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Annette Heppen

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Annette Heppen

The pain in my feet disappeared, I believe an hour ago. Or maybe two.
I don't know how long I've been running. The trail of blood, the only hint of my existence. Now caked ,maroon , and covered in sand. It created maps and rivers down my face, pasts my scars and stretch marks to pulled muscles and aching feet.
I have ran so far i believed I could touch the moon and the stars.
The moon. I forgot it's existence. It was bright. Brighter than fire. The fire I started. The fire I had left him in. I could still smell the smoke on my clothes and in my hair.
I started running faster. The wind chasing me . Instigating me.
run, run, run.
To the stars, the mountains, to freedom, to the place where I could belong.
The wind caught up to me . Bones brought me back down and onto my face. Reopening wounds and my swollen eye. Closing my eyes to ease the pain of reality.
A howl screams through the night. Causing me to jump. The moon greets me. The last quarter. My last fight. My last night of him holding me down.
For the first time in 3 years, I cried

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Welcome to Channel 7 news,
We come with Breaking news
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Early this Afternoon a fire broke out at Simonsson Ranch
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According to police reports at this time there are no reported injuries.
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Everyone has been accounted to for excerpt for one. Now applied as a Missing Person.
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Annette Heppon- Simonsson , 27 married to the homeowner Dylan Simonsson was last scene earlier at day, running from ranch right before it caught aflame.
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It is not reported if she is suspect at this time.

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