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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     “Even if they're learning it from 
our facial expressions, or from our    
words, that's still an amazing mental  
feat for a dog to be able to predict   
their future from that.                
     “The one case that really sticks  
in my mind was a pit-bull I remember   
helping Barry with. It was my last,    
and Barry’s too.                       
     “I’ll never forget how she went   
down fighting every fucking inch of the
way. It took all four of the people    
that the state had sent to help us     
restrain her, and to make sure the     
execution was carried out.             
     “Witnesses, they called them-     
selves, and we were the executioners,” 
Beth said in almost a whisper. “She was
strong, but they were stronger, and the
poor dog didn't have a chance.         
     “I cried myself to sleep that     
night, and I think for a week after    
that,” she said as a small tear came to
her eye, and she wiped it away, “and it
just got weirder and eviler, because   
the reason she was put down, wasn’t    
because they really had to, but just in
case.                                  
     “All they’d tell Barry was that   
the dog had to be put down just in     
case. Zero-tolerance,” she said        
quietly.                               
     “A young girl had been mauled to  
death,” Beth continued after I wiped   
her eyes with a tissue, and she smiled 
at me a little, “and the evidence      
pointed to one of our patients. I don't
even remember his fucking name now, but
I remembered Shuffles.                 
     “She was the gentlest and most    
kindest, and always made sure to rub   
her head against mine, whenever she got
the chance.                            
     “I couldn't believe she was       
capable of hurting anyone, never mind  
mauling someone to death. I just didn't
see it.                                
     “Come to find out,” Beth said     
after taking a deep breath, “a week    
later, after the owner had already     
told the cops the dog did it, and they 
had already put the dog to sleep just  
in case the owner wasn't lying, they   
found out who the real killer was, and 
it was Shuffle's owner.                
     “Shuffles was innocent and didn't 
want to die. It's the only thing that  
really explains why she was so hard to 
handle just before we put her to sleep.
Shuffles was always so friendly, and   
the way she was acting then, made me   
believe at the time, that maybe she    
really did maul that girl, until I     
found out the truth.                   
     “I hated myself for even thinking 
that, and after we were done, one of   
them told me, ‘Look where she bit me. I
think the way you guys do it is way too
humane. Someone should’ve beaten that  
thing to death with a baseball bat     
instead,’ and even laughed about it    
with his buddies, and I laughed with   
them.”                                 



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