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Woman Forced To Burn Her House Down After Her Hoarding Habit Got Out Of Hand
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when Kevin Burns moved to California he
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was excited for a new adventure not long
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after settling into his new neighborhood
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Burns came across something a little
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strange there was an older woman who
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owned a house across the street from him
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but instead of living inside the house
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she lived in her car he couldn't
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understand why she would do this when
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her house was right there it wouldn't be
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long before Burns would get to the
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bottom of this puzzle but what he found
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out was a Smoking Gun story before we
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start can we get this video to 1 000
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likes please hit the like button and
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subscribe to the channel Burns could not
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help but wonder about this woman he
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wanted an explanation for her behavior
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he spoke to some of his other neighbors
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about it who told him that this woman
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named Ruth owned the house she slept in
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front of but she would never step foot
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inside it Burns wasn't at all satisfied
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with this explanation he decided that
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something needed to be done one day he
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approached her to ask her if she needed
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anything at all
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little did he know that he would not
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only become her friend as a result but
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also per hero one morning after an
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unusually cold night Burns headed over
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to Ruth's car she was awake and seemed
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more than happy to engage in
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conversation with him as they chatted
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Ruth became more and more open about her
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life and told him about her daily
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routine
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Ruth did not explain why she had been
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sleeping in the car and burns didn't
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want to overstuff the mark but he knew
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he needed to do something to smoke her
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out one morning Burns took the decision
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to get a closer look at Root's house
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when he discovered shocked him he found
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many broken windows boards and blinds
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and a lot of mold it was as if the house
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had not been lived in for years it was a
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total wreck it was a day like any other
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Kevin Burns was on his way over to
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Root's car to have their daily chat
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however when he arrived he found his
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friend in tears
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when Burns asked her what was wrong Ruth
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couldn't answer she was frantically
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looking for something among the many
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plastic bags that she had in her car she
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realized that she must have left this
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item inside the house but she had no
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intention of ever stepping foot back
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inside
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Burns tried asking Ruth what it was that
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she had lost but Ruth couldn't seem to
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find the words to tell him she seemed
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completely heartbroken all of a sudden
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Ruth had an idea maybe you can go inside
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and get it she said despite still not
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knowing what it was he would actually be
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looking for burns agreed to this little
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did he know what he was about to
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discover
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after Burns agreed Ruth was finally able
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to find the words to tell him that she
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was crying because she had lost a
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picture of her parents she believed that
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the last time she had seen this
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Photograph was inside the house in one
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of the bedrooms Burns approached the
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house feeling confident that he would be
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able to find it
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the task would actually turn out to be
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one of the most difficult in his life
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the home seemed to be in complete
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disrepair and it looked as though
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animals might well have taken over as he
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moved closer to the house he started to
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smell something foul emanating from
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inside the house he walked back over to
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Ruth and told her that he would return
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to find the photograph after a quick
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breather
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Kevin realized how huge a task he had on
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his hands it would require gloves and a
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mask and he would need to take the day
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off work kit it out with gloves and a
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heavy duty mask Burns returned to the
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house to finish the task he had started
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it was clear that Ruth had not stepped
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foot inside the house for months when he
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reached the living room he couldn't
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believe his eyes the living room was the
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worst room in the house no question
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everywhere Burns looked there were pile
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of bags of trash papers and other
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strange items
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after hours of searching Kevin came
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across an old box it was like a little
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Treasure Chest thankfully it contained
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exactly what he needed
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behind the old bookcase Burns noticed a
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crack upon examining this more closely
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he discovered to his Delight that there
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was a gaping hole in the wall which was
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actually a doorway to a hidden room
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as Burns enter the secret room his mind
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raced with questions was this the only
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hidden room or were there others one
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thing Burns did notice was that while it
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was covered head to toe in dust and
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cobwebs there was a lot less trash in
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this room despite this the room still
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smelled awful the stale air almost
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suffocated Burns even through his mask
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Burns inspected the dust covered
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photographs then looked above him what
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he saw was completely horrifying a thick
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layer of mold covered the bedroom
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ceiling it had grown so thick that the
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paint had flaked off and Fallen onto the
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floor below it burns quickly evacuated
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the room
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knowing that it wouldn't be good for him
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to ingest the air he told Ruth that her
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house had become a bat trap she
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responded in saying I had no idea it had
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gotten so bad Ruth agreed to call a
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specialist and have the house
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professionally cleaned however Burns and
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Ruth's story was not over yet the worst
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was Yet to Come Ruth would soon need her
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neighbor more than ever Burns decided
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against telling Ruth that he had
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discovered the secret room
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he wanted to wait until the Specialists
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arrived the specialist explained to Ruth
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and Kevin that the mold was so dire that
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they wouldn't be able to touch it
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that's how dangerous it was worse still
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they explained that even the most
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advanced mold removal techniques
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wouldn't be able to prevent this mold
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from spreading further still there was
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only one thing for it that would have to
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get the fire department involved why
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firefighters you might ask they needed
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firefighters to set the house on fire
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while roof was obviously sad that the
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home she had called her own for decades
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was about to be destroyed she felt that
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it was definitely time to move on
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Ruth said a tearful goodbye to her
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smoking home as the firefighters
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prepared to burn it down once and for
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all
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as she walked away from her property for
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the last time she decided now was the
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time to reveal to Burns the truth behind
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the secret room he had discovered
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Ruth had everything she would ever need
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inside her car all thanks to Burns as
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the smoker fire started and the house
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began to burn and created smoke Ruth
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explained the sad truth about the
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bedroom that burns its scene
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tears streaming down her face she
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explained that room was where my husband
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passed away I didn't have the heart to
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go in there after he was gone the moment
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had most definitely passed the house was
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already starting to collapse the
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firefighters had a standby for a full 24
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hours in order to ensure that neither
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the fire nor the Embers spread to other
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houses or any nearby trees and control
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smoke
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as all of this played out Burns wondered
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what Roots next move would be as the
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decades had passed following the
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untimely death of her husband Ruth had
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turned to hoarding to distract her Ruth
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felt that she was far too old to start a
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new life
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where would she go what would she do
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would she live out the rest of her days
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in her car
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NES had a better idea with the help of
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his friends he found a nearby community
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for senior citizens where she could go
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and get the help that she needed the
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community was more than happy to
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accommodate Ruth she was still suffering
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immensely from the death of her husband
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but up until this point there hadn't
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been anyone with whom she could have
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talked to about it this was about to
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change however
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there were plenty of people living in
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the community who could help her to deal
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with her grief properly Roots life had
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finally been transformed she had gone
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from living alone in a car to having a
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proper roof over her head and people all
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around her
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kennen's curiosity and kind-hearted
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nature had changed Root's life forever
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if he hadn't followed his instincts all
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of this would never have happened Ruth
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oder Newfound happiness to him she would
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never forget that