AmyStrange & the Criminal
(Part 1: the Escape)
                              Copyright © 2019 by David P. Ayotte
THIS BOOK IS NOT FOR CHILDREN
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CHAPTER 6: SATURDAY, OCTOBER 25th

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     “Everything about this guy is     
weird, and I don't know if you can top 
that bridge thing but go ahead and give
it your best shot.”                    
     “You say there's something between
us that the animals trust, but I think 
it’s more than just trust,” Beth said  
with a kind of sad smile.              
     “I think it’s love, but a weird   
kind of love, ya know?                 
     “I don’t think any of our babies  
have ever felt loved before, and it    
simply overwhelms them.                
     “It puts them in a... It’s hard to
explain, but I haven't seen one dog    
chase a cat, or bark, or a cat hiss,   
and they all freakin' sleep together in
the same place for Christ sake. All    
mixed up together, cats sleeping with  
their heads on the stomach of dogs.    
Even the new ones do it.               
     “I've never seen anything like it,
and I've been around cats and dogs     
since... forever.”                     
     “It's not that weird,” I said     
defensively, but in the back of my     
mind, I knew that it was weird. I just 
didn't want to think about why it was  
weird, or talk about it, or examine it 
in any way, just in case that made it  
all disappear.                         
     I wasn't gonna get my way today.  
     “It is weird, hon,” Beth said to  
me, and then to Randy, “Every Christmas
we always bring them into the house,   
except for the horses, of course.”     
     The theme song from Mr. Ed began  
running through my head, the Christmas 
Version, I think. Hmm, do they even    
have a Christmas Version?              
     “They weren’t here that first     
year, but the next Christmas Eve, we   
sang Christmas Carols and also slept   
with them later,” Beth said, and then  
smiled, “Out in the stall, not the     
house.                                 
     “All our babies would join us when
we sang to the horses, and then we’d   
bring them into the house. All our     
cats, dogs, pigs and one snake, all    
stayed in this one room listening to   
him recite The Night Before Christmas. 
Most of them fell asleep, but I think  
he does a pretty damn good job.”       
     “A snake? You’ve also got a       
snake?!” Randy asked in astonishment.  
      “Yup. Fangs. He didn’t show up   
until later, but I couldn’t believe    
it,” Beth continued, “because all he   
did was just slither around for a      
while, until he got bored, and then    
went upstairs. Crim found him in the   
bathtub.                               



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