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's a good question. You      
should look it up.”                    
     I continued to the house, saying  
over my shoulder, “I should, shouldn't 
I.”                                    
     Looking something up usually meant
that I’d pretend to forget, until I was
bored out of my skull. Then, I’d do it,
if I hadn’t really forgotten by then.  
     Beth was waiting for me, before   
beginning to eat, or so she said with  
one of those crooked smiles of hers,   
but I could see that her spoon had     
already been used. She was pretending  
to wait.                               
     It was a stupid petty thing to    
think about, but that's what I do well.
Not that I could blame her really,     
especially since I’d already had some  
myself. The food smelled like heaven,  
and from what I’d already tasted, was  
also from out of this world.           
     Now I knew what people meant when 
they said something smelled heavenly.  
     “Is he coming?”                   
     “I hope so. He's making woo with  
one of our bunnies.”                   
     “Woo, such a silly word,” she said
with a giggle, but then got serious,   
“Ok, spill it. What happened today?”   
     I wanted to wait for Darryl, but  
that’s when he walked in, so I got     
right to it. Both of them listened in  
fascinated silence as I told them      
everything, especially about the typing
test and what the Cat wrote.           
     I waited until the end to tell    
them about the scream, and Beth shud-  
dered, but then asked what the Cat had 
typed.                                 
     “'All humans must die!'” I said,  
and then asked, “What do you think it  
means?”                                
     Beth slowly shook her head, “I'd  
have to read the rest and put it in    
some kind of context. Maybe it doesn't 
really mean what you think it does.”   
     I’d rewound that part in my head, 
but that didn’t help. The only words I 
really focused on were those.          
     “I hope so,” I said doubtfully,   
and then asked Darryl what he thought. 
     He was leaning back in his chair, 
sipping a cocktail and shaking his     
head.                                  
     “I have to agree with Miss Beth,  
but I do have to add that if this is   
some kind of hallucination, than you’ve
certainly out done anything I’ve ever  
heard of. What you’re talking about is,
of course, impossible, but with this   
brand-new world of genetics, I'm not   
sure that's true anymore.”             



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