Caged No More (2016) Movie Script
Life in Louisiana has always been easy.
Good people, great food,
and a spirit of liveliness like no other
in the French Quarter.
But it's the beautiful land
outside the city
that brings me solace and
allows me to breath deep.
The peaceful waters,
smells of honeysuckle and magnolia,
and the great oaks that beckon you sit
and reflect for a while.
The melting pot of cultures
makes it one of the most
interesting places on earth.
There's a warmth and friendliness
that I've not experienced anywhere else.
It was a joy to grow up here.
Which I'm sure is why our family
has lived here for generations.
The spicy food is a true reflection
of the people that call it home.
A resilient breed that bear
one storm after the other.
Always rising up,
leaving defeat in their dust.
But since I came back
from serving in Iraq,
I've seen the tide turning.
A darkness lurks here that I don't
remember existing before.
Maybe it's everywhere
in the U.S., not just here.
I don't know when
this door opened or how,
but our family was about
to shaken to its core
through something so unimaginable.
And right at the center of it,
was my uncle Jack.
And a God-fearing woman of faith
named Miss Agata Prejean,
who was godmother to his girls.
Somehow she would be the one
called to have the courage
to look the horrific terror in the eye
and believe that God
could bring an end to it.
Macy.
This better not be like the last time.
You good for nothing...
Why do you do this to me, huh?
Why do you do this to me?
I already called the 9-1-1.
The police are right behind me.
If I was you, Jack, I'd just walk away.
Now!
Macy girl?
You here?
M... Macy! Oh.
Baby, it's Aggie.
I'm here.
Can you hear me?
Baby, can you talk?
Oh, my God.
Tell me what you took.
- Mama Aggie?
- Mm-hmm.
- They're gone.
- Who?
Jack sold 'em.
Right now, he's selling them.
They're gone.
Macy girl, you listen to me now.
You've got to tell me what you took.
I don't know.
It... it doesn't matter anymore.
Nothin' matters anymore.
Don't you... you stay with me.
Macy, you wake up.
Now you... Oh, Lord.
You tell me, I promise you...
I promise you, you wake up,
and I'll get back whatever Jack stole.
But nothin' is worth losing
your life over, you hear me?
Macy girl, you hear me?
Oh, God, how could he do it?
- What?
- It's...
it's all on his laptop.
Please promise me you'll get them back.
- Please.
- I promise, child. I promise.
I... I'll even call
the police right now.
No, they won't...
they won't believe you.
You... you gotta do it.
Yes. I'll do it.
Now you just tell me what you took.
- Macy?
- Save my girls, Mama.
Macy girl, stay with me.
Oh, Macy baby, don't leave me
like this. Open your eyes.
Macy! Macy!
Macy girl!
Oh, God. No!
Oh!
Don't leave me.
Don't leave me, Macy.
Not like this.
I need you, child.
Your girls, they need you.
Oh, Macy.
Macy, no!
No!
No!
What's this old lady doing here?
What're you talking about?
You think this nice lady
had something to do with
- that woman's death?
- Look. I'm just saying
it's weird is all.
Just let me handle it.
Um, I'm detective Mark Landon.
Would it be okay if I just
ask you a few questions?
- What is your full name?
- Agata Prejean.
But everybody calls me Aggie.
All right, Miss Aggie.
Do you live here?
- No, I live in Lafayette.
- Lafayette.
Did you drive all the way
here by yourself.
- Yes, sir.
- I see.
Can you give me the name of the victim?
Macy DuLonde.
Her maiden name was Bargass.
She was like my child to me.
I'm so sorry, Miss Aggie.
Uh, what was your relationship to her?
I worked for her parents
from, oh, Lord, let's...
1966 to, uh...
when they both died in 1995.
How they'd die?
Horrible car accident.
Heart-wrenching for all of us.
Macy just was never the same.
Hey, Mark.
Look what I found.
I didn't know these people
were the DuLondes.
Miss Aggie, do you know who this man is?
That's Jack, Macy's husband.
I wish we'd never laid eyes on him.
Now this is Richard DuLonde,
one of the wealthiest men
in New Orleans.
No, that's Jack.
Macy's husband.
Do you know where he is now?
In London with Macy's precious girls,
Skye and Elle.
I'm so grateful that they
didn't have to see this.
Poor Macy.
She's taking them drugs
'cause of her awful marriage.
Are you certain
this isn't Richard DuLonde?
I mean, same eyes, same face.
- He has the same last name.
- That's Jack.
I don't mean to be rude ma'am,
but this is no coincidence here.
Something is up,
because the man that is in this photo
is a dead-ringer for Richard DuLonde.
Now did he have a brother
or maybe somebody...
What part of "that's Jack"
don't y'all understand?
Jack couldn't be related
to nobody like that.
He ain't got a speck
of righteous blood in him.
He's vial, nasty, just mean, awful...
Miss Aggie...
- Let's calm down.
- Miss Aggie.
It's okay.
It's okay.
It's okay.
Auntie Aggie?
I got your text.
I'm so sorry to hear about Macy.
I know she was like a daughter to you.
No, Leona.
She had her whole life ahead of her.
You know what?
Come on, sit down.
Let me fix you something to eat.
I can't eat.
I got to find those letters.
What letters?
Let me help you.
No, you don't even know
what you looking for.
Okay, well then just tell me
what happened last night.
Oh, Lord have mercy.
Before Macy...
she made me promise
to save the girls from Jack,
but I don't know what that means.
Well, where are they?
Well, Jack took Elle to London
to visit Skye at her school.
Wait a minute.
Macy let Jack take Elle
out of the country?
Yes, and that's how I know
something ain't right.
I got to find those letters.
Okay, what letters?
What are you talk...
- From where? Who? Macy?
- No, no, no.
Emails that Skye sent me from
her school, and I... I... I...
I printed 'em out before I deleted 'em.
Now she's been sending me these emails
but I don't know the name
of her new school.
I don't know where she is in London,
How am I gone get to 'em
if I don't know where they are?
- Okay, okay. Let me look over...
- I don't know where they are.
Let me look over here, okay?
Just... just tell me
what else Macy said.
Just... just that Jack
had stole something
that he was gone sell 'em
and... and to save the girl.
News of a Portland woman being arrested
for trying to sell
her own young daughter
into the human sex slave business.
I'm joined now by Kathie Lee Gifford,
who has worked
alongside a group called the
International Justice Mission
as a human rights advocate.
And Kathie, this is a horrific thing
- to happen to any human being.
- It's just hard, I think,
for Americans, in general,
to believe that this is going on
in our country, in our states,
in our neighborhoods,
maybe even next door.
And it's happening to our children.
Some of them ten, 12 years old.
I mean, this young girl that
you were just talking about,
her own mother
denying her her human rights,
her dignity.
Auntie,
- what if...
- No!
- Macy would never do such a thing.
- No, no, no.
I'm not saying that Macy's
capable of doing it,
but, Jack.
Is there anything else
that Macy said to you?
Well, she told me to take Jack's laptop.
She said everything I need
to know would be on there,
but it's dead, and I can't get
my charger to make it work.
- Well, did you tell the police that?
- No, I didn't tell no police,
because Macy said they wouldn't
believe me and I promised her
that I was gone do this myself.
Uh-uh, Auntie.
We got to get somebody to help us.
'Cause what if Jack is capable
of doing something like this?
Oh, Lord, not...
God. You gotta help your Aggie.
Gotta tell me what to do next.
Uncle Jack was indeed up to no good,
and Elle was playing
right into his trap.
So if this happens,
what time do we meet?
- When are we going?
- Huh?
Yeah.
- Okay.
- Can we go to the beach, at least?
Could you hold on?
Ah, no. See, I'm... I'm trying
to do business here.
- But that's all you've been doing.
- Look how many times
do I have to tell you,
Greece is for work.
If I can get this deal done,
then... then we can go see Skye, okay?
I'm back.
Yeah.
Uh-huh.
You staying in motel?
I'm sorry, I don't speak Greek.
Oh, of course.
Are you American?
Ah, I was saying you
are very beautiful girl.
Hmm.
Certainly you are model in America.
- No, not even close.
- Here in Greece,
you would be celebrated.
And how lucky to have met you. Huh?
A few days from now
we have big modeling contest.
- You should try.
- Really?
My Dad, he's very busy with,
you know, like, business calls and...
Needn't take no time at all.
Just a couple of hours.
You will get a lot of money
and big modeling contract.
- A lot of money?
- Yeah, yeah.
Hold on.
Excuse me.
Here.
You have your father talk to my friend.
His name is Kain.
He is in charge of modeling contest.
He will take you back to meet
judges beforehand, huh?
Hundred percent you'll win.
Yeah, I'd say okay.
It looked like it worked.
Yeah, okay.
Mm-hmm.
Mm-hmm. Definitely.
We'll talk tomorrow. Bye.
Dad, the coolest thing
just happened to me.
- Yeah, what's that?
- So this man came up to me...
Whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa.
What man?
Well, he left, but he invited me
to be in this beauty pageant coming up.
Yeah, yeah.
That's probably a scam.
No, he said I was sure to win.
Oh, he said that, did he?
Yeah, and I would win a lot of money
which could help us to see Skye sooner.
Can I do it, please?
I consider them...
where... where...
where is this pageant?
I... I'm not sure, but he
gave me this man's card
and he'd give you all
the information that you need,
and it wouldn't take up
much of your time.
- Sure. I'll talk to him.
- Really?
- Sure.
- Thank you so much.
- Can I call Mom and tell her?
- No, no, now, see,
I... I told you it's... uh...
It's too expensive to call home.
You, uh... you win this pageant,
then you can call her.
- Okay?
- Deal.
- Thank you so much, Daddy.
- Yeah.
You're welcome, Sweetheart.
I just can't wrap my brain around it.
What kind of person
would sell their own child?
I hate to say it, but I wouldn't put it
past Jack to do something like this.
Oh, I know you're right.
You're right.
And it's too much.
It's just too much.
But if he's doing this,
what am I gone do about it?
That's why I think we need
to go to the police.
Wait, a minute.
Last night one of those officers
- said the strangest thing.
- What?
Have you heard of a Mr. Richard Dulonde?
