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set the license plate down in the middle of the clearing. I dumped out the contents of the purse in my lap and then placed the purse on the license plate.
    Next I picked up each item from the purse and thought about what it meant to me and how it defined me before I placed it on the pile. There were 5 shades of pink lipstick because I only wore pink lipstick but a girl had to have options. The pink alarm clock so that I could start each day with a bright flash of pink. Pink was girl power. There was the phone with the cat stickers, the bobble head cat, and the ball of cat stickers from the dash because I loved cats. I wanted a Himalayan cat someday. There was the tube of concealer with sunscreen. I didn’t like my freckles and did my best to conceal them. Plus, I was worried about my freckles becoming darker with sun and used sunscreen religiously.
    Last I placed my Social Security card and Driver’s License on the pile. The Driver’s License declared my name to be Hanna Peterson. Hannah was 27 years old and had been born on Oct 7 th . Hannah was also an organ donor.
    Then I picked up the small container of hair spray and lighter that was left on my lap. I sprayed the hairspray and lit the lighter catching the hair spray coming out of the can on fire. I turned the flame toward the belongings that defined who I was catching them on fire.
    I chanted my spell over and over again while I watched the fire burn.
    Fire Fire All Powerful and Consuming
    Burn Burn with all your might.
    Burn the items I sacrifice to you
    Consume the items in your path.
    Consume the items that define me.
    Consume my identity.
    When the fire died down the items had not been completely destroyed but the spell had worked its magic. I felt a loss that left a void in me. I was no one.
    I got into the CR-V and drove off into the night.
    When I got close to New Mexico I found a major highway and stopped at an exit with a dollar store. I bought a set of screw drivers, beef jerky, two bananas and a Red Bull. I ate and drank as I drove to New Mexico trying to fight off my need to sleep and keep my energy up. At the first exit into New Mexico I did a U-turn and headed north again. I drove until the first rest stop. It was 11:07 pm and dark. I parked and went to the vending machine. I bought a Coke and lots of chocolate, a Twix, a Snickers, and a Three Musketeers. I needed a sugar rush big time to keep me awake for a few more hours. Resupply was almost done and then I could crash.
    I started to look for the Equinox before I caught myself and walked to the CR-V. I took out a large flat and phillips screw driver from the package I had just purchased. I pocked them in the back pocket of my jeans and chanted the concealment spell to keep them out of site. Then I sat on a picnic table with my feet on the bench and started to eat and wait.
    The wait was not nearly long enough. I only got to drink half of the coke, eat my Twix and half the Snickers before a car with New Mexico plates pulled in. A middle aged couple got out and headed toward the bathrooms. I knew I only had a few minutes before they came back. I grabbed my food and threw it in the trash can. I went to the back of their car and crouched down. I grabbed the flat screw drive and before you could say Bob’s Your Uncle I had me a New Mexico license plate.
    I got in CR-V and drove off before the couple got back to their car. I would put the plate on sometime before Albuquerque. One good thing about fake ID makers, they expected their clients to show up unexpectedly in the middle of the night, especially this close to Mexico.

Chapter 7
    I woke up and held still examining everything around me for a few minutes. When I was satisfied I sat up. I had to think for a moment before I remembered where I was. I was at a motel outside of Oklahoma City. It was a dive but only dives took cash without question. Looking around the motel room my stomach churned at the dingy dirt and grime around me. I would have preferred to