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The Break-Down

Vanessa decides to alter her persona, since she is is working on a clean slate. She decides that she should go by Sarah Conrad. Nobody would find her in Wyoming, under that name. She smiles as she thinks to herself. Sarah Conrad. She likes that.

She logs on to the net. To check her bank accounts. She decides to close her accounts. She schedules the money to be drawn out. Even her life savings of 35,000.00. She will need that to get across the country and to find a place to live.

Next she needs to sever her ties at work. She emails her boss and tells him that she resigns her position. And will provide an address to send her severance package.

Then, she collects her clothes and her things. Everything she does not want, she leaves for her roomate. After she packs her clothes,books and music. She puts her luggage in her car, Finally she leaves a message on the kitchen counter for her roomate. She writes a check for 500.00 her rent in advance. Before she leaves she breaks down. Tears roll in like thunder.

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