Richard DuLonde.
No, I don't think so.
Well, type it in.
- Oh, my Lord.
- Oh.
Jack has got a twin brother?
We're under attack!
Jack, go back!
Get your heads down!
Everyone get down now.
Now! Now!
Ugh!
Hey, Jack.
Hey, Jack.
Dulonde.
Dude, it's barely 7:00 a.m.
These early morning calls,
they got to stop.
I know.
You need it more than I do.
It's comments like that,
see that makes me glad
you're going back out.
- When are you leaving?
- Ten days.
Did you parents freak out when you
told them you were going back in?
Ah, well, I haven't told them yet.
When you planning
on breaking it to them?
After the party.
- You in?
- Yeah.
Pass up on a DuLonde shindig, no way.
Even if it means my only ticket
in is by being on security.
I need you there by 4:00.
Is that too early?
I always look forward to being at home,
but it's been hard the last few years,
since we lost my little sister.
I was serving in Iraq when Madison
passed away from cancer.
Now we're all just trying to get on
with life the best we know how.
- Hey, son.
- Hi, Pops.
You're early, aren't you?
I'm always early.
Hmm. Yeah, it's hard to believe
it's been three years.
Yup.
How's mom?
You know, actually, she's um...
- she's pretty good.
- Yeah?
Can't keep Lottie DuLonde down...
In this whole...
Probably always be a hard day,
but I tell you, you know,
throwing this benefit every year
to fill Madison's fund,
keeps her mind busy.
- Mine, too.
- Yeah.
- You guys ready?
- Are you kidding me?
It's your mom's job to make sure
that I'm always ready.
Yeah, I know.
She does that to me, too.
How about you? Your team?
You guys ready?
Of course.
I really appreciate this one.
It's my pleasure.
Got to put all this training
to use somehow, right?
Yeah.
Did you ever figure out where
those threats were coming from?
Uh, not yet.
I mean, emails are coming
from a fake account
billed to the public library
here in New Orleans.
They could be coming from anyone.
You know I haven't, uh,
told your mom about this,
so don't mention it to her, okay?
Got it.
You sure she's up for hosting
this thing with you tonight?
- Yeah, I think she...
- Of course, I am.
Well, there she is.
- Hi, baby.
- How are you?
Mmm, good.
You see I brought those?
Madison's favorite.
She would have loved them.
So did you show him
his attire for the night?
Oh, no, no. I thought
I'd leave that honor to you.
We're just wearing black, right?
Just black, right?
We're supposed to wear black?
Yeah.
- Oh, yeah.
- Mm.
Oh, why?
Why are we wearing tuxes?
'Cause you'll look nice...
and blend in.
Ooh.
This old thing
sure brings back memories.
For sure.
Jesus Loves me
Huh?
Yes, Jesus loves me
- Help me out. Come on.
- What?
Yes, Jesus loves me
For the Bible tells me
Oh, no, no!
Macy, no, no.
Auntie Aggie?
Aggie.
- Are you all right?
- I'm fine. I'm Fine.
You know, you don't have to do this.
You gonna get arrested,
and then where you gonna be?
Did you get the shoes?
Good. Thank you.
What if you get caught?
What if you have a problem
up in that house?
What if you can't get out?
Girl, I ain't got time for no what ifs.
Now I made a promise to Macy.
And the DuLondes are
my only chance of keeping it.
Leona, think on it.
What are the chances of these people
giving this big, fancy
benefit ball tonight?
What are the chances
of Mr. Richard being
Jack's twin brother?
What kind of coincidence is that?
Well, I don't believe it is.
I think it's God making a way.
You honestly think
you're gonna walk up into that kitchen
and nobody's going to know
that you don't belong there?
Hmm-mm-mm.
I already called that country club
and I told that woman
I was part of the new staff.
She told me what time to be there.
She told me what to wear.
I'm just gonna go on in there.
Pretend I'm one of them folks.
Mm-hmm.
All right. Suppose that works out.
Then What?
You gonna be working.
You think you just gonna
walk up to either
Richard or Lottie DuLonde
and start talking to them?
What you gonna say?
Yeah, I believe that the Lord
is gonna put the right words
right up in my mouth.
Okay, and suppose
they decide not to help you.
What if instead they decide
to have you arrested?
Well, you just gonna come bail me out,
and we figure out what we gonna do next.
You know you crazy.
No, hon, I'm Cajun.
- Dad.
- What?
I'm not so sure about this anymore.
What? Why?
All the judges are men.
It seems weird.
Well, look.
This... this was your idea.
You know, you...
you can't back out now.
It's...
Wait here.
- Yeah.
- Most of the buyers aren't interested.
Okay, could you, uh...
You think I'll make more than last time?
Oh, she's younger, for sure.
- That bring lot more.
- Okay.
Now the one to the side is the deal.
He's got more money
than all buyers combined.
You get his interest, you got it made.
- All right?
- Okay, so, okay.
Sweetheart, you see that man there?
He's the most important judge
of the pageant.
You get him to like you,
no matter what, okay?
- Okay.
- No matter what. Come on.
I'll introduce you. Huh?
I've never seen him touch
a girl's hair like that.
That's a very, very good sign.
Well, gentlemen, we look ridiculous.
This was not the costume
I was expecting.
Why didn't you tell us about this?
I just found out about it myself,
but I appreciate
you guys being good sports.
- It means a lot to my mom.
- And you don't look too bad, Matt.
Maybe you'll actually now
be able to pick up a chick.
Ooh, there's gonna be
some single ladies here?
There's gonna be single ladies here,
but not that we'll be
paying attention to, right?
Gotta be on point.
All work and no play
makes Wil a dull boy.
I may be dull, but we are here to work,
least until my parents leave,
then you guys can play all you want.
Maybe you can pick up those chicks.
To business. Tonight's security
is really cut and dry.
These pins I'm about to
give you guys are the key.
Last week we Fed-Ex'd one
to every guest and every
employee that's gonna be here,
letting them know they had to
have them on at all times.
No pin no entrance.
No pin, no stay.
Your only job tonight is make sure
everybody's wearing one at all times
and if they're not,
you bring them straight to me.
You got it?
- Got it.
- Real simple.
The three of you with me.
Matt you take those four.
- We know what we're doing?
- We do. Let's do this.
Okay, Aggie, you can do this.
Looks like it's gonna be
a fine ball, don't you think?
Yes, they always are.
Have I seen you here before?
No, uh, this is my first time, actually,
and I want to make a great impression.
Then don't worry about a thing.
I can show you where to go.
- I'm Julie.
- Oh, thank you so much.
I'm Aggie.
They've been really picky
about who got to work this gig.
I'm surprised
they brought in someone new.
Oh, well, I'm sure
the only reason I got in
was because of, um,
my good friend, Bessie.
Who's Bessie?
Oh, well,
uh, Bessie is, um,
Miss Lottie DuLonde's
personal housekeeper.
And Miss Lottie told her
that she's worried about having
enough servants for this event,
so I told her I'd be happy to help out
and, um, um, it's been...
things have been
real tight lately, you know?
So, I am so grateful
for this extra work.
- How lucky.
- Uh-huh.
I'm sure tonight's
gonna be an amazing party.
And don't forget your gold pin.
- What?
- Your gold pin.
Didn't you get one?
Oh, Bessie,
she told me Miss Lottie has one for me.
Oh, okay.
I'm gonna go ahead and
start going over the agenda
- with the staff.
- Okay.
Just to make sure the guys
are checking for pins
that we talked about.
Why don't you go
and get everybody's attention.
Thanks, man.
Hello, everyone. If I could have
your attention just for a moment.
This is Wil.
He's gonna be giving us
our instructions for tonight.
So let's listen up.
Hi, Guys. Thank you so much
for being here.
Uh, here's the deal.
It's real, real simple.
I just want to go over
the schedule for this evening.
All right, at 6:00 o'clock
we're gonna start serving
hors d'oeuvres and pre-dinner drinks.
6:30 we'll have a greet.
7:30 we'll start with dinner.
And then at 9:30, we'll move
all the festivities back in the mansion.
Okay?
Real simple,
but if you have any questions
you certainly can speak with
Tyler, or Matt, or myself.
We'll be hanging out
for a few minutes, okay?
Let's have a great evening.
Thanks for being here.
Excuse me, ma'am.
- Hi.
- Hi.
I don't think we've met before.
I'm Wil. What's your name?
Uh, Agata Prejean.
I... as you know I forgot my pin
and I was just gonna
go downstairs and get it.
I could come right back up
here and show it to you,
so please don't send me home.
I'm... I'm not gonna send you
home, okay? You're not in trouble.
I just knew
that I hadn't met you before.
- Oh.
- Okay. What was your name again?
- Agata Prejean.
- It's beautiful.
- Thank you.
- Will you do me a favor?
Will you go get your pin,
bring it back up here.
I'm gonna hang out here
for a few minutes.
- Okay?
- Oh, okay.
- And then we'll speak again.
- All right.
But I'm not gonna send you home, okay?
- Thank you, sir.
- Thank you.
I'll see you in just a few minutes.
- All right.
- All right.
That's it.
That's it.
How long are we gonna
wait for her to come back?
Just a few more minutes.
You really think this lady's a threat?
No.
- Excuse me, Wil.
- Hi.
- I don't expect you to remember me.
- Of course.
- You're Julie McDonald, right?
- Yes, wow.
Good to see you.
What can I do for you?
I saw you talking
to that older lady, Aggie.
Yeah, I think
that was Agata Prejean, right?
- Do you know her?
- We just met.
But she's so sweet, and real nervous
about working here.
It sounded like
she really needs this job,
so I was hoping
you'd take it easy on her.
Yeah, I... I know I freaked her out.
I didn't mean to.
I just never met her before tonight.
Oh, well, that's probably
because your mom hired her
at the last minute.
- Really?
- Yeah. Aggie says
she's good friends with your
mom's housekeeper, Bessie.
That's how she found
out about the job.
Got it.
Okay, well, thank you so much
for the information.
- Will you do me a favor?
- Sure.
When you see her, just let her know
that I wasn't trying to freak her out.
Everything's fine.
But could you send her to me?
- Would that be all right?
- Sure will.
