AmyStrange & the Criminal
(Part 1: the Escape)
                              Copyright © 2019 by David P. Ayotte
THIS BOOK IS NOT FOR CHILDREN
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CHAPTER 12: THURSDAY, OCTOBER 30th

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     “I like that,” Mouse said.        
     We then got out some maps, and the
area we were talking about was huge. My
daily patrols didn’t even come close to
covering that much area, or even a     
small part of it. I usually drove      
around the back roads near my farm.    
     Pee Wee decided to do the northern
part, because that's where he grew up, 
and I took the south. Even cut in half,
the area we had to cover still looked  
huge. This was going to take more than 
three hours, that's for damn sure, but 
that first year, nothing happened, or  
so we thought.                         
     The next day, I found out that    
five black cats had been found hanging 
in a tree, not too far from where I    
started my patrol.                     
     That's why I was never satisfied  
with just a quiet night. I also had to 
do a newspaper search the next day, and
the day after that, and also replay it 
again at work, just to make sure.      
     All day, that's all I could think 
about, those five black cats, and even 
though the Darkness didn’t attack me   
full force, the depression was bad     
enough.                                
     That night, I needed someone to   
talk to, so I went over to see Pee Wee 
and Mouse. I let them tell me their    
good news first.                       
     Mouse started it off by explaining
that, “Even Rico wanted to help patrol,
so he did a route that mirrored mine,  
and I didn't think of it at the time,  
but both our routes hit all the down-  
town bars. I ended up driving the same 
people all over the city, all night    
long, and so did Rico.                 
     “The fares weren't big, but the   
sheer number of them, and the tips,    
sure made up for it.                   
     “All total, we both made almost a 
couple thousand dollars, in one night! 
That's huge for us, and doesn’t even   
include the tips, plus the two hundred 
you pulled in hon puts us over two     
grand. It's the best night, we've ever 
had!”                                  
     “And it was a Monday too,” Pee Wee
added, “and Mondays are never a good   
night for us.”                         
     “Some people, I guess, don’t like 
to let a good drinking holiday go to   
waste, even if it’s a Monday,” I said, 
and then told them about the five black
cats, and apologized for bursting in on
what should’ve been a happy occasion   
for them.                              



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