AmyStrange & the Criminal
(Part 1: the Escape)
                              Copyright © 2019 by David P. Ayotte
THIS BOOK IS NOT FOR CHILDREN
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CHAPTER 12: THURSDAY, OCTOBER 30th

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     Even though Christmas was my      
favorite holiday, Halloween was pretty 
damn close.                            
     That was mostly because of all the
scary movie marathons, but also because
of the new ones that came out.         
     The only thing I didn’t like about
Halloween was the animal abuse, and    
that reminded me of that fateful day in
the library.                           
     I consider it our first secret    
meeting, even though, at the time, it  
really wasn't secret, because this was 
a year before I met Beth.              
     This one wasn't even planned. It  
was more like a surprise reunion       
between Pee Wee and I.                 
     This was ten years ago, the day   
before Halloween, on a Sunday. I was in
the library doing some research about  
Halloween related animal abuse, and    
that's when I saw Pee Wee sitting in   
front of one of the microfilm projec-  
tors that were lined up across the room
from where I was sitting.              
     Finding out what I’d done, really 
ruined our friendship, and when I saw  
him, I wondered how this would go.     
There was no question I was going over,
but would it be worth it?              
     I went over to say hi, and he was 
glad to see me, “What the fuck dude?   
You don't call or come over anymore.   
What happened?”                        
     “Life happened,” I said and added,
“besides, last I heard, you were       
driving sixteen-wheelers out west      
somewhere.”                            
     “I was, and I was thinking...” he 
hesitated, and I could feel it coming. 
Another friend lost for good.          
     “Actually, I’ve been doing a lot  
of thinking since that night, and I’m  
not going to apologize for getting mad.
That’s a horrible thing to learn about 
your best friend, Crim. You can under- 
stand that, I hope?”                   
     Here it comes, I thought, “Yeah,  
actually, I can. Well, anyway, it was  
nice seeing you again...”              
     “Where the hell you going,” he    
said, and I closed my eyes and waited  
for him to hit me, but instead, he     
laughed and hugged me.                 
     “I’ve been gone for five years,   
and all I get is how ya doing? What’s  
up with that?”                         
     I opened my eyes, and he was      
studying me, “Listen, I know we haven’t
really hung out since that night, and  
it’s really taken me a while to wrap my
mind around what you did, but the      
strangest coincidence happened.        



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