- Thank you so much. Good to see you.
- Thank again.
Hey, Matt.
What's this?
Call this number
as many times as it takes
till you speak to this guy personally.
He's an old family friend of my dad's.
And I need you to ask him
to pull any information he can
on a Agata Prejean.
- Agata Prejean.
- All right?
- Roger that.
- Thank you.
Why are you doing that?
Because you know my mom
never staffs these events,
and we've never had a
housekeeper named Bessie.
So we gotta find Agata Prejean.
Auntie Aggie, thank God.
Okay, what's going on?
Did you get in okay?
- And... and, where are you now?
- Never mind that.
Leona, now listen, if I don't call you
by tomorrow morning
go and get the laptop out of my car.
What do you mean if you don't
call me by tomorrow morn...
You know what, what is going on?
And what kind of mess
did you get yourself into?
Listen, do you want me
to come over there and get you?
'Cause I will come over there right now.
You better believe I will snatch
you up in a heartbeat.
Leona, will you
just go do what I tell you?
Get the laptop from the car.
All right. I'll do whatever it takes.
Okay.
So now why are we having
everybody wear these?
Well, it's just an idea
Wil and I came up with.
I thought it'd make the night
a little more festive.
Well, you're not getting
one of these on my dress.
Uh-huh, well, I figured as much
- 'cause I knew you...
- Shh.
Oh...
you look so handsome.
Thanks Mom, but I feel ridiculous.
Ah, who cares.
You look marvelous.
I'll be back to get you guys
at 6:00, all right?
- You got it?
- Just now.
- What's you got on there?
- Who is this guy, anyway?
How'd he get a profile
on that woman so quickly?
He's in the secret service.
Of course he is.
Is there anyone that your dad
does not know?
- Will you look at that?
- What?
It turns out this nice old lady
is not a clean as we thought.
She's connected with
my dad's brother, Jack.
I need you to find
Lennon and and Langston
and meet me at the front entrance.
If she's still inside
I want to find her.
We found her car. Two guys at
added in case she tries to leave.
All right, good.
Make sure they call me
if they see her, all right?
The two of you split up
and surround the perimeter.
Got it?
- All right.
- Go.
She's still here somewhere.
- Let's go.
- All right.
Oh, God. Come on,
Aggie, you can do this.
Just go.
Did anyone scour the east grounds yet?
- I'll do it right now.
- All right.
Let me check the kitchen.
Matt!
Oh...
Oh! Miss Lottie!
I need your help, Miss Lottie, please.
You've gotta help me save my girls.
You're the only one that can save them.
I need your help.
My girls need your help.
Please, you've got to save them.
I got this, Mom.
I got this.
No, wait a minute.
I can't do it by myself.
- Please, Miss Lottie.
- That's enough.
Wil, clearly this woman
needs some kind of help.
- I need your help.
- I got it, Mom. That's enough.
- I don't mean to cause no trouble.
- Listen to me.
I'm not here to cause no trouble.
I came here to...
- That's enough.
- Let go of me.
Would you mind escorting
Miss Prejean out, please.
I'll be there in a moment.
Wil, please.
Matt, don't you take another step.
Wil, what's going on?
This lady's connected to Jack.
- What?
- What?
She may be the one
that's sending the emails.
What emails?
Someone's been sending
some nasty messages.
We think they're linked to Jack
and he's got himself
into some sort of mess.
Is that why we have
so much security here tonight?
Yes, honey, and just let Wil
do his job, okay?
All right...
Well, look, that woman
is obviously not a threat.
I am sure of it.
So why don't you go down with Matt,
you start the party without me and, Wil,
you can come with me
while I talk to her.
I gotta see what's going on.
Keep her safe, all right?
Matt, I got it.
Thank you.
Now, ma'am, tell me your name.
- Agata Prejean.
- Mm-hmm.
But everybody calls me Aggie.
Aggie, come with me.
Tell me how we can help you.
Through her own determination,
Aggie had found us, and together,
we would unravel the truth.
Her mind at peace now,
drifted back to happier times.
Oh, nobody can draw a bird in flight
like you can, Skye, girl.
Skye?
That's a good one.
I just wish I could have a real one,
- like as a pet.
- That would be so cool
to have a real pet bird.
Can we please get one?
No, no, no.
That is not good at all.
- Why not?
- Because...
God made beautiful birds
to soar the open skies,
not to be trapped in a cage.
But I would take care of it
and love it so much.
No amount of love
is gonna make a caged bird happy.
- Mama Aggie!
- No!
- Hello?
- Hey, you okay?
Oh, Leona, I'm sorry.
I'm good.
Everything is good.
- What time is it?
- Uh, it's around 7:45.
Oh, my goodness.
I have got to meet the DuLonde's
in 15 minutes.
Oh, let me tell you this one thing
before I get off.
Ooh, that Miss Lottie.
She's like an angel sent from heaven.
Yes, she is.
I gave her the laptop from the car,
and she gone take care of everything.
Girl, I can't believe this.
Okay, you know what, go to your meeting,
but then call me when you can.
Okay, talk to you later.
Oh, thank you, Lord.
Thank you, Lord.
Thank you, Lord.
Thank you, Mark.
Ya'll she's gonna be here any minute.
Please let's all
just be very gentle with her.
This is gonna be difficult
for her to take in.
Oh.
Miss Aggie.
Good morning.
How'd you sleep?
Oh, just fine, thank you.
Oh, this outfit looks so pretty on you.
Well, thank you so much for the clothes,
but you really shouldn't have gone
through the trouble.
Oh, we're just glad that you came to us.
I'd like to introduce you to Richard.
This is my husband.
It's a pleasure.
I... I don't know how
I can possibly make up
for the pain my brother's
caused you and your family.
Well, ain't nothin' that you've done.
- Okay.
- Uh, Miss Aggie,
I'd like to introduce you
to Alicia Stevens.
Hi.
I've invited her here today
'cause she's an expert
- on what we're gonna be talking about.
- Expert, okay.
And you remember my son, Wil.
Oh, you're not gonna arrest me
like I'm a criminal,
- are you?
- No, Ma'am.
I'm so sorry about that, Miss Aggie.
Sure, I understand.
Uh, please, sit down.
Would you like some tea?
- No.
- Okay.
Miss Aggie, since we spoke last night,
we've learned a great deal.
Uh, Wil's friend, Tyler,
has been up all night.
He's a computer expert,
and he's been pulling
as much information
as possible off of Jack's laptop.
Well, did you find Jack and Elle?
Are they with Skye?
Um...
Honey, Macy was right.
Uh, Jack does have Elle with him.
He's gonna try to sell her.
Jack's gotten involved
with a drug cartel, Miss Aggie.
It seems he owes them a lot of money.
He's trying to save his own life,
and it looks like
Elle is his ticket out.
Several days ago Jack went to Greece.
No, no.
Jack went to London.
He took Elle to see Skye
at a new school in London.
He went to London.
I'm sorry, Miss Aggie,
but we saw the flight confirmations.
Both he and Elle
are definitely in Greece.
Oh.
We don't know exactly
where they're staying,
but we do know that he's going
to try and sell her
at an underground auction on Friday.
- We do have that address.
- Auction.
There's still time. We can get in
and we can get her back.
Miss Aggie,
listen, I know how scary
this must be for you.
See I work for an organization
here in Louisiana
called Trafficking Hope.
And unfortunately,
we see this kind of thing all the time.
Alicia's organization is also working
with a group in Greece,
and they specialize
in rescuing women out of trafficking.
And they promised to help us.
We're not alone in this, Miss Aggie.
Hey, Wil.
You're gonna want
to take a look at this.
- Dad.
- Yeah.
Come see this.
- What made you look for this?
- I was going through
Jack's emails and something
just wasn't lining up about Skye
being at that school.
So I kept digging.
- There it was.
- There what was?
Miss Aggie, why don't you sit down.
No. No, thank you.
Okay. I'm not sure how to tell you this.
But Skye is...
not at an art school in London.
Several months ago
Jack took her to Greece
- and sold her to a brothel.
- No.
I know that's not true
because my Skye girl,
she's been sending me emails,
telling me how much
she loved that school.
You've been getting emails,
but they've been from Jack.
This is a fake account.
Good Lord.
That poor girl's been in
a brothel all this time?
- It looks like it.
- No.
I'm sorry.
I'm...
Aggie's heart broke the moment
she heard those words spoken.
How could this be happening?
Her mind took her back
to the sweet innocent Skye
that she had raised all those years ago.
Oh, Skye, girl.
Ah, see.
That's the pet bird
you wanted for your birthday.
- It's beautiful.
- Yeah.
I had it made especially for you.
You know you were born
to soar the skies,
just like that bird.
Don't you ever let anybody
put you in a cage.
You hear me?
- Mama?
- Uh-Huh?
- I love it.
- You do?
I'll wear it forever.
You promise?
Give me hugs.
Look at you.
Lately I don't
Recognize you
The fire in your eyes
Is fading into ambers
So while you're out there
In the darkness
I'm praying you'll remember
Alicia, can we speak with
your people in an hour?
Absolutely.
Tyler, do you have your passport?
All right.
We're gonna leave later this afternoon.
Hey Aeton, this is Wil DuLonde.
I need you to give me a call back
as soon as you get this message.
All right? I need your help.
Thanks.
What do you think you're doing?
Dad.
You're not gonna
do this single-handedly.
Dad, we don't have time to
wait around on the government.
All right, even with
your pals at the DOS.
I'll be in and out before they can even
formulate a plan.
Wil, just let me make the
phone calls I know to make.
Dad, I've been face-to-face
with some of the most
dangerous men in the world.
All right, I'm here.
I'm fine.
I can handle some
small town brothel owners.
Trafficking isn't a two-bit
organization, especially in Greece.
Guys, I'm aware of the risk.
Look at that picture.
That's Skye.
She looks just like Madison.
Yes, she does.
And what if it was Madison?
Would you not move
heaven and earth to get her?
Of course.
I couldn't be here for Madison, Dad.
Let me get these girls.
Please?
I know. Okay.
Miss Aggie.
We'll need you to go with us.
- What? I'm going to Greece?
- Yes, ma'am.
