it looks like we have a storm coming in right here oh here's the compound right in this area
and they're expected to get six to eight inches of snow today this could definitely
affect our plans this compound is in the middle of nowhere so literally we have no cell phone
service if we get stuck out there we're stuck they'll most likely go to the storehouse still
they may not be out as much but if they do anything it will be around the storehouse
but we have security and we even have a place where theresa can run to if things go bad
we're going to take everything a step by step and hopefully we can get in and get out safely
so the plan is we're going to follow security and the tower
will pick us up but we're going to veer off into the neighbors property
and so hopefully they'll think that we're just visiting the neighbors okay let's do this
so brandon you've got your walkie and we'll be in constant communication with you
do you know exactly what your plan is i'm just gonna try to keep a good eye on rachel and try
to get her as close as i can to theresa and then make sure that everything doesn't get out of hand
i'm going to see my aunt kathy who's my mom shirley's full sister
hey hey kathy about a year ago my sister colleen and i helped our aunt kathy escape the order
let's go we're leaving becky we can start taking boxes
someone from the order is watching us we should probably get out of here hurry
hurry because kathy's the first wife she's still legally married to the guy and she has to share
custody of her kids i kind of lost track of time becky and it's getting late you need
to go get packed and get ready to go for the weekend so it's his weekend this weekend yeah
well this is not a typical divorce it's not like a divorce on the outside it's not just
sharing custody it's two completely separate worlds these kids have to figure out how to
step out of the normal world and then live in an order world what is it like for you
dropping your kids off and watching him leave with them
it hurts i don't like to see them run off with him but there's nothing i can
do about it i feel like i worked so hard to get out of there and the state forces me to
give him back to him and it really makes me mad are they putting pressure on becky
because i know they want to keep her for sure she's a girl she's 15 now that's what makes me so
sick about the whole thing because she is so young she's still a little girl and she's my little girl
when i'm dropping my kids off i worry about them in the next two days while they're gone
especially with becky because she's 15 years old and they encourage her a lot to go to the
functions and to be part of the group and it's almost like she's a piece of meat at a meat market
and i worry that the order will try to influence her
and make her think that she has to marry into that group in order to get to heaven how can you
get married when you're 14 15 years old because you're still growing you're still developing
well do you care if i go like talk to her about it it wasn't that long ago that i was going to their
dances and well and she might open up a little bit more to you than she will me because like i'm
the mom and you're her age hey hey getting your stuff packed mm-hmm do you need help with anything
i'm fine usually get it done in like three minutes so what is it like going back and forth
um stressful do you consider yourself an order member
no do does your dad consider you another member yeah they say that i'm in the order
whether i think i am or not until i'm 18 since because i was born in it
so i guess there's a dance this weekend is your dad gonna make you go to the dance always does
i recorded a dance i wanted the world to see that the dance it's the first step into polygamy
it's a first courtship and it's wrong order dances are a couple times a month the order
dances are held at the building where we have church in the order we're not allowed to date
so the main purpose for the dances are for the men to see who's available once a girl reaches
age 13 she's available to have a courtship start she could be assigned to men who are
old enough to be their dad or their grandpa with the intent that they will get married
so the men are given a list of women that they can dance with that's been approved
by the households and the leader of the order paul kingston everyone's related
your family is on your dance card my father would love for me to marry one of my half brothers
so you're going back and forth from your dad and your mom and he's in order your mom's not
and you don't want to be it's like you're living in two different worlds do you act differently
i don't really speak my mind there because then you usually always end up arguing
if they say anything or like say that we're gonna do something with people in the order i just
keep my mouth shut just go along with it let's get going becky come on
i feel like that they're trying to
put things into my mind
they're trying to
get me to think that like a certain thing is true when it's not
it's hard because
i have to do a lot of things i don't want
but i'm strong and i know that i can get through this
the storm's coming in and the compound is in the middle of nowhere
we could get stuck out there in the snow and we got a car up here off to the side
why is it just sitting there is there someone in there
all right we're clear
well as soon as we come over that hill they're gonna see the vehicles coming in so yeah
so right here they can pick us up
if you look off to the right that is the tower i can see it
almost crossed over here if you can see the tower the tower can see you
they probably have binoculars too yeah they do have very very nice binoculars up there
we have two separate vehicles heading toward the compound
when the tower picks this up which they will they will start notifying others that we're there the
hope is they will think we're just visiting the neighbors he's on this radio here yep you got your
walking so you guys ready yep
these two are gonna go onto the property and once they're safely on it then we're gonna go
where they entered we'll go sit there and then you two will go to the other end
everybody needs to be very quiet because you really can hear every word up here
pretty good you've got plenty of time to get onto the compound
and just keep in touch through your walkie we'll just wait to hear from you let's do it good luck
always watch for a camera they might stick out somewhere
is that the storehouse yeah
i wish you could see in the tower okay you stay here i'll go up there and
look
whatever they decide to do they need to do it yeah
there's there's noises over there
hey see the tower does that look like a figure moving around in there
huh is somebody in the watchtower
i just can't tell hopefully the snow will cover us
okay i'm gonna go see them
hey i already almost three
rachel come on
because we can't go in there with them on the property we
need the cameras to stay behind the fence
i can see two females out front
from the stairs i'm almost certain that's her
something else is down there and white pickup
oh here they come definitely not anybody we want to talk to get down get down
you