Hannah Green had been told about her mother's nutty sister and brother in law by her parents who wanted nothing to do with them. When her parents died, they didn't leave a will. Otherwise Hannah would have never been sent to live with these nutty relatives. Living with her aunt and uncle for a week had been enough. Once Hannah knew that she would be living with them once she recovered from the car accident, she made her plan of escape. She enlisted the help of her friend Lila Archer who arrived at the train station. She had a fake ID which stated that her name was Marlene Green. .
Hannah Green had fled the house and had walked the 1/2 mile to the train station in Blount, Oklahoma. All she had was a briefcase and the clothing off her back. Police and her aunt and uncle pulled into the station. Lila came all the way from Maine via bus and train to help Hannah escape.
Lila got out unnoticed and met Hannah across the street. They went in an unlocked door and watched what was going on outside. In the meantime both Hannah and Lila changed clothes. They needed to get out of there fast. Both of them went out a back door and got into a black Mercedes parked in back.
They drove several miles on the back roads and then got unto I-35 and drove north. They stopped at a Wal-Mart outside of Oklahoma City.
Hannah went into a Wal-Mart and bought some new clothing and makeup. Lila sat outside. It was almost midnight. They didn't realize that the store was in a very dangerous part of Oklahoma City.
A thief who had been watching people coming and going noticed the Mercedes and decided he was going to steal it. He forced Lila out of the vehicle and shot her twice in the face after she threw a briefcase at him. He then got into the car and fled. Hannah watched in horror as this happened. She had just exited the store.
She looked around and saw that no one else was around. Everyone who was around had fled by going into the store. Others were watching from a distance. Lila was barely alive.
Her friend had shown up at her parent's door two years earlier as a runaway and had no living relatives and who was basically homeless. Hannah knew that Lila hadn't been fingerprinted and was not in any fingerprint system nor was she for that matter. She noticed that Lila's purse was on the ground. She switched the purses. She was also surprised that the theft didn't take the briefcase. The car was more valuable. Someone from the store had dialed 911.
She stayed with her until the ambulance arrived and rode with her in the ambulance. Lila was put into the ICU Unit. She died four hours later with Hannah by her side. Shortly after this, Hannah fled.
She went to the Amtrak station and got a ticket from Oklahoma City to San Antonio. The only time that she got nervous on the trip was when they stopped at Blount, Oklahoma. She didn't recognize anyone who boarded and a sign of relief came over her. The rest of the trip was uneventful. From San Antonio she went west to Los Angeles. Two days later Hannah Green Aka: Lila Archer was about to start a new life.