AmyStrange & the Criminal
(Part 1: the Escape)
                              Copyright © 2019 by David P. Ayotte
THIS BOOK IS NOT FOR CHILDREN
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CHAPTER 15: SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 1st

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     By the time she finished, she was 
sitting on the back of the couch and   
looking down at me, like she was the   
judge and jury, and I was the accused, 
the Criminal. Ha, ha, I thought to     
myself.                                
     “What were you doing in the       
bathroom?”                             
     “Nice contraption you’ve got      
there.”                                
     “Most people call it a toilet,” I 
told her.                              
     “Toilet,” the Cat said while      
rolling it around with her lips. Even  
after a week, it was still just so     
freakin' weird. It was like watching a 
really good CGI movie in real life.    
     “For some reason that word feels  
dirty, and oily too, don't you think?” 
     Beth was already rolling it around
in her mouth and nodding, “It does feel
dirty, like dirty oil.”                
     “You're right,” I said after      
trying it, “But it's just our percep-  
tions of the word itself that makes it 
feel dirty. Plus, it doesn’t help that 
‘oil’ is part of the word itself.”     
     “Good point,” the Cat said, “and  
it's also true. You really can't use   
the word as a compliment, like, you    
smell so good, just like a toilet. I   
don’t think anyone would go for it.”   
     Beth giggled, “You could com-     
pliment them on having clean ones, you 
know like, I love that your toilets are
so clean.”                             
     “I don't know,” I said, just to   
disagree, and then added, “It could    
depend on who you told this to.        
Especially, if they had some kind of   
psychotic phobia about their toilet and
had an extreme obsession to keep them  
clean. You might be playing with       
dynamite on that one.”                 
     “Is that all they taught you in   
those psychology classes? Doomsday     
scenarios?” Beth said, shaking her     
head.                                  
     “Well, it might not be highly     
probable, but still you should keep it 
in mind, if you're going to start going
around telling people they have clean  
toilets.                               
     “Then again, I just thought of    
something, toilet water. That's        
supposed to be some kind of perfume,   
but why anyone would decide to describe
perfume as toilet water is beyond me.” 
     “Criminal?”                       
     I turned away from Beth to look at
the Cat, “Yeah?”                       



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