AmyStrange & the Criminal
(Part 1: the Escape)
                              Copyright © 2019 by David P. Ayotte
THIS BOOK IS NOT FOR CHILDREN
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CHAPTER 4: THURSDAY, OCTOBER 23rd

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     Documentary? I thought, but then  
made a weird connection.               
     “You don’t mean that TV show, Mr. 
Ed?” I answered hesitantly.            
     “Hit that one right on the head,  
but do you know why they picked the    
person to be Wilbur, the only human the
horse would talk to?”                  
     “I have no... hey, who are you    
anyway and where are you exactly?” I   
asked, and then added, “Are you in that
room right now?”                       
     “Just think about that question   
tonight, and I’ll tell you the answer  
tomorrow. Right now, I’ve gotta close  
up shop before the day-people get here,
Frankenstein and his two evil          
assistants.”                           
     “Tomorrow?” I asked and looked in-
side the vent. I could see something   
moving, and then the sound of a grate  
closing on the other end. After that, I
couldn’t see a thing.                  
     After a couple minutes of trying  
to get a better look, I gave up. I     
pushed the desk back and went to the   
Surgical Room. I did a quick clean-up, 
grabbed the frozen mice, and then      
headed to Shipping and Receiving.      
     On my way, I thought about that   
voice again. Maybe, it was someone     
holding a smart-phone or tablet into   
the vent.                              
     I replayed that part again, but   
still couldn’t see anything behind it. 
It was obviously something that could  
move on its own and also smaller than  
the vent, but I also noticed something 
else.                                  
     In my peripheral vision, it looked
like Teddy’s eyes were glowing. Like it
was some kind of robot, or an alien, or
maybe an alien robot! Shit, with the   
military involved, that sure sounded   
feasible.                              
     That possibility got my imagina-  
tion going big time, and I totally     
forgot about the bloody bag.           
     It’s not an excuse, I know, but it
also didn’t help that the Dirty-Side   
was packed, wall to wall, with racks   
and racks of dirty cages.              
     We had until noon to catch up     
before more dirty cages would start    
coming in like herds of cattle, and    
even though I was busy, Teddy was still
on my mind the whole time.             
     By lunch, we had it all under     
control. Unfortunately, that’s also    
when I remembered the bloody bag, but  
as soon as I saw Alicia, I told her all
about it.                              
     I wanted to go down and find it,  
but she told me, “It won’t do you any  
good, because they’re already gone, but
I’ll look into it Crim. I promise.”    
     “I know you will Allie,” I told   
her, and I knew she would.             



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