AmyStrange & the Criminal
(Part 1: the Escape)
                              Copyright © 2019 by David P. Ayotte
THIS BOOK IS NOT FOR CHILDREN
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CHAPTER 11: THURSDAY, OCTOBER 30th

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     I handed her both our cards,      
“There's another twenty thousand, and  
it's all yours.”                       
     She dropped them like they were on
fire, just like I’d done that first    
time, and as she slowly picked them up,
she gave me an anxious look, “Where in 
hell is a Cat getting all this money?” 
     “First, check them out, and while 
you’re doing that, I'll try and explain
what I know about her buddies, and how 
they got the money. She explained it a 
little better today.”                  
     She got on the computer while I   
did that and saw it was real. There    
really was ten thousand dollars on each
card.                                  
     “That does sound like a plot from 
that Superman movie,” she said and     
handed one of the cards back to me,    
“and thank you for giving me your card,
but it wouldn’t be fair if you only got
five hundred dollars out of all this.” 
     I tried to argue with her, but her
mind was already made up.              
     “Let’s do this. One card for you, 
one for me, and the third one is for   
household expenses, the one you took   
the five hundred from. How does that   
sound? Besides, don’t forget about the 
other seventy-thousand we got coming.  
You can give me all of that if you     
want.”                                 
     She was laughing, but I was       
serious, “If you promise to go back to 
college, you can have my share of that 
seventy-thousand, except for, you know,
things like food for us and our babies,
the mortgage, utilities, and one bottle
of Jack a month for me.”               
     “I’d love to do that, babe, but   
who would take my place while I was    
getting my degree? Barry can only      
afford to pay so much for my help.”    
     “Listen Beth,” I interrupted her, 
“that Cat wants to pay us a lot more   
money to rescue her two buddies. The   
ones who gave us this money, and with  
that money you can pay someone to take 
your place. Someone who’s as good as   
you.                                   
     “You’ll have to do that anyway, if
you want to come with us,” I said, but 
thought of something else.             
     “When we get back, and if the Cat 
and money are real, I won’t have to    
work, and I can go to college with you.
I’ve always wanted to be a lawyer, but 
never thought I’d ever have the money  
or time. Now I will, hopefully, and if 
you have to miss some classes, I’ll be 
there to give you the dirt after.”     



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