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 when I told him the rest of
it, about the smart phone, my credit   
score, and the debit card with ten     
thousand dollars on it.                
     He didn't know what to say about  
the debit card, especially after Beth  
told him about checking it out herself,
but he did say, “If this is really an  
hallucination, than you should get some
kind of psycho of the year award for   
this performance.”                     
     He looked down at his fingers and 
did some quick calculations, before    
continuing, “I just don’t see a flaw   
anywhere in your story, but I’ve still 
got to meet Amy. I’ve got to see her   
with my own two eyes and hear her with 
my own two ears,” he said, and then    
wiggled them.                          
     Beth and I both laughed, and when 
we were finished, I told him about the 
three hundred thousand dollars.        
     “If you're here Friday, I'll make 
sure you get some of that action.”     
     “If, it's not a hallucination.”   
     “If, it's not a hallucination,” I 
agreed and added, “unless I got three  
hundred thousand dollars stashed away  
somewhere, that I don't know about.”   
     “We'll know for sure Friday,”     
Darryl said, and then got thoughtful,  
“but why would you pay out three       
hundred thousand dollars for a Cat that
didn’t talk?”                          
     That was a good question, but     
before I could answer, Beth raised her 
glass and toasted, “To Friday,” and we 
all joined her.                        
     “To Friday!”                      
     I took a sip out of the after-    
dinner cocktail Darryl had concocted,  
and boy was it good, and complimented  
him on his bartending skills.          
     “Something I learned in Sweden,”  
he said, and then added, “and a few    
other places.”                         
     That reminded me, and I asked,    
“What’d you learn in school today,     
hon?”                                  
     She smiled and said excitedly,    
“It was awesome, and I still remembered
most of the material, but here's the   
best part,” she said, getting even more
excited, “After class, I asked the     
teacher why animals couldn't talk.     
     “He started with it being one of  
the newest branches of science and also
one of the fastest growing fields,” she
said, “and then he went on and on about
how fascinating the study of animal    
talk was. ‘Every bark and cheep meant  
something,’ he told me.                



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