AmyStrange & the Criminal
(Part 1: the Escape)
                              Copyright © 2019 by David P. Ayotte
THIS BOOK IS NOT FOR CHILDREN
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CHAPTER 14: FRIDAY, OCTOBER 31st

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     Giving your arch-enemy a com-     
pliment, or anything like it, had to   
definitely be against the rules. Some- 
day, I’ll find those damn rules, but   
for now, all I had to say was, “Glad   
you could come, Runt.”                 
     Beth looked at me in disappoint-  
ment, and then turned to Rhonda and    
smiled, “I'm glad you came, Ron. How’d 
you get in? I didn't hear you knock?”  
     Rhonda giggled and looked at      
Darryl, “How'd I do Teach?”            
     “Teach?” I asked and looked at    
Beth, but she was just smiling right   
along with Rhonda.                     
     She obviously knew something I    
didn't.                                
     “What's up Dr. D? Let me in on it 
too.”                                  
     “Once a year, as a courtesy to my 
friends, I inspect their dwellings to  
see how easy it is for someone to get  
in and blow their brains out with a    
shotgun.”                              
     “Nice imagery,” I said, trying to 
stop myself from going off on a fantasy
trip about shotguns blowing up water-  
melons, grapefruits, and other people’s
heads, but then, I remembered yesterday
morning.                               
     Luckily, Darryl ignored my comment
and continued, “This is my first year  
doing your place, Crim. Your front door
has a really good lock on it, but      
unfortunately for you, I know a trick  
that makes it easy to open.”           
     I wanted to ask what the trick    
was, but he addressed that immediately,
“It’s a professional secret, so don’t  
bother asking what it is.”             
     Ok, I thought, his secrets are    
like a magician’s, but when I looked   
over at Rhonda, she had that evil grin 
again, and I wondered if she knew the  
trick.                                 
     Before I could ask, Darryl was    
already giving me the rest of his      
report. “I did have a little trouble   
with your back door, and that's good,  
but the two doors to your cellar       
weren't that much of a problem. It only
took me a few seconds, and that’s not  
good.”                                 
     “You jimmied both our cellar doors
to get in the house?”                  
     “That's about the size of it, and 
since I’ve been teaching Miss Rhonda   
the biz, I locked everything back up,  
so she could try it for herself.”      
     He looked at his watch. “That was 
two hours ago.”                        
     “My parents almost wouldn’t let me
come. It’s why I’m late,” she          
explained, “but once I got started, it 
only took me twenty minutes. Twenty-   
five, if you include the time it took  
me to pet a couple dozen cats and dogs.
Shit, you guys got a lot of pets.”     



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