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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     “It's what I actually do. It's how
I make my money.”                      
     “You mostly co-coordinate jewel   
shipments, diamonds mostly.”           
     “It's a legitimate business. I    
weigh them out and take my pay directly
from what I'm moving into the country. 
I have signed contracts allowing me to 
do that very thing. You could say, I   
was a middleman for diamonds coming    
into the country, directly from the    
mines, uncut. It’s not a big business, 
but it is lucrative and very           
profitable.”                           
     “Ok, that's not that important    
anyway,” the Cat said, while nodding   
her head, and then stopped.            
     “What I really want to know is    
why?”                                  
     “Why?” Darryl asked and looked a  
little bewildered.                     
     “Why are you here? It's certainly 
not for the money.”                    
     “Because they're my friends, like 
I told you,” Darryl said, and that was 
all he had to say about that.          
     That's when we arrived at our     
house. We all got out and headed in-   
side. I wanted to talk to the Cat      
first.                                 
     Beth hung back, and Darryl let    
everybody in.                          
     “I'll be just a minute hon. I     
promise,” I told her.                  
     She nodded and went in after      
everyone else.                         
     After I heard the door click shut,
I said, “Before, I let you in my house.
I want to know, here and now, why you  
called me an asshole this morning.”    
     The Cat looked at me for a second 
before answering, “Have you ever been  
threatened with being strapped to a    
table, conscious and aware, while your 
insides are ripped out of you one by   
one? Have you ever had that problem?   
Have you?”                             
     I hesitated, remembering a lot of 
my fantasies, and like a mind reader   
the Cat said, “You've fantasized about 
it though. Haven't you? Yeah, I can    
tell.”                                 
     “Do you know about what I...”     
     “Yes, I do. It's in the public    
records, and maybe I should be the one 
asking you, if it’s safe for me to go  
in there with you.”                    
     She had a good point.             
     “I've changed,” was all I could   
think to say.                          



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