I know it's more dangerous for you
because you know Jack,
but we'll keep you sequestered
until we have the girls.
And once we have them, and you're there,
- they'll know they're safe.
- Yes, they will.
- Should your father and I go?
- Oh, no, no.
- Absolutely not.
- Dad's right.
The less amount of people
that know Jack, the better.
- But you could be recognized.
- I'll be fine, Mom.
And we'll keep you guys updated
every step of the way.
Miss Aggie, are you okay?
Oh, yes, I'm fine.
Don't worry about me.
I'll do whatever it takes
to get my girls back.
So will I.
Trafficking was my new battlefield.
It was up to me to bring
Skye and Elle back home.
And I would stop at nothing.
Hurry up and finish.
The judges meet tonight.
Could you speed it up?
When I come back you'd better be ready.
Please answer, Mom, please, please.
What have you been doing?
Come on, let's go.
Okay.
Shh, shh.
- Tyler, I need you to check us in.
- Sure.
All right?
I'll be back.
- Where's he going?
- He's going to meet Aeton.
That's Wil's friend
who used to work
for the Greek Special Forces.
They met back in 2009,
when Wil came over to do some training.
Basically, Aeton's our ticket
into everywhere we need to go.
- Oh, that's a sign.
- What?
Wil's man, Aeton.
You think it's a coincidence
they met way back when?
No, no.
That's a sign.
No way.
That's a sign that my God
has been planning this since '09.
Yeah, he's gonna rescue the girls.
Let's get checked in.
- Taylor? Tyler?
- Tyler.
Tyler. Yeah, that's right.
Come on, now.
Where we going?
- Right this way.
- Okay.
Maxie!
Appreciate you coming out
of retirement for me, brother.
Only for you.
Were you able to make
any sense out of those faxes?
I think so,
but I can't believe your Uncle Jack
left all that info on his laptop.
Yeah, he's an idiot.
All I knew about Greece before
were beautiful islands
and the kind-hearted people,
but they, too, were dealing with
the horrors of human trafficking.
In a city with a population
of over 600,000...
we were attempting to find Skye.
With the help of my special
ops contact, Aeton,
we would search the red-light
district brothel by brothel.
I had no idea
what I was about to witness.
How do you look someone in the eye
that is being tortured every day
and not want to storm in
and rescue them.
Before we dive into our search,
there are two majors.
- All right, go.
- Number one.
The brothels here are nothing
like you would expect.
They look more like
residential apartments.
You know them by the light bulbs
at each door,
and once you're in the brothel district,
they are everywhere.
Literally, hundreds in Athens alone.
Wow.
Yeah, prostitution
is legal here, so, yeah.
So we look quick.
What's number two?
In Greece,
everything is done through relationship.
Especially to get into things,
like the auction,
this Friday.
It's all about who you know,
not how much money you have.
So you're gonna have
to let me do the talking.
All right.
I'm with you.
Great.
Tomorrow is our big meeting
to get access to the auction
where Jack is trying to sell Elle.
As far as finding Skye,
the organization here
has been a real help.
We went through the faxes
you sent and narrowed down
some areas where she might be.
But,
after being here for months...
Skye could be anywhere.
So we look everywhere.
We start at one corner and methodically
work our way through.
We weren't the only ones
burdened to help these girls.
Even some of the locals
couldn't turn their backs
once they discovered the ugly truth.
What do you want with me?
You speak English?
You are American.
Okay.
My English is okay,
but we can talk.
I... I am not trying to hurt you,
I promise.
I want to help you.
I want you to help you get out.
Okay, okay, okay.
You cry.
I... I'll wait until
you are ready to talk.
Where is the key
that will unlock this door?
Dear Lord, you promised me
that if I would look to you
whole heartedly, you would listen...
And deliver us from evil.
Lord, please,
deliver my children from evil.
For Thine is the Kingdom,
Thine is the power.
Thine is the glory.
Where are the arms
to hold you in this...
Lord, we thank you for protection.
We ask that you keep Skye and Elle safe.
Bring them back to us.
...and thank you for the rescue team
as they go out.
Give them wisdom.
Guide their every step.
We thank you that the things
that are impossible for man
are possible for you and we rest in
your hands, in your grace.
In Jesus' name.
Amen.
There's a heart that's beating...
As a mother I can't even begin to fathom
what it would be like
to have your child taken from you,
and then to be left with the
fear of all the unthinkable,
horrific things that might be happening.
But I know and am confident
that God has not forgotten
about a single victim.
One of the guys handed me a drink,
and I woke up tied to a bed.
Hmm.
I had been sold into sex slavery.
I was beaten.
Raped daily.
Threatened.
My family threatened,
until I finally complied
with their demands.
My life was taken from me.
We are the difference.
We are the key to unlocking their chains
and bringing their freedom.
We simply cannot stand idly by
while so many are trapped
in sex slavery around the world,
including in every state in America.
Mankind rose up once and ended slavery.
Now it's time for this generation
to do the same.
It's time to step up.
Let these victims know
that they are not alone.
- Hi, guys.
- Hey, you good?
Yeah, yeah. I'm just taking
a break for a couple hours
- and head back out.
- All right.
- What do you need?
- I need some food.
- Do you mind?
- No problem.
You hear anything about Skye?
Not yet, Miss Aggie.
We'll keep looking.
Well, you know the Lord
is going before you,
and he will make a way, Wil.
Hope so.
Keep praying. We're meeting with
the leader of the auction today,
find out whether or not
we can bid for Elle
and if we do, we'll get her.
- All right?
- Okay.
- Here you go.
- Thanks, Bro.
All right, well, I'm gonna head up.
Anything else we can do?
Just keep watching Miss Agata,
I appreciate it.
You betcha.
- Hey.
- Hey.
It's worse than what you thought, huh?
There so many girls, man.
And their so young.
We'll get her.
She speak English to me.
She's American,
and they lock her in brothel
with bars on her windows.
If this is true, so what?
There's nothing you can do.
You no say that if it
was our sister in there.
I get her out tonight.
No, do not help that girl.
Brothel owners are brutal.
You'll get yourself killed.
Galen.
Galen!
Brush your hair, put your shoes on.
- We're gonna leave right now.
- Why? Where are we going?
Kain got us a meeting with the woman
who's running the modeling contest.
Yes.
Yeah, yeah, yeah.
Yeah, we're on our way.
Meet me in the lobby, okay?
Okay, guys, she's coming.
Hey, Kain.
Same routine as before?
Yeah, yeah.
Not sure she'll remember you,
but this, you know, does not matter.
She just wants to see girls.
- Okay.
- All right, yeah?
Okay, follow me.
- Hey.
- What?
- What did he mean by that?
- Huh?
- Have you been here before?
- Oh, shh, just... just...
just do what the lady says, okay?
Everything's... everything's fine.
Madame.
It's okay.
- Americans.
- Oh.
Hmm. This is good.
- How old?
- Fourteen.
Very good.
Come.
For tomorrow,
you come up, you stand.
You go down, you go back.
You stand...
till I say go.
Do you understand?
- Yes, ma'am.
- Very good. You go now.
- Done. Let's go.
- What? That's it.
Oh, she wants us to go.
She has a meeting.
But she says Elle will do good.
Uh, okay, well,
that's all I wanted to hear.
We go.
- Exit this way.
- Thank you.
She says you look familiar,
and is asking
if you have ever met before.
Skye and Elle are somewhere out there.
Listen, Miss Aggie,
I was talking to Wil
before he went back out.
I think we should prepare ourselves
for the fact that we may not find Skye.
No, no. He's gonna find her.
I hope so.
I'm just... you know on this visit,
it... it might not happen.
No, no. Now Tyler, he gonna find her.
Just now you watch.
Miss Aggie, listen...
No.
Child, I understand
what you trying to tell me,
but what you don't know
is my God is on my side.
Now it might sound foolish to you,
but...
my Lord didn't bring me
this far to leave me now.
I admire your faith, Miss Aggie.
He's gonna find her.
He's gonna do it.
Just you watch.
Just you watch.
Where is she?
Did you think I wouldn't see
your little romance?
I told you to try someone new!
Who are these for?
Were you going to try to sneak
her out right under my nose?
Foolish boy!
- What did you do with her?
- She's no more.
Gone forever.
And you, my boy,
are going to wish
you had never laid eyes on her.
These are the streets we have checked
the last two days.
When we come back tonight,
we need to focus first in this area.
How many brothels do we have left?
How many girls do you think
we saw last night?
A few hundred.
There are 20,000 prostitutes
in all of Greece.
And over 90% are trafficked.
Dear God.
Stupid bum.
Probably drunk.
Wait.
This guy's not a bum.
Come on, leave him alone.
We gotta go.
He's banged up.
See if you can get him to talk.
Aeton.
It's her.
We were too late.
Skye was gone and I had failed.
How could her own father
have done that to her?
Sell her like an object.
Take away her rights
as a human and profit from it.
I will never forget,
and I will make sure
Jack pays for what he's done.
Wil, are you all right?
What happened?
What happened?
I'm so sorry.
Wil?
- What...?
- I didn't get there in time.
Oh.
Skye.
My Skye. No!
Oh, no!
- Miss Aggie, wait.
- No! No!
- Wait.
- No!
- Wil.
- Mom?
What is it?
What's going on?
- Mom.
- What?
What is it?
What happened?
I lost Skye.
I didn't get there in time.
I did everything I could do.
Look, son, we... we know that you
did your best.
How's Aggie?
I just told her.
Mom, she was so sure...
God was gonna save her.
It's like losing Madison all over again.
Oh, babe, I'm so sorry.
How's it looking for Elle?
We go to auction tomorrow.
We'll be praying for you.
Look, Wil, do, uh...
Do you want me to call in
someone else to handle this?
No.
I got it.
This time tomorrow Elle will be
on her way back and safe.
I promise.
God...
you gonna have to speak
to your girl, Aggie.
Where are you in this?
Where are you in Macy's dying?
Where are you?
And Skye girl being taken.
Where are you?
Yous got to speak to me
'cause this ain't what you promised.
This ain't what you promised me.
Good Morning.
How you doing this morning?
Don't worry about me.
How are you?
Last night was awful.
