AmyStrange & the Criminal
(Part 1: the Escape)
                              Copyright © 2019 by David P. Ayotte
THIS BOOK IS NOT FOR CHILDREN
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CHAPTER 10: WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 29th

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     “The computers were a breeze to   
figure out,” the Cat said slowly,      
finally breaking the silence, “but     
learning to type was no easy task, let 
me tell ya,” she said, with what can   
only be described as Cat pride.        
     She was sitting on the edge of the
desk, like a God, surveying all her    
sniveling subjects, like all cats tend 
to do, but this one could talk.        
     “How’d you figure the door out?” I
asked.                                 
     “The program that works it can be 
put in Emergency Status. That opens    
them and keeps them open. The only     
glitch was if I did that, it was also  
programmed to alert security, and that 
wouldn’t be a good thing.              
     “My cat buddies helped me to      
figure it out, though, and it was so   
simple, I couldn’t believe it.”        
     “What’d you do?”                  
     “Like I said, it was simple. Since
the door is directly wired into that   
computer,” she said and pointed to the 
one sitting on the desk that was near- 
est the vent, “all I had to do was turn
its wi-fi off, then put it into Emer-  
gency Status, and the door would open, 
but the computer had no way to contact 
security, so problem solved.           
     “Someone should fix that.”        
     “Clever,” I said in admiration.   
     “It is, isn’t it?”                
     “If you can do shit like that, why
don’t you just walk out of here? Why do
you even need us at all?” I said and   
knew that I was walking on shaky       
ground, but I still had to know.       
     “I mean, you obviously can get    
stuff in and out of here, and by the   
way, how do you do that anyway?”       
     “The problem isn’t getting out,”  
the Cat explained, “It’s what do I do, 
once I do that? Where do I go, and how 
do I get to my buddies, and then get   
them out? I need a place to hide out,  
at least, until I can figure out how to
get those things done.”                
     “Why me?” I asked, remembering    
that question about Mr. Ed.            
     “I heard you talking to that      
woman, Allie, right?”                  
     “Alicia.”                         
     “I looked you up, and all that    
stuff on the bridge was easy to figure 
out,” the Cat said, and then added, “As
far as getting stuff in here, that’s   
easy. My friends have it sent to the   
One-Star guy. It’s marked confidential 
and always in a red envelope. Those are
for me and are put in with all the     
others in that cubby hole,” she said,  
pointing to a dozen of them near the   
door.                                  



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