AmyStrange & the Criminal
(Part 1: the Escape)
                              Copyright © 2019 by David P. Ayotte
THIS BOOK IS NOT FOR CHILDREN
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CHAPTER 10: WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 29th

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     That voice, that way of speaking, 
but it couldn't be. I looked closer,   
and sure enough, under that greased-   
back hair, and those big phony glasses,
I finally found Darryl.                
     “Dr. D! What the hell, man? I     
thought you weren't coming over until  
Friday, seven o'clock, remember?”      
     “I do, and I'll be here, but you  
see, I have this, if you'll excuse the 
expression, sir, this gig planned for  
a couple weeks from now. I’m doing a   
dry run to get the kinks out, and cook-
ing dinner was the least I could do for
Beth’s help.”                          
     I went into the closet, rummaged  
through my backpack and pulled out a   
CD.                                    
     “Everything smells like it’s going
to be one hell of a great meal, but I  
just got this new dictating program,   
and I might not be down for a little   
while,” I said and then added, “but    
I'll definitely be down when I’m done  
with my first Journal entry.           
     “And, I need your opinion on some-
thing later, so I’m glad you’re here   
actually.”                             
     “Thank you, I think. Just go along
with all this a little while longer, ok
buddy? Beth was kind enough to help me 
out. She's a wonderful girl, Crim,” and
then added after a second, “Excuse me. 
She's a wonderful lady, sir.”          
     “Ok, but stop with all the sirs,  
please? That's gonna get annoying, real
fast.”                                 
     “Beg your pardon, sir, but I have 
to do it, sir. It helps keep me in the 
right psychological frame of mind. It's
crucial to the act, sir.”              
     “What act? What are you doing     
anyway? Playing a butler?” then I had  
to ask, “Who you to trying to con now?”
     “Good question, sir, but the rest 
is on a need to know basis. You can    
write, in that Journal of yours, what  
you think I do, but not who I do it to,
sir.”                                  
     “Fair enough,” I told him. “so, is
that what you're doing? Pretending to  
be a butler, as part of some con?”     
     “This is more like a helping hand 
for a friend than a con, and being a   
butler requires a certain frame of     
mind, that requires me to think of you 
as my superior.”                       
     “Yeah, that must be tough,        
especially since, if anything, you're  
my superior, and definitely not the    
other way around.”                     
     “Beg your pardon, sir, but...”    



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