Hearing what you had to say
about my Skye girl was...
- Miss Aggie, I'm...
- Listen to me, child.
I thought I was gonna die inside.
I sat up all night talking to God
trying to work this whole thing out,
but then the strangest thing happened.
This morning...
my heart was filled
with the most precious peace.
I can't explain it.
And I can't deny
that that peace is right here, even now.
I don't know what it means,
but I know our God
is in control of this whole thing.
Now please,
you have got to try and believe me.
You're a good boy.
You're a strong young man.
And none of this is your fault.
You have done all that you can do,
but we have got to put
last night behind us,
because my Elle is still out there,
and we gotta go get her back today.
Today is the day.
Okay.
We gotta zip.
Ready?
Let me... let me take a look at you.
Turn... just turn.
Okay, that's great.
Do you remember what the woman
told you to do once you get out there?
Yeah?
Okay. Let's go.
This is the best escape route.
We're gonna have the van
waiting for you right there.
Okay.
Hold up.
It's Aeton.
Hey man, you found out
anything else from the boy?
All right.
Just keep somebody with him.
If he knows something
I gotta know it, all right?
I'll see you in 15.
And you're sure you don't want me to go?
I'm sure, man.
You're job is to keep people safe
inside that van.
- All right?
- All right.
- Ready to go?
- Yeah.
Let's go.
Keep your head down.
We don't want Jack recognizing you.
Copy that.
One foot in front of the other.
That's it.
How come I'm not with the other girls?
What's that?
It's because you are special,
Sweetheart.
And they think you're gonna win.
Yeah, yeah, sure.
How much longer?
I don't know.
Time for start.
You're number three.
Hey, hey, hey.
It's number three.
That's my lucky number.
It is.
The woman starts the bidding,
we need to make sure she sees our hands.
And once seen, it's binding.
This is feakin' surreal.
It's like she's selling cars.
Shh, shh, shh.
It's starting.
There will be 25 girls
sold in two parts.
The first three girls are prime.
Elle will be in that group.
The bids start at 100,000 euros.
This is humanity at its worst.
- Dad?
- Huh?
Um, don't worry.
Some girls, just...
you know, they can't handle
the competition.
That's all.
- It's time.
- Yeah?
Now.
All right, honey,
all right, make me proud, okay?
Ella.
That's her.
- Where are we?
- Already at 150.
- Now, we can go as high as 260?
- Great.
'Cause we're gonna need it.
It's now at 175.
All right, get in there
and take it to the end.
Get her.
We got her?
Elle, come here.
Honey, honey, look.
You did it, you did it.
You beat out all the other girls.
That was the weirdest thing
I've ever done.
- Can we please go?
- No, no, I...
You have to take a picture
with the judge first, okay?
- Really?
- Yeah, yeah. Come on.
Are you coming with me to get her?
- No, I'm gonna hang back.
- Okay.
- They got her.
- They got her in hand?
No, no, no. Hold on.
They got her in the auction.
They haven't made contact with her yet,
but as soon as they do
they're gonna pay for her
and we're gonna get out of here.
Thank you, Lord.
It's gonna be okay.
It won't take very long, okay?
Just...
Elle, uh... I, uh...
I'll see you outside?
- Okay?
- Okay.
Skye?
Skye?
Skye?
Elle? Elle!
Elle!
Get out! I got Skye!
Hey.
What are you doing here?
Who brought you here?
What are you doing here?
Listen to me, Elle.
You can't trust anything Dad says.
You can't trust a word he says.
Just get out!
Just run, Elle, run!
Run, Elle!
I gotcha.
Now you're mine!
Ugh!
Elle, Elle. Hey, it's okay.
It's all right.
Listen, hey.
I'm here to help you.
There's Wil and Elle.
There's Wil and Elle.
- Oh!
- Miss Aggie, wait.
All right.
I'm not gonna hurt you.
- Elle!
- Aggie!
In the flesh, child.
Come on.
I got her, I got her, I got her.
Come on, baby.
Come on, get in.
Get in!
Oh, it's okay.
Skye's in there.
I'm going back.
Skye girl?
- She's in there, I saw her.
- Oh, God.
Aeton?
- Hey.
- What happened?
He tried to jump me.
Well, that was a mistake.
- Where's Elle?
- I got her out.
Then let's get Skye.
Ugh!
Skye.
Oh, my God.
I can't... I can't believe I found you.
I...
You mom and I lost all hope.
No, no. I... I know
I know how this looks,
but, look, I...
I had no idea what kind
of place this was.
I had no idea.
You have to believe me.
Where's Elle?
She's... she's outside.
She... she's... she's with your mom.
Your mom's here with...
Come on, no, no, no.
You!
Hey, I'm telling you the truth!
All right, there's Skye.
- Come on, listen to me!
- You left me here.
You have to listen to me!
- Uh. Ugh!
- How you doing Uncle Jack?
Wil?
It's okay. We're here for you.
It's okay, it's okay.
I'm coming back for you.
Ugh! Ugh!
We'll make you safe.
It's okay.
It's okay.
You're safe.
Skye, hey, it's okay.
We're here to help you.
Elle and Miss Aggie are outside.
We gotta get you out of here.
Tyler, yeah, I got Skye.
We're coming out the back way.
There's guys everywhere.
We're gonna cover her.
When you got her you go.
- All right, I Gotta go.
- Go, go, go, go, go, go.
- Backup is on the way!
- Black SUV.
Skye girl, come on!
You know we're going back
- to get those other girls, right?
- Oh, yeah.
Now, come on.
Elle, get in the car!
It's Jack.
Cover me.
Reports are now coming out
of Athens, Greece
pertaining to a human
trafficking bust yesterday,
where dozens of girls
ranging from 12-18 years old
were being auctioned
and sold into sex slavery.
The rescue effort was lead by
a task force team that works closely
with two anti-trafficking organization,
in Greece and the U.S.
Two American girls were among
those being auctioned.
CNM can now confirm that all 25 victims
were rescued.
Millions are still waiting
to be rescued.
Waiting for all of us to say "no more."
But still you cry...
Hi, my name is Alan Powell,
and I played Wil in "Caged No More".
What you have just seen
is more than a movie.
This is a movement to speak out
against human trafficking,
so use your influence
and spread the word.
#cagednomore.
Hi, I'm Kathie Lee Gifford
and I'm using my influence
to stop human trafficking.
This is just a movie and it's a story
and it's fictional, but the truth is
is that this is really happening
in the real world.
And if people think this is happening
in other countries, it is,
but it's also happening
right here at home.
It could be in your community,
it could be your neighbor.
It could be somebody in your family.
And that's why it's so important
that people go out
and see this movie
and learn more about it.
Now is the time to say "no more"
to human trafficking.
Global slavery is at the
highest level in history,
but if we all come together
and do something about it
we can end it.
This movie is about
the one child, the one person
trapped in human trafficking
somewhere in the world.
Human trafficking is a very,
very emotional issue.
It's really a whole lot to take in,
so we want to leave you
with three practical steps.
Number one, it happens in your city,
your state, and in your community.
Number two,
it could happen to your child,
Your granddaughter,
your niece, your friend.
We need to be talking
to our children and asking them
who are they chatting with
on social media.
We need to tell our girls
that are around us
that we care about them
and that they're valuable.
And we need to tell our boys
that girls are not an object
to be bought and sold.
And most important,
do something about it.
Say no more to slavery
by getting involved
and making a difference.
There are many ways that you can
become a freedom fighter.
Go to cagednomoremovie.com
and connect with local organizations
in your area
that are making a difference.
Hi, I'm Lisa Arnold, Director and
Producer of "Caged No More."
We want you to join us in this fight
to end human trafficking.
Together we can make a difference.
#cagednomore.
Stand up, tweet, text, do whatever
you can to get the word out.
We can educate our kids,
we can make a difference.
We can save lives together.
Thank you.
#cagednomore.
#cagednomore.
#cagednomore.
#cagednomore.
Now I'm just a sketch
that's incomplete
I don't know where
I'm supposed to be
The only sane part of my mind
I will try to keep
Right now I am praying to God
Lend me some peace
I used to dream in color
Of people that I meet
I used to love to fall asleep
Now it's black and white
I've lost my fight
And there's a crack
in the windshield
The one before I break
Choosing to trust you
is a chance I can't take
Oh, I'm crying
Can't sleep, Oh, I'm dragging
And I can't...
Breathe.
Where's the key
that will unlock this door?
Where is the place
where pain will be no more?
Where is the hand to mend
back what's been torn?
Where are the arms
to hold you in this storm?
And to wonder how long
till it will happen
Oh, but miracles come
when you're not expecting
When you're not expecting
There's a heart that's beating
A soul that's needing
A light that's breaking
through the dark
To heal the heart
To heal the heart
When tears fall like
and endless night
When your fear is too much
for you to fight
When you can't even find
a trace of hope to hold onto
Oh, hope is holding onto you
Even though it seems impossible
That's the amazing thing
about a miracle
Oh, a miracle
There's a heart that's beating
A soul that's needing
A light that's breaking
through the dark
There's a hand that's healing
And a hope that's reaching
And a love that's
shining like a star
To heal a heart
To heal a heart
Love can mend a wound
you never thought would heal
Ooh, let Him, He can give you peace
You never thought you'd feel
Oh, oh oh oh, love can give you joy
And heal the heart
Oh, oh, oh, oh, yeah
Heal the heart
There's a heart that's beating
A soul that's needing
A light that's breaking
through the dawn
A head that's healing
And a hope that's reaching
A love that's shining like a star
To heal the heart
To heal the heart
You can heal the heart.
Good people, great food,
and a spirit of liveliness like no other
in the French Quarter.
But it's the beautiful land
outside the city
that brings me solace and
allows me to breath deep.
The peaceful waters,
smells of honeysuckle and magnolia,
and the great oaks that beckon you sit
and reflect for a while.
The melting pot of cultures
makes it one of the most
interesting places on earth.
There's a warmth and friendliness
that I've not experienced anywhere else.
It was a joy to grow up here.
Which I'm sure is why our family
has lived here for generations.
The spicy food is a true reflection
of the people that call it home.
A resilient breed that bear
one storm after the other.
