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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     Even a meat-eating plant would’ve 
worked here, but I don’t do that one.  
Why should I mess with something that’s
already been done to perfection?       
     “Not to mention,” she continued,  
“the smell of cooking flesh and bar-   
beque sauce delivered in fifty-five-   
gallon drums, right along with cases   
and cases of hacksaw blades.”          
     “I’m not sure, but I think that   
barbeque sauce might’ve really been    
blood.”                                
     “Yeah, I’m sure it was,” she said,
and then added, “but that’s not the    
only reason I dragged you in here.”    
     “What? What’d I do now?”          
     She came over and gave me a hug.  
     “That’s for saving those bunnies.”
     “What the hell’s this one for?” I 
asked, while she was giving me another 
one.                                   
     “That one’s for Beth, and I’d     
appreciate it if you gave it to her    
tonight,” she said.                    
     I must’ve looked confused, because
she added, “She called me Monday and   
told me about Fishy.”                  
     Then, she hit me in the shoulder, 
“You almost went to jail, you goof. How
my supposed to get anything done around
here, while you’re in jail? You’re my  
best worker.”                          
     “Yeah, you’re a liar, but thanks  
anyway” I said, and then told her about
what happened at the DA’s office, but  
then changed the subject.              
     “How were you able to get me four 
days off? I thought I needed thirty    
days’ notice first?”                   
     “Anything less than a week,       
Sherrie can override it, and that’s how
you got four days off,” she said, and  
then quickly changed the subject by    
pointing to the Entrance to Hell.      
     “The only thing you’re missing is 
Bigfoot and a dissected alien,” she    
said and smiled innocently.            
     Something didn’t sound right. She 
was hiding something, but I went along 
with the joke for a minute, “Haven’t   
you heard? There are some people who   
think Bigfoot is really an alien from  
outer space.”                          
     “Since when?”                     
     “Since I watched this documentary 
last night, and guess what?” I said,   
lowering my voice so Alicia had to lean
in a little closer.                    
     She did and also asked in a       
whisper, “What?”                       



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