While Kyra’s contemplating running away, Joshua tells her she wants to choose her. He is going to go to the prophet, to ask him. One night Kyra gets a knock at the door, and is told she needs to visit the prophet. Her mom wants to go with her, but he says it’s only to see Kyra. So Kyra goes to the church, and is taken to a room where Joshua is. There she’s asked if she knows what adultery is, it’s also clear that the men beat Joshua, they knew about her and Joshua being in love. She struggles to get to Joshua, to help him, but in turn Joshua just gets beaten more. He’s taken away, and she doesn’t know what will become of him. Then one night she gets a knock on her window, and it’s Joshua. He says he’s running away with a couple of his friends, and will come back for her. The next morning in church, the preacher said the boys have no chance of making it; they won’t be sought after, and looks Kyra straight in the eye, as if he knows. Kyra decided even though she’s in trouble, she’s going to still visit the mobile library. She tells Patrick about all of her troubles, and he says to take her with him. They find her, and beat her again. She doesn’t know for sure, but she suspects they killed Patrick. Then her mother had her baby, and the baby ended up dying. Kyra realized she wasn’t herself anymore, and had to leave. She took the mobile library van and drove to the state line. She calls the police on Patrick’s phone, and they come and get her before her uncle can beat her again. The story ends with her living with another escapee of the FLDS.
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