Sentence:  Max , in a fit of despair , takes Alicia and <WSD>runs</WSD> off for two marvelous weeks in Burbank ( Fink calls it `` the most wonderful and lovely fourteen days in my whole life '' ) , at the end of which Alicia tragically contracts Parkinson's disease and dies . 
Meaning of the word marked with <WSD> tags:  run away; usually includes taking something or somebody along