Always rising up,
leaving defeat in their dust.
But since I came back
from serving in Iraq,
I've seen the tide turning.
A darkness lurks here that I don't
remember existing before.
Maybe it's everywhere
in the U.S., not just here.
I don't know when
this door opened or how,
but our family was about
to shaken to its core
through something so unimaginable.
And right at the center of it,
was my uncle Jack.
And a God-fearing woman of faith
named Miss Agata Prejean,
who was godmother to his girls.
Somehow she would be the one
called to have the courage
to look the horrific terror in the eye
and believe that God
could bring an end to it.
Macy.
This better not be like the last time.
You good for nothing...
Why do you do this to me, huh?
Why do you do this to me?
I already called the 9-1-1.
The police are right behind me.
If I was you, Jack, I'd just walk away.
Now!
Macy girl?
You here?
M... Macy! Oh.
Baby, it's Aggie.
I'm here.
Can you hear me?
Baby, can you talk?
Oh, my God.
Tell me what you took.
- Mama Aggie?
- Mm-hmm.
- They're gone.
- Who?
Jack sold 'em.
Right now, he's selling them.
They're gone.
Macy girl, you listen to me now.
You've got to tell me what you took.
I don't know.
It... it doesn't matter anymore.
Nothin' matters anymore.
Don't you... you stay with me.
Macy, you wake up.
Now you... Oh, Lord.
You tell me, I promise you...
I promise you, you wake up,
and I'll get back whatever Jack stole.
But nothin' is worth losing
your life over, you hear me?
Macy girl, you hear me?
Oh, God, how could he do it?
- What?
- It's...
it's all on his laptop.
Please promise me you'll get them back.
- Please.
- I promise, child. I promise.
I... I'll even call
the police right now.
No, they won't...
they won't believe you.
You... you gotta do it.
Yes. I'll do it.
Now you just tell me what you took.
- Macy?
- Save my girls, Mama.
Macy girl, stay with me.
Oh, Macy baby, don't leave me
like this. Open your eyes.
Macy! Macy!
Macy girl!
Oh, God. No!
Oh!
Don't leave me.
Don't leave me, Macy.
Not like this.
I need you, child.
Your girls, they need you.
Oh, Macy.
Macy, no!
No!
No!
What's this old lady doing here?
What're you talking about?
You think this nice lady
had something to do with
- that woman's death?
- Look. I'm just saying
it's weird is all.
Just let me handle it.
Um, I'm detective Mark Landon.
Would it be okay if I just
ask you a few questions?
- What is your full name?
- Agata Prejean.
But everybody calls me Aggie.
All right, Miss Aggie.
Do you live here?
- No, I live in Lafayette.
- Lafayette.
Did you drive all the way
here by yourself.
- Yes, sir.
- I see.
Can you give me the name of the victim?
Macy DuLonde.
Her maiden name was Bargass.
She was like my child to me.
I'm so sorry, Miss Aggie.
Uh, what was your relationship to her?
I worked for her parents
from, oh, Lord, let's...
1966 to, uh...
when they both died in 1995.
How they'd die?
Horrible car accident.
Heart-wrenching for all of us.
Macy just was never the same.
Hey, Mark.
Look what I found.
I didn't know these people
were the DuLondes.
Miss Aggie, do you know who this man is?
That's Jack, Macy's husband.
I wish we'd never laid eyes on him.
Now this is Richard DuLonde,
one of the wealthiest men
in New Orleans.
No, that's Jack.
Macy's husband.
Do you know where he is now?
In London with Macy's precious girls,
Skye and Elle.
I'm so grateful that they
didn't have to see this.
Poor Macy.
She's taking them drugs
'cause of her awful marriage.
Are you certain
this isn't Richard DuLonde?
I mean, same eyes, same face.
- He has the same last name.
- That's Jack.
I don't mean to be rude ma'am,
but this is no coincidence here.
Something is up,
because the man that is in this photo
is a dead-ringer for Richard DuLonde.
Now did he have a brother
or maybe somebody...
What part of "that's Jack"
don't y'all understand?
Jack couldn't be related
to nobody like that.
He ain't got a speck
of righteous blood in him.
He's vial, nasty, just mean, awful...
Miss Aggie...
- Let's calm down.
- Miss Aggie.
It's okay.
It's okay.
It's okay.
Auntie Aggie?
I got your text.
I'm so sorry to hear about Macy.
I know she was like a daughter to you.
No, Leona.
She had her whole life ahead of her.
You know what?
Come on, sit down.
Let me fix you something to eat.
I can't eat.
I got to find those letters.
What letters?
Let me help you.
No, you don't even know
what you looking for.
Okay, well then just tell me
what happened last night.
Oh, Lord have mercy.
Before Macy...
she made me promise
to save the girls from Jack,
but I don't know what that means.
Well, where are they?
Well, Jack took Elle to London
to visit Skye at her school.
Wait a minute.
Macy let Jack take Elle
out of the country?
Yes, and that's how I know
something ain't right.
I got to find those letters.
Okay, what letters?
What are you talk...
- From where? Who? Macy?
- No, no, no.
Emails that Skye sent me from
her school, and I... I... I...
I printed 'em out before I deleted 'em.
Now she's been sending me these emails
but I don't know the name
of her new school.
I don't know where she is in London,
How am I gone get to 'em
if I don't know where they are?
- Okay, okay. Let me look over...
- I don't know where they are.
Let me look over here, okay?
Just... just tell me
what else Macy said.
Just... just that Jack
had stole something
that he was gone sell 'em
and... and to save the girl.
News of a Portland woman being arrested
for trying to sell
her own young daughter
into the human sex slave business.
I'm joined now by Kathie Lee Gifford,
who has worked
alongside a group called the
International Justice Mission
as a human rights advocate.
And Kathie, this is a horrific thing
- to happen to any human being.
- It's just hard, I think,
for Americans, in general,
to believe that this is going on
in our country, in our states,
in our neighborhoods,
maybe even next door.
And it's happening to our children.
Some of them ten, 12 years old.
I mean, this young girl that
you were just talking about,
her own mother
denying her her human rights,
her dignity.
Auntie,
- what if...
- No!
- Macy would never do such a thing.
- No, no, no.
I'm not saying that Macy's
capable of doing it,
but, Jack.
Is there anything else
that Macy said to you?
Well, she told me to take Jack's laptop.
She said everything I need
to know would be on there,
but it's dead, and I can't get
my charger to make it work.
- Well, did you tell the police that?
- No, I didn't tell no police,
because Macy said they wouldn't
believe me and I promised her
that I was gone do this myself.
Uh-uh, Auntie.
We got to get somebody to help us.
'Cause what if Jack is capable
of doing something like this?
Oh, Lord, not...
God. You gotta help your Aggie.
Gotta tell me what to do next.
Uncle Jack was indeed up to no good,
and Elle was playing
right into his trap.
So if this happens,
what time do we meet?
- When are we going?
- Huh?
Yeah.
- Okay.
- Can we go to the beach, at least?
Could you hold on?
Ah, no. See, I'm... I'm trying
to do business here.
- But that's all you've been doing.
- Look how many times
do I have to tell you,
Greece is for work.
If I can get this deal done,
then... then we can go see Skye, okay?
I'm back.
Yeah.
Uh-huh.
You staying in motel?
I'm sorry, I don't speak Greek.
Oh, of course.
Are you American?
Ah, I was saying you
are very beautiful girl.
Hmm.
Certainly you are model in America.
- No, not even close.
- Here in Greece,
you would be celebrated.
And how lucky to have met you. Huh?
A few days from now
we have big modeling contest.
- You should try.
- Really?
My Dad, he's very busy with,
you know, like, business calls and...
Needn't take no time at all.
Just a couple of hours.
You will get a lot of money
and big modeling contract.
- A lot of money?
- Yeah, yeah.
Hold on.
Excuse me.
Here.
You have your father talk to my friend.
His name is Kain.
He is in charge of modeling contest.
He will take you back to meet
judges beforehand, huh?
Hundred percent you'll win.
Yeah, I'd say okay.
It looked like it worked.
Yeah, okay.
Mm-hmm.
Mm-hmm. Definitely.
We'll talk tomorrow. Bye.
Dad, the coolest thing
just happened to me.
- Yeah, what's that?
- So this man came up to me...
Whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa.
What man?
Well, he left, but he invited me
to be in this beauty pageant coming up.
Yeah, yeah.
That's probably a scam.
No, he said I was sure to win.
Oh, he said that, did he?
Yeah, and I would win a lot of money
which could help us to see Skye sooner.
Can I do it, please?
I consider them...
where... where...
where is this pageant?
I... I'm not sure, but he
gave me this man's card
and he'd give you all
the information that you need,
and it wouldn't take up
much of your time.
- Sure. I'll talk to him.
- Really?
- Sure.
- Thank you so much.
- Can I call Mom and tell her?
- No, no, now, see,
I... I told you it's... uh...
It's too expensive to call home.
You, uh... you win this pageant,
then you can call her.
- Okay?
- Deal.
- Thank you so much, Daddy.
- Yeah.
You're welcome, Sweetheart.
I just can't wrap my brain around it.
What kind of person
would sell their own child?
I hate to say it, but I wouldn't put it
past Jack to do something like this.
Oh, I know you're right.
You're right.
And it's too much.
It's just too much.
But if he's doing this,
what am I gone do about it?
That's why I think we need
to go to the police.
Wait, a minute.
Last night one of those officers
- said the strangest thing.
- What?
Have you heard of a Mr. Richard Dulonde?
Richard DuLonde.
No, I don't think so.
Well, type it in.
- Oh, my Lord.
- Oh.
Jack has got a twin brother?
We're under attack!
Jack, go back!
Get your heads down!
Everyone get down now.
Now! Now!
Ugh!
Hey, Jack.
Hey, Jack.
Dulonde.
Dude, it's barely 7:00 a.m.
These early morning calls,
they got to stop.
I know.
You need it more than I do.
It's comments like that,
see that makes me glad
you're going back out.
- When are you leaving?
- Ten days.
Did you parents freak out when you
told them you were going back in?
Ah, well, I haven't told them yet.
When you planning
on breaking it to them?
After the party.
