AmyStrange & the Criminal
(Part 1: the Escape)
                              Copyright © 2019 by David P. Ayotte
THIS BOOK IS NOT FOR CHILDREN
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CHAPTER 8: MONDAY, OCTOBER 27th

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Monday, October 27th
 (dictated 8:29 pm, Oct 29) 

     It finally arrived, and while Beth
slept through the whole thing, I       
quickly dressed.                       
     After waking her, she said, “Wow! 
An hour early, what's gotten into you?”
     “Halloween,” I said cryptically,  
kissed her, and off I went.            
     Even AmyStrange was surprised to  
see me that early, but it didn’t stop  
her from getting right down to the     
escape, even before I had a chance to  
ask one question.                      
     “I’ll give you two hundred thou-  
sand dollars, if a hundred isn’t       
enough,” and then raised it to three   
hundred when I hesitated.              
     “You’ve got to get me out of here,
and you’ve got to do it before the end 
of the week. Otherwise, poof, there    
goes your chance to make even more     
money. I’ve got a couple other cat     
friends who also need help, and by the 
way, they’re the ones bankrolling this 
whole sheebockle.                      
     “Besides, isn’t this what you do, 
save animals?”                         
     Three hundred thousand dollars, I 
thought, and almost didn't tell her,   
almost. If this was an illusion that I 
was creating for myself, wouldn't I    
know that Halloween was this Friday,   
and not three weeks away?              
     “I already agreed to help you, so 
don’t worry about that. When I say I’m 
going to do something, you can almost  
put that in the bank. As far as the    
money, let's just keep it at one hun-  
dred thousand,” I told her, and then   
added, “I forgot to tell you that Hal- 
loween was this Friday. Forgive me, but
I was in a kind of shock last Friday,  
if you know what I mean? You don't meet
a talking Cat every day.”              
     “True, I guess, but I'll still pay
you the three hundred thousand anyway, 
just because that was an honest thing  
to do, and honesty should always be    
rewarded,” the Cat said, like she was  
announcing a decree or something.      



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