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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     Up until that point, we’d been    
whispering for some reason. "Why are we
whispering?" I finally had to ask, in a
whisper.                               
     This got us snickering again.     
     I used my card to get us into the 
double doors that led into a short     
hallway. On the left and right, were   
the male and female locker rooms       
respectively.                          
     Outside the locker room doors was 
the staging area. It’s where we put on 
our booties and gloves.                
     It was also where all the         
researchers, and visitors, put on pink 
contamination suits that made everyone 
look like big pink cotton balls.       
     Each locker room also had a shower
and sit-down toilet with walls and a   
locking door. The locker room was where
we changed from our street clothes into
scrubs.                                
     Usually, before going into the    
Vivarium, I’d change into scrubs first.
     It did sound like a drug, but this
time I was just going to wear one of   
those pink cotton balls instead.       
     I pulled Beth into the men's      
locker room.                           
     At this time of night, there was  
no reason for anyone to be in there,   
and there wasn't. I took a quick look  
around to make sure, then got on one   
knee, took her hand and asked again,   
"Beth, will you marry me?"             
     "No!" Beth laughed, folded her    
arms, and turned her back on me.       
     “But, you already said yes,” I    
asked, almost whining.                 
     "Not until I know for sure that   
you're not crazy. I don't want our     
kids to turn out to be psychos."       
     I raised my hands in defeat, “Ok, 
will you marry me, if I turn out not to
be a psycho?”                          
     She laughed and got down on her   
knees with me.                         
     "Of course I'll marry you, stupid,
even if you turn out to be crazy. I'm  
just playin' wit' ya."                 
     "Man, you had me going there for a
minute," I said, wiped my brow, and    
then we kissed.                        
     I once again put the ring on her  
finger. The wrong one it turns out, as 
she put it on the right one, then      
tugged my arm, to put mine on.         
     I stopped her. “Wait, I want to do
this right,” I said and slowly wriggled
the ring off her finger and put it back
on the right one.                      



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