AmyStrange & the Criminal
(Part 1: the Escape)
                              Copyright © 2019 by David P. Ayotte
THIS BOOK IS NOT FOR CHILDREN
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CHAPTER 2: MONDAY, OCTOBER 20th

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     After Grunt got comfortable, Beth 
decided that they all needed names, and
as usual, was the first to get the ball
rolling.                               
     “The crazy one’s easy,” she said. 
“I’m calling him the Little Criminal.” 
     “You would, but what about the    
other four?”                           
     “Let’s see. That one looks like a 
little bull, so I think Bullseye’s a   
good name.”                            
     “I like it,” I said, “and I want  
to call that one Jack. You know, for   
Jack Rabbit”                           
     “That’s a good one,” Beth laughed,
and pointed to one of the last two.    
“Doesn’t she look like she’s got a     
couple guns in her back pocket?”       
     “She does.”                       
     “Let’s call her Gunner.”          
     Not that it ever mattered, but I  
agreed again, and of course, we had to 
name the last one Bugs.                
     Sunday night, after the Big Bunny 
Move, we took turns watching and wait- 
ing for the Big Pig and Bunny Brawl to 
go down. Well, I took turns with       
myself, because Beth thought it was    
pointless, and she was right again,    
damn it.                               
     They got along better than great  
and even slept together through the    
whole night.                           
     The next morning, while we went   
round and round about prison life and  
all kinds of other shit, I got ready to
go in and see the DA.                  
     Earlier, when I checked the TV,   
there was nothing about the accident   
anywhere, but Beth did find something a
local blogger had written last week.   
     “People Are More Important Than   
Animals,” was the title, and it criti- 
cized the policeman for not arresting  
me on the spot.                        
     After Beth told me about it, she  
added, “It came out a couple hours be- 
fore the DA called. It might’ve been   
one of the reasons why.”               
     “It might’ve been,” I said and    
thought about it for a few seconds be- 
fore asking, “Do you think he should’ve
arrested me on the spot? He told me    
that he was gonna leave that up to the 
DA, but shouldn’t he of anyway?”       
     “Wasn’t he busy arresting those   
other two guys?”                       



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CHAPTER 2: MONDAY, OCTOBER 20th
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