AmyStrange & the Criminal
(Part 1: the Escape)
                              Copyright © 2019 by David P. Ayotte
THIS BOOK IS NOT FOR CHILDREN
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CHAPTER 3: WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 22nd

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     I knew I’d never do anything like 
that just to stop the video. At least  
while I was in my right mind anyway,   
but what if somehow my mind flipped,   
and I didn’t have control anymore?     
     What if I went after Beth?        
     And that’s what really scared me  
about what happened with Alicia, and   
that meant I had to always keep con-   
trol. Always.                          
     Not being able to stop my impulses
didn’t help, but thank God, those      
didn’t last for more than a few seconds
anyway, and besides, sometimes they    
were useful, like when they helped us  
save Dodger.                           
     “Shit! Shit! I’m sorry, I’m sorry 
Allie. Shit! I’m so sorry, but I gotta 
leave. Are you ok?” finally asking her 
like an idiot.                         
     Even though the video and Darkness
were gone, I figured it’d probably be a
good idea to go home anyway, just in   
case it was a trick.                   
     “I’ll live, but we gotta talk,”   
she said while rubbing her hand, and   
then offered to drive me home, after I 
told her again that I had to leave.    
     On the way, I had no idea where to
begin, because like I said earlier, I  
don’t just tell anybody anymore about  
what I did.                            
     We did decide though, after riding
along in silence for a while, that     
Alicia and her husband would come over 
that Sunday, and we’d talk about it    
then.                                  
     They did, and we broke bread with 
them. It was fun. Beth loved them both,
and I had to admit, Alicia’s husband,  
Rupe, was a pretty cool dude.          
     Later in private, while Rupe and  
Beth talked football, I explained to   
Alicia about some of it, and she told  
me, “I understand Crim. I don’t like   
what’s going on there either. Obvious- 
ly, not as much as you do, but I do    
understand.”                           
     “I just wish...” and that’s when I
got an interesting thought, “You’ve    
heard of the five-second rule, right?” 
     “Five-second rule?” She asked and 
looked down at the floor for a couple  
seconds, and then asked, “You’re not   
talking about when food falls to the   
floor, are you?”                       
     “I mean, think about it Allie, how
can anything become that contaminated, 
that fast? I know the five second rule 
is considered an urban myth...” I      
started to say.                        
     Alicia was shaking her head, “No, 
I actually read a scientific paper on  
that very thing, not too long ago. Ex- 
periments were even done. It took way  
longer than five seconds before the    
food could actually be considered      
contaminated.”                         



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