Samantha Geldenhuis

Was she abusive to you?

No.

A friend in Mooloolaba, Bruce Michel, was equally perplexed by the version of his friend he read about in the court order.

Bruce and Sam set out to read every document, every transcript relating to the case.

It's like a novel that is so sickening that you can't put down.

And he says it shouldn't be Lee.

The time had come for Lee to tell Samantha about the diary she'd kept hidden all these years.

Sam opened the book of secrets and began to read.

I'm having difficulty writing because I'm very scared.

I can only wait though and pray.

It's not our time to be found.

With each page, a new understanding of her mother.

If you think about every single little thing that she has gone through.

I've lived this wonderful life and she did everything she could and more to just keep me safe.

Now it was Sam's turn to protect her mother.

She is the most important thing and she was and she has been and she still is.

Sam and Bruce collected affidavits from supporters across four continents.

Friend Kerry Gazzard.

For 10 months, Alex and her supporters desperately fought extradition.

But in fall of 2014, she was forced to leave her Australian paradise behind and return to the place where it all began, here in Charleston.