- You in?
- Yeah.
Pass up on a DuLonde shindig, no way.
Even if it means my only ticket
in is by being on security.
I need you there by 4:00.
Is that too early?
I always look forward to being at home,
but it's been hard the last few years,
since we lost my little sister.
I was serving in Iraq when Madison
passed away from cancer.
Now we're all just trying to get on
with life the best we know how.
- Hey, son.
- Hi, Pops.
You're early, aren't you?
I'm always early.
Hmm. Yeah, it's hard to believe
it's been three years.
Yup.
How's mom?
You know, actually, she's um...
- she's pretty good.
- Yeah?
Can't keep Lottie DuLonde down...
In this whole...
Probably always be a hard day,
but I tell you, you know,
throwing this benefit every year
to fill Madison's fund,
keeps her mind busy.
- Mine, too.
- Yeah.
- You guys ready?
- Are you kidding me?
It's your mom's job to make sure
that I'm always ready.
Yeah, I know.
She does that to me, too.
How about you? Your team?
You guys ready?
Of course.
I really appreciate this one.
It's my pleasure.
Got to put all this training
to use somehow, right?
Yeah.
Did you ever figure out where
those threats were coming from?
Uh, not yet.
I mean, emails are coming
from a fake account
billed to the public library
here in New Orleans.
They could be coming from anyone.
You know I haven't, uh,
told your mom about this,
so don't mention it to her, okay?
Got it.
You sure she's up for hosting
this thing with you tonight?
- Yeah, I think she...
- Of course, I am.
Well, there she is.
- Hi, baby.
- How are you?
Mmm, good.
You see I brought those?
Madison's favorite.
She would have loved them.
So did you show him
his attire for the night?
Oh, no, no. I thought
I'd leave that honor to you.
We're just wearing black, right?
Just black, right?
We're supposed to wear black?
Yeah.
- Oh, yeah.
- Mm.
Oh, why?
Why are we wearing tuxes?
'Cause you'll look nice...
and blend in.
Ooh.
This old thing
sure brings back memories.
For sure.
Jesus Loves me
Huh?
Yes, Jesus loves me
- Help me out. Come on.
- What?
Yes, Jesus loves me
For the Bible tells me
Oh, no, no!
Macy, no, no.
Auntie Aggie?
Aggie.
- Are you all right?
- I'm fine. I'm Fine.
You know, you don't have to do this.
You gonna get arrested,
and then where you gonna be?
Did you get the shoes?
Good. Thank you.
What if you get caught?
What if you have a problem
up in that house?
What if you can't get out?
Girl, I ain't got time for no what ifs.
Now I made a promise to Macy.
And the DuLondes are
my only chance of keeping it.
Leona, think on it.
What are the chances of these people
giving this big, fancy
benefit ball tonight?
What are the chances
of Mr. Richard being
Jack's twin brother?
What kind of coincidence is that?
Well, I don't believe it is.
I think it's God making a way.
You honestly think
you're gonna walk up into that kitchen
and nobody's going to know
that you don't belong there?
Hmm-mm-mm.
I already called that country club
and I told that woman
I was part of the new staff.
She told me what time to be there.
She told me what to wear.
I'm just gonna go on in there.
Pretend I'm one of them folks.
Mm-hmm.
All right. Suppose that works out.
Then What?
You gonna be working.
You think you just gonna
walk up to either
Richard or Lottie DuLonde
and start talking to them?
What you gonna say?
Yeah, I believe that the Lord
is gonna put the right words
right up in my mouth.
Okay, and suppose
they decide not to help you.
What if instead they decide
to have you arrested?
Well, you just gonna come bail me out,
and we figure out what we gonna do next.
You know you crazy.
No, hon, I'm Cajun.
- Dad.
- What?
I'm not so sure about this anymore.
What? Why?
All the judges are men.
It seems weird.
Well, look.
This... this was your idea.
You know, you...
you can't back out now.
It's...
Wait here.
- Yeah.
- Most of the buyers aren't interested.
Okay, could you, uh...
You think I'll make more than last time?
Oh, she's younger, for sure.
- That bring lot more.
- Okay.
Now the one to the side is the deal.
He's got more money
than all buyers combined.
You get his interest, you got it made.
- All right?
- Okay, so, okay.
Sweetheart, you see that man there?
He's the most important judge
of the pageant.
You get him to like you,
no matter what, okay?
- Okay.
- No matter what. Come on.
I'll introduce you. Huh?
I've never seen him touch
a girl's hair like that.
That's a very, very good sign.
Well, gentlemen, we look ridiculous.
This was not the costume
I was expecting.
Why didn't you tell us about this?
I just found out about it myself,
but I appreciate
you guys being good sports.
- It means a lot to my mom.
- And you don't look too bad, Matt.
Maybe you'll actually now
be able to pick up a chick.
Ooh, there's gonna be
some single ladies here?
There's gonna be single ladies here,
but not that we'll be
paying attention to, right?
Gotta be on point.
All work and no play
makes Wil a dull boy.
I may be dull, but we are here to work,
least until my parents leave,
then you guys can play all you want.
Maybe you can pick up those chicks.
To business. Tonight's security
is really cut and dry.
These pins I'm about to
give you guys are the key.
Last week we Fed-Ex'd one
to every guest and every
employee that's gonna be here,
letting them know they had to
have them on at all times.
No pin no entrance.
No pin, no stay.
Your only job tonight is make sure
everybody's wearing one at all times
and if they're not,
you bring them straight to me.
You got it?
- Got it.
- Real simple.
The three of you with me.
Matt you take those four.
- We know what we're doing?
- We do. Let's do this.
Okay, Aggie, you can do this.
Looks like it's gonna be
a fine ball, don't you think?
Yes, they always are.
Have I seen you here before?
No, uh, this is my first time, actually,
and I want to make a great impression.
Then don't worry about a thing.
I can show you where to go.
- I'm Julie.
- Oh, thank you so much.
I'm Aggie.
They've been really picky
about who got to work this gig.
I'm surprised
they brought in someone new.
Oh, well, I'm sure
the only reason I got in
was because of, um,
my good friend, Bessie.
Who's Bessie?
Oh, well,
uh, Bessie is, um,
Miss Lottie DuLonde's
personal housekeeper.
And Miss Lottie told her
that she's worried about having
enough servants for this event,
so I told her I'd be happy to help out
and, um, um, it's been...
things have been
real tight lately, you know?
So, I am so grateful
for this extra work.
- How lucky.
- Uh-huh.
I'm sure tonight's
gonna be an amazing party.
And don't forget your gold pin.
- What?
- Your gold pin.
Didn't you get one?
Oh, Bessie,
she told me Miss Lottie has one for me.
Oh, okay.
I'm gonna go ahead and
start going over the agenda
- with the staff.
- Okay.
Just to make sure the guys
are checking for pins
that we talked about.
Why don't you go
and get everybody's attention.
Thanks, man.
Hello, everyone. If I could have
your attention just for a moment.
This is Wil.
He's gonna be giving us
our instructions for tonight.
So let's listen up.
Hi, Guys. Thank you so much
for being here.
Uh, here's the deal.
It's real, real simple.
I just want to go over
the schedule for this evening.
All right, at 6:00 o'clock
we're gonna start serving
hors d'oeuvres and pre-dinner drinks.
6:30 we'll have a greet.
7:30 we'll start with dinner.
And then at 9:30, we'll move
all the festivities back in the mansion.
Okay?
Real simple,
but if you have any questions
you certainly can speak with
Tyler, or Matt, or myself.
We'll be hanging out
for a few minutes, okay?
Let's have a great evening.
Thanks for being here.
Excuse me, ma'am.
- Hi.
- Hi.
I don't think we've met before.
I'm Wil. What's your name?
Uh, Agata Prejean.
I... as you know I forgot my pin
and I was just gonna
go downstairs and get it.
I could come right back up
here and show it to you,
so please don't send me home.
I'm... I'm not gonna send you
home, okay? You're not in trouble.
I just knew
that I hadn't met you before.
- Oh.
- Okay. What was your name again?
- Agata Prejean.
- It's beautiful.
- Thank you.
- Will you do me a favor?
Will you go get your pin,
bring it back up here.
I'm gonna hang out here
for a few minutes.
- Okay?
- Oh, okay.
- And then we'll speak again.
- All right.
But I'm not gonna send you home, okay?
- Thank you, sir.
- Thank you.
I'll see you in just a few minutes.
- All right.
- All right.
That's it.
That's it.
How long are we gonna
wait for her to come back?
Just a few more minutes.
You really think this lady's a threat?
No.
- Excuse me, Wil.
- Hi.
- I don't expect you to remember me.
- Of course.
- You're Julie McDonald, right?
- Yes, wow.
Good to see you.
What can I do for you?
I saw you talking
to that older lady, Aggie.
Yeah, I think
that was Agata Prejean, right?
- Do you know her?
- We just met.
But she's so sweet, and real nervous
about working here.
It sounded like
she really needs this job,
so I was hoping
you'd take it easy on her.
Yeah, I... I know I freaked her out.
I didn't mean to.
I just never met her before tonight.
Oh, well, that's probably
because your mom hired her
at the last minute.
- Really?
- Yeah. Aggie says
she's good friends with your
mom's housekeeper, Bessie.
That's how she found
out about the job.
Got it.
Okay, well, thank you so much
for the information.
- Will you do me a favor?
- Sure.
When you see her, just let her know
that I wasn't trying to freak her out.
Everything's fine.
But could you send her to me?
- Would that be all right?
- Sure will.
- Thank you so much. Good to see you.
- Thank again.
Hey, Matt.
What's this?
Call this number
as many times as it takes
till you speak to this guy personally.
He's an old family friend of my dad's.
And I need you to ask him
to pull any information he can
on a Agata Prejean.
- Agata Prejean.
- All right?
- Roger that.
- Thank you.
Why are you doing that?
Because you know my mom
never staffs these events,
and we've never had a
housekeeper named Bessie.
So we gotta find Agata Prejean.
Auntie Aggie, thank God.
Okay, what's going on?
Did you get in okay?
- And... and, where are you now?
- Never mind that.
Leona, now listen, if I don't call you
by tomorrow morning
go and get the laptop out of my car.
