AmyStrange & the Criminal
(Part 1: the Escape)
                              Copyright © 2019 by David P. Ayotte
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CHAPTER 13: FRIDAY, OCTOBER 31st

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     I pulled out of the parking lot   
and headed for the phone store.        
     After that, I had to get home, and
help Beth get everything ready for     
tonight.                               
     It’ll be the first time that my   
secret friends get to meet Beth in     
person, and that was kind of historic  
in its own way, but it didn't stop me  
from worrying about Amy.               
     What the fuck happened last night?
Did she really talk to them, or did    
something else happen?                 
     Would that guard be there tonight,
and why wasn't he there when I went to 
clean the room at my regular time?     
Hopefully, that meant he wouldn’t be   
there tonight.                         
     Hopefully.                        
     I tried to shake my head and erase
it like a black board, because I didn’t
need that hopeful shit clogging my head
right now.                             
     In eight hours, I'd find out if   
she was still alive, and also what     
happened, but until then, I still had a
couple problems to work out, before my 
escape plan was complete.              
     I drove into the phone store      
parking lot, parked, and called Beth. I
told her where I was. “I’ll be home in 
a few. I have one more errand to run.” 
     “Hurry up. I miss you.”           
     “Miss you too,” and hung up.      
     As I left the phone store, I got a
text from D saying someone would be    
over to see me at ten. He couldn't make
it himself, but to call him if there   
was a problem.                         
     One problem down, and one more to 
go.                                    
     I still had to come up with a good
reason why I was going to be there     
tonight? It can't be something that    
looks or sounded suspicious, especially
after we left.                         
     If, everything went as planned,   
they wouldn't miss the Cat for a few   
days, and if we’re lucky, even longer. 
     If, everything went as planned.   
     Big if, because there was so much 
that could go wrong, that I didn’t even
want to think about it. Instead, I     
switched gears on myself.              
     I've been in there late at night  
before, so that wouldn't be unprece-   
dented, but never after twelve. Maybe I
could make something up about          
Halloween, a late party, or I just     
forgot my keys.                        
     Any one of those should work.     



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