AmyStrange & the Criminal
(Part 1: the Escape)
                              Copyright © 2019 by David P. Ayotte
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CHAPTER 10: WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 29th

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Wednesday, October 29th
 (dictated 2:22 am, Oct 30) 

     After this Journal entry, I'll be 
all caught up.                         
     My usual sleep schedule, about    
seven hours a night, went to hell      
during Halloween week. I was lucky to  
get five, even on the weekend, but so  
far, I think two hours is the most I’ve
gotten.                                
     Sure, I’ve been gettin’ up earlier
and earlier every day, but that’s not  
the only reason. It’s also because I’ve
been so excited about so many things,  
that it's been taking me longer and    
longer to fall asleep.                 
     At the top of the exciting list   
was marrying Beth, followed by coming  
up with a plan to break the Cat out,   
the Halloween patrols, and all that    
crazy shit the Cat’s been telling me   
every morning.                         
     I usually tried to take a quick   
thirty-minute nap before each patrol,  
but not last night. After dinner, we   
went to relax in the bedroom, and after
a while, started going round and round 
about my secret friends, and also some 
other things.                          
     “After hearing some of the sick   
shit we talked about, I was afraid     
you'd take it the wrong way, and I'd   
never see you again.”                  
     “It's gonna take me a long time,  
before I can forgive you for this one, 
Crim. I mean, you lied to me. How do I 
know you won't ever do it again?”      
     “I guess you'll just have to learn
to trust me all over again,” I said,   
and then took a deep breath, “What I   
did, I did because I love you so much, 
and all I can do now is promise to     
spend the rest of my life, proving     
it'll never happen again.              
     “By the way,” I tried to ask      
casually, “how’d you find out about    
them anyway?”                          
     Beth was absentmindedly rubbing   
her shoulder when that crooked little  
smile came out, and she laughed a      
little before saying sheepishly, “I    
guess, I've also been deceitful.”      
     “What'd you do?”                  
     “I followed you one time.”        



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