconds, forty-six sec-
onds, forty-seven seconds.             
     I should be getting tired, but    
something was pushing me to go even    
faster. Of course, it did help that    
the whole run and fall was mostly      
downhill.                              
     As I got closer to the river, I   
looked up to see where my car was and  
saw that the cop had turned on his     
flashing lights.                       
     Just ahead of that, I could see my
car, and calculated from that where the
bag had probably fallen. If my calcu-  
lations were correct, it not only made 
it into the river, but also wasn’t too 
far out to swim, and maybe I wasn’t too
late, maybe.                           
     If, my calculations were once     
again correct. I was fucking with Lady 
Luck big time on this one.             
     Fifty-eight seconds, fifty-nine   
seconds, one minute.                   
     There was only one way to find    
out, and on a dead run, dived in and   
swam as fast as I could to where I     
hoped the bag would be.                
     One minute and ten seconds, one   
minute and eleven seconds, one minute  
and twelve seconds.                    
     I was almost ready to give up,    
when I spotted it and dived down, pray-
ing to any God that would listen, and  
Lady Luck too.                         
     Please, please, don’t let me be   
too late.                              
     I reached the bag, grabbed it and 
whatever was inside moved, and that got
me crying. I swam back up to the sur-  
face as fast as I could.               
     Yes, you can cry under water.     
     When I broke the surface, one of  
the guys who’d run down before me, had 
obviously followed me into the river   
and was waiting when I broke the       
surface.                               
     He had questions all over his     
face, but understood perfectly, when he
saw the burlap bag move.               
     I finally got the bag to shore and
opened it. The six little bunnies in-  
side were all still alive, but the     
smallest one didn’t look too good.     
     Before diving into the river, I’d 
dropped my phone in some bushes, and as
soon as I found it, I called Beth.     
     While waiting for her to answer, I
remembered the cop. I gave him a       
thumbs-up, and that’s when I noticed   
the crowd of people who’d stopped to   
watch.                                 



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