AmyStrange & the Criminal
(Part 1: the Escape)
                              Copyright © 2019 by David P. Ayotte
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CHAPTER 6: SATURDAY, OCTOBER 25th

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     “Being an animal lover yourself,  
you must’ve heard those stories about  
cats and dogs traveling hundreds and   
sometimes thousands of miles to reunite
with their owners?”                    
     Beth looked at me thoughtfully, as
Randy answered, “Yeah, I remember read-
ing about some of those, but so what?  
Birds do that all the time, something  
to do with the magnetic lines that     
circle the Earth, I think, and that    
doesn't prove your theory either.”     
     “True, but there are at least two 
cases that defy that explanation.      
     “The first was five years ago, and
it took the cat six months to reunite  
with the family. The second case was   
two years later, and it took the dog a 
month more, to do the same thing.”     
     I loved doing shit like this      
during a debate. Throw something mun-  
dane out, and then follow that with a  
kick to the head, except this time, I  
was talking to a Detective.            
     “Yeah, so?” Randy asked, “What’s  
to explain? They just... wait a minute.
The families moved, or something, and  
that’s what mucks it up, isn’t it?”    
     “Yup, neither pet knew where the  
families had moved, and it wasn’t just 
across the street either, but hundreds 
of miles away.”                        
     “I think, I remember reading about
these cases now, but didn’t they disap-
pear just before the families moved?”  
     “Yes they did, and I know what    
you’re thinking. They hid somewhere or 
in something that was moved with the   
family, except that after the stories  
came out, witnesses started coming for-
ward saying they saw them during their 
travels.                               
     “Besides, why hide for so long,   
and then all of a sudden show up?      
What’d they eat, and of course they’d  
also have to...”                       
     “I still don’t buy it,” Randy     
interrupted me, and then added, “You   
know how unreliable eye-witness testi- 
mony can be sometimes.”                
     I was about to agree, when Beth   
said, “I'd buy it,” and then explained 
herself.                               
     “I've sometimes helped Barry put  
an animal to sleep, and sometimes they 
just know what's coming. I can't ex-   
plain it. It's just a feeling I have   
from watching so many of them before   
they were put down. If Crim’s not      
right, how else can you explain it? How
do they know what's coming, unless they
can see into the future somehow, or can
read it in our faces, or understand    
what we’re saying in front of them?    



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