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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     “I ran across Barry a couple      
months ago, and he told me everything. 
The farm and what you’ve been doing.   
Everything. I have to say, I’m pretty  
damn impressed.”                       
     “Considering what I did, I still  
wish, that I could do more, but you    
really should come out and see it for  
yourself,” I said, and then looked     
around with what I hoped was a         
bewildered look.                       
     “I thought you hated libraries?”  
     “I do, but I’ve been pretty busy  
myself. I was driving the big rigs out 
west, like you heard. The LA to Vegas  
route, and I liked it, but after a     
while, Vegas got to me and driving     
through LA. That was murder, but I also
ran across Mouse again. You remember   
her?”                                  
     “Oh yeah, I do remember her, small
girl, right?” I asked rhetorically,    
because she was small, about five feet 
or something, maybe.                   
     What a pair they made, but they   
were so good together, and next to     
Beth, she was one of the nicest people 
you could ever want to meet.           
     “We got married a couple years    
ago, in Vegas of course. Then, we came 
back here and started our own Cab      
Company. We both drive, but I do the   
mechanics, and she does the books.     
She’s got an MBA. Can you believe it?” 
     “What a sight you two must've     
been. Gawd, I would’ve paid good money 
to be a fly on the wall at that chapel!
And now you have your own Cab Company. 
Wow! You’re all grown up, Pee Wee. I'm 
impressed.”                            
     He also told me a little more     
about their company. Except for a      
driver that worked for them every now  
and again, overhead was low, because   
they were the only employees.          
     “We're not doing that bad either,”
he said proudly.                       
     It was just like the old days, and
that felt good, but I still had to ask 
again, “I thought you hated libraries?”
     “Yeah, I still do, but we're      
putting together our family tree, and  
I'm looking up some obits and birth    
notices from our families.             
     “You wouldn't believe the amount  
of information you can get off those   
things. It's just that sometimes it    
takes a long time to find anything, and
that part makes all this boring as     
hell, but Mouse is really into it.     



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