AmyStrange & the Criminal
(Part 1: the Escape)
                              Copyright © 2019 by David P. Ayotte
THIS BOOK IS NOT FOR CHILDREN
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CHAPTER 13: FRIDAY, OCTOBER 31st

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Friday, October 31st
 (dictated 6:11 pm) 

     Finally, the real Friday morning  
arrived, and once again, I was up and  
ready to go.                           
     And once again, Beth was already  
up and making breakfast. It smelled    
better than yesterday.                 
     As I threw on a shirt, I took a   
quick look out the window. It looked   
like it was going to be a really nice  
day. All the stars were out, and with  
that thought in mind, I almost ran into
the kitchen and practically inhaled my 
breakfast.                             
     We talked about that cat from the 
Salem Witch Trials, and then round and 
round about last night for a couple    
minutes.                               
     I didn’t even bother to remind her
that this was my week to cook. All I   
said was, “That was better than awesome
babe,” kissed her goodbye, and was out 
the door in a flash.                   
     As I drove into the city, I       
remembered the other thing I liked     
about Halloween.                       
     Besides the movie marathons, I    
liked to check out the costumes people 
wore. Some of them were pretty         
imaginative.                           
     James West, a security guard at   
where I worked, really went to town. He
was dressed up like an honest to God,  
rootin’-tootin’ cowboy. His words, not 
mine.                                  
     He was wearing leather chaps and a
vest, a bandanna around his neck, and  
two guns by his side.                  
     He was also wearing the required  
ten-gallon hat, except this one looked 
like it could hold more than twenty. It
was twice the size of his head.        
     “I got this one at a basketball   
game,” he told me, as he pushed the    
brim back for the tenth time.          
     “Maybe you should ditch the hat,” 
I told him.                            



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