Elizabeth Smart

Well, on the way up there, he mentioned that he had his wife waiting for us.

And so for a second, I was like, oh, like maybe they just really wanted a child or maybe they had a child and she passed away and I would be about her age or maybe I look like her or like my mind kind of went to a nicer place than the reality.

But and when I saw her and when she hugged me, I

It wasn't like a nice comforting hug, like it's going to be okay kind of hug.

It was like, if you ever cross me, you will suffer.

I am in charge here.

I'm not here to protect you.

You will do what I want you to do.

And then she was so insistent in having me undress.

And she was so insistent in trying to make me... Well, she wanted to sponge bathe me that...

I think I was still probably less scared of her than I was of him.

But I also knew that she was not there to be my friend or my protector.

Mm hmm.

So after she, you know, she sponge bathes you, I mean, you don't have to walk through everything that happened.

But you, I guess like what always baffles me is like you went into this so innocent.

Like, I mean, by 14, like I was a crime junkie.

I think like I knew some of the worst things that could happen to people.

But you've said over and over that you didn't.

Like you weren't even prepared for what was coming.

And I feel like you had to grow up in the span of like hours.