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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     “You might be right,” he said and 
pushed the brim back again, and then   
took it off.                           
     “I’ve only been wearing this      
fucking thing for an hour, and it’s not
only managed to annoy the shit out of  
me, but all my friends too.”           
     “You have friends?”               
     He laughed and said, “Get the hell
out here, asshole,” and then buzzed me 
in.                                    
     Normally, he’d ask why I was here 
early, but not this week. That’s be-   
cause last week, before I left on      
Friday, I told Sherrie, Alicia, and    
Security, that I’d be coming in early  
to use the computers to look for animal
abuse cases.                           
     “Our internet, for some reason,   
has been crappy this week,” at least   
that's what I told them, and they fell 
for it.                                
     Sherrie and Alicia already knew   
about what happened nine years ago with
the kitten, and about the bunnies, and 
everything else, except for what I did.
     Security didn’t know about any of 
that, but were behind me anyway, and   
that saddened me a little.             
     It was a lie after all, but I     
justified it by telling myself that it 
was for a good cause, and that made the
lie a little easier to tell.           
     I hurried to my locker, changed   
into my scrubs, and almost on a run,   
headed straight for the Oh Oh Room.    
     A couple doors away, I got this   
feeling that something was wrong,      
really wrong.                          
     The door to the outer office had a
small window with a shade that the Cat 
usually pulled down after she opened   
the door to the Secret Room.           
     Right now, it was open, and I     
could see shadows moving on the other  
side.                                  
     I slowed down, casually walked by,
and took a quick look into the room.   
     Just as I thought, there were two 
people inside, and one of them looked  
like a guard. He had a gun and was     
standing rigid in front of the door to 
the Secret Room.                       
     This was not good, I thought      
furiously, what to do, what to do?     
     One of my duties was to clean that
room, so I could go in if I wanted, but
that would be too suspicious right now.
     I had to wait until my regular    
shift, and that was maddening.         



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