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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     “Yeah, and she’s nice,” Amy said, 
and after a couple seconds, added,     
“Just promise me that you'll take      
AmyStrange away and take good care of  
her," and then pointed to the package I
was unwrapping.                        
     "What's that?"                    
     "This," I said, as I finally got  
the twenty plastic bags open, "is what 
we’re going to leave behind, so they   
won't figure it out right away. It’ll  
give us a little time to cover our     
tracks. We were going to drop something
heavy on its head, like that monitor." 
     Amy looked over at the stand where
the monitor was, and then back at me.  
     "Please, don't tell me you killed 
a cat just to save this one?"          
     "No way. I could never do that,” I
told her, hoping she couldn’t tell I   
was lying.                             
     “This one’s from the County Animal
Shelter. You know the rule, if no one  
takes them, they're put to sleep,      
euthanized, killed. This one was one of
the unlucky ones."                     
     "That's so sad,” she said while   
petting the dead cat, and then looked  
back at me. “What was your name again?”
     "Criminal,” I told her and also   
petted the dead cat.                   
     “So, what happened?” I asked her  
again, trying to change the subject.   
Animal Shelters were a sore subject    
with me. It was frustrating, because   
there was nothing we could really do   
about it, but maybe after we have some 
money?                                 
     “It's still sad for this cat,     
though,” she finally said, “Sometimes, 
I hate people. Damn it! I am so fucking
stupid. I had a feeling this was going 
to happen."                            
     She quickly told me what did      
happen.                                
     When the Cat talked, she went into
shock, and so did the other two guys   
who assisted her. Before she could     
recover, one of them was turning on the
video cameras, and the other was       
calling people on the phone.           
     “It was a madhouse in here for a  
while, but that's no excuse. I usually 
get off at eleven, but Bart told me, I 
had to leave. I didn't know then, what 
he was planning, but I had an idea.”   
     “Don't beat yourself up too much. 
I'm the one who suggested she talk to  
you guys. It's just as much my fault,  
as it is yours, if not more,” I said,  
and then added, “Did she tell you about
what Frankie, I mean, what Bart was    
doing?”                                



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