I love the intensity of this story, @hillarypowers. In the beginning, we don't know why this man is running, or who is pursuing him, or whether he is a good or bad person, but we quickly feel that it is important for him to get away and run free. As the truth is revealed, readers continue to feel invested in a positive outcome for this escaped prisoner. And then we read the devastatin last line:

It was for a crime he knew nothing about.

Great plot twist! He's not just any prisoner, but one who has been jailed for a crime he did not commit! Very well done.