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...was the only way that she could be happy. She had to burn the house, otherwise, the famliy would think that she just left. It would be better for them to believe that she just died in a horrible accident. The house insurance covered fire damages anyway. This was her only rescue.

    The food was still in the stove, that was a good part of the plan.

   'Let's just go back in the kitchen, start the fire, and go away.'

    She obeyed the voices in her head. Stoicly, Cynthia walked to the kitchen, lit a match, and tossed it towards the oven. Fire started immeadiately and spread a bright blue across the entire room.

  She ran outside and around to the garage.

   'No! We can't take a car, if the find it missing, they will have known you took off. Through the woods to the other side of the lake. Now!'

   Panting, her hair and sleeves catching on the treelimbs, Cynthia ran. 

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