What do you mean if you don't
call me by tomorrow morn...
You know what, what is going on?
And what kind of mess
did you get yourself into?
Listen, do you want me
to come over there and get you?
'Cause I will come over there right now.
You better believe I will snatch
you up in a heartbeat.
Leona, will you
just go do what I tell you?
Get the laptop from the car.
All right. I'll do whatever it takes.
Okay.
So now why are we having
everybody wear these?
Well, it's just an idea
Wil and I came up with.
I thought it'd make the night
a little more festive.
Well, you're not getting
one of these on my dress.
Uh-huh, well, I figured as much
- 'cause I knew you...
- Shh.
Oh...
you look so handsome.
Thanks Mom, but I feel ridiculous.
Ah, who cares.
You look marvelous.
I'll be back to get you guys
at 6:00, all right?
- You got it?
- Just now.
- What's you got on there?
- Who is this guy, anyway?
How'd he get a profile
on that woman so quickly?
He's in the secret service.
Of course he is.
Is there anyone that your dad
does not know?
- Will you look at that?
- What?
It turns out this nice old lady
is not a clean as we thought.
She's connected with
my dad's brother, Jack.
I need you to find
Lennon and and Langston
and meet me at the front entrance.
If she's still inside
I want to find her.
We found her car. Two guys at
added in case she tries to leave.
All right, good.
Make sure they call me
if they see her, all right?
The two of you split up
and surround the perimeter.
Got it?
- All right.
- Go.
She's still here somewhere.
- Let's go.
- All right.
Oh, God. Come on,
Aggie, you can do this.
Just go.
Did anyone scour the east grounds yet?
- I'll do it right now.
- All right.
Let me check the kitchen.
Matt!
Oh...
Oh! Miss Lottie!
I need your help, Miss Lottie, please.
You've gotta help me save my girls.
You're the only one that can save them.
I need your help.
My girls need your help.
Please, you've got to save them.
I got this, Mom.
I got this.
No, wait a minute.
I can't do it by myself.
- Please, Miss Lottie.
- That's enough.
Wil, clearly this woman
needs some kind of help.
- I need your help.
- I got it, Mom. That's enough.
- I don't mean to cause no trouble.
- Listen to me.
I'm not here to cause no trouble.
I came here to...
- That's enough.
- Let go of me.
Would you mind escorting
Miss Prejean out, please.
I'll be there in a moment.
Wil, please.
Matt, don't you take another step.
Wil, what's going on?
This lady's connected to Jack.
- What?
- What?
She may be the one
that's sending the emails.
What emails?
Someone's been sending
some nasty messages.
We think they're linked to Jack
and he's got himself
into some sort of mess.
Is that why we have
so much security here tonight?
Yes, honey, and just let Wil
do his job, okay?
All right...
Well, look, that woman
is obviously not a threat.
I am sure of it.
So why don't you go down with Matt,
you start the party without me and, Wil,
you can come with me
while I talk to her.
I gotta see what's going on.
Keep her safe, all right?
Matt, I got it.
Thank you.
Now, ma'am, tell me your name.
- Agata Prejean.
- Mm-hmm.
But everybody calls me Aggie.
Aggie, come with me.
Tell me how we can help you.
Through her own determination,
Aggie had found us, and together,
we would unravel the truth.
Her mind at peace now,
drifted back to happier times.
Oh, nobody can draw a bird in flight
like you can, Skye, girl.
Skye?
That's a good one.
I just wish I could have a real one,
- like as a pet.
- That would be so cool
to have a real pet bird.
Can we please get one?
No, no, no.
That is not good at all.
- Why not?
- Because...
God made beautiful birds
to soar the open skies,
not to be trapped in a cage.
But I would take care of it
and love it so much.
No amount of love
is gonna make a caged bird happy.
- Mama Aggie!
- No!
- Hello?
- Hey, you okay?
Oh, Leona, I'm sorry.
I'm good.
Everything is good.
- What time is it?
- Uh, it's around 7:45.
Oh, my goodness.
I have got to meet the DuLonde's
in 15 minutes.
Oh, let me tell you this one thing
before I get off.
Ooh, that Miss Lottie.
She's like an angel sent from heaven.
Yes, she is.
I gave her the laptop from the car,
and she gone take care of everything.
Girl, I can't believe this.
Okay, you know what, go to your meeting,
but then call me when you can.
Okay, talk to you later.
Oh, thank you, Lord.
Thank you, Lord.
Thank you, Lord.
Thank you, Mark.
Ya'll she's gonna be here any minute.
Please let's all
just be very gentle with her.
This is gonna be difficult
for her to take in.
Oh.
Miss Aggie.
Good morning.
How'd you sleep?
Oh, just fine, thank you.
Oh, this outfit looks so pretty on you.
Well, thank you so much for the clothes,
but you really shouldn't have gone
through the trouble.
Oh, we're just glad that you came to us.
I'd like to introduce you to Richard.
This is my husband.
It's a pleasure.
I... I don't know how
I can possibly make up
for the pain my brother's
caused you and your family.
Well, ain't nothin' that you've done.
- Okay.
- Uh, Miss Aggie,
I'd like to introduce you
to Alicia Stevens.
Hi.
I've invited her here today
'cause she's an expert
- on what we're gonna be talking about.
- Expert, okay.
And you remember my son, Wil.
Oh, you're not gonna arrest me
like I'm a criminal,
- are you?
- No, Ma'am.
I'm so sorry about that, Miss Aggie.
Sure, I understand.
Uh, please, sit down.
Would you like some tea?
- No.
- Okay.
Miss Aggie, since we spoke last night,
we've learned a great deal.
Uh, Wil's friend, Tyler,
has been up all night.
He's a computer expert,
and he's been pulling
as much information
as possible off of Jack's laptop.
Well, did you find Jack and Elle?
Are they with Skye?
Um...
Honey, Macy was right.
Uh, Jack does have Elle with him.
He's gonna try to sell her.
Jack's gotten involved
with a drug cartel, Miss Aggie.
It seems he owes them a lot of money.
He's trying to save his own life,
and it looks like
Elle is his ticket out.
Several days ago Jack went to Greece.
No, no.
Jack went to London.
He took Elle to see Skye
at a new school in London.
He went to London.
I'm sorry, Miss Aggie,
but we saw the flight confirmations.
Both he and Elle
are definitely in Greece.
Oh.
We don't know exactly
where they're staying,
but we do know that he's going
to try and sell her
at an underground auction on Friday.
- We do have that address.
- Auction.
There's still time. We can get in
and we can get her back.
Miss Aggie,
listen, I know how scary
this must be for you.
See I work for an organization
here in Louisiana
called Trafficking Hope.
And unfortunately,
we see this kind of thing all the time.
Alicia's organization is also working
with a group in Greece,
and they specialize
in rescuing women out of trafficking.
And they promised to help us.
We're not alone in this, Miss Aggie.
Hey, Wil.
You're gonna want
to take a look at this.
- Dad.
- Yeah.
Come see this.
- What made you look for this?
- I was going through
Jack's emails and something
just wasn't lining up about Skye
being at that school.
So I kept digging.
- There it was.
- There what was?
Miss Aggie, why don't you sit down.
No. No, thank you.
Okay. I'm not sure how to tell you this.
But Skye is...
not at an art school in London.
Several months ago
Jack took her to Greece
- and sold her to a brothel.
- No.
I know that's not true
because my Skye girl,
she's been sending me emails,
telling me how much
she loved that school.
You've been getting emails,
but they've been from Jack.
This is a fake account.
Good Lord.
That poor girl's been in
a brothel all this time?
- It looks like it.
- No.
I'm sorry.
I'm...
Aggie's heart broke the moment
she heard those words spoken.
How could this be happening?
Her mind took her back
to the sweet innocent Skye
that she had raised all those years ago.
Oh, Skye, girl.
Ah, see.
That's the pet bird
you wanted for your birthday.
- It's beautiful.
- Yeah.
I had it made especially for you.
You know you were born
to soar the skies,
just like that bird.
Don't you ever let anybody
put you in a cage.
You hear me?
- Mama?
- Uh-Huh?
- I love it.
- You do?
I'll wear it forever.
You promise?
Give me hugs.
Look at you.
Lately I don't
Recognize you
The fire in your eyes
Is fading into ambers
So while you're out there
In the darkness
I'm praying you'll remember
Alicia, can we speak with
your people in an hour?
Absolutely.
Tyler, do you have your passport?
All right.
We're gonna leave later this afternoon.
Hey Aeton, this is Wil DuLonde.
I need you to give me a call back
as soon as you get this message.
All right? I need your help.
Thanks.
What do you think you're doing?
Dad.
You're not gonna
do this single-handedly.
Dad, we don't have time to
wait around on the government.
All right, even with
your pals at the DOS.
I'll be in and out before they can even
formulate a plan.
Wil, just let me make the
phone calls I know to make.
Dad, I've been face-to-face
with some of the most
dangerous men in the world.
All right, I'm here.
I'm fine.
I can handle some
small town brothel owners.
Trafficking isn't a two-bit
organization, especially in Greece.
Guys, I'm aware of the risk.
Look at that picture.
That's Skye.
She looks just like Madison.
Yes, she does.
And what if it was Madison?
Would you not move
heaven and earth to get her?
Of course.
I couldn't be here for Madison, Dad.
Let me get these girls.
Please?
I know. Okay.
Miss Aggie.
We'll need you to go with us.
- What? I'm going to Greece?
- Yes, ma'am.
I know it's more dangerous for you
because you know Jack,
but we'll keep you sequestered
until we have the girls.
And once we have them, and you're there,
- they'll know they're safe.
- Yes, they will.
- Should your father and I go?
- Oh, no, no.
- Absolutely not.
- Dad's right.
The less amount of people
that know Jack, the better.
- But you could be recognized.
- I'll be fine, Mom.
And we'll keep you guys updated
every step of the way.
Miss Aggie, are you okay?
Oh, yes, I'm fine.
Don't worry about me.
I'll do whatever it takes
to get my girls back.
So will I.
Trafficking was my new battlefield.
It was up to me to bring
Skye and Elle back home.
And I would stop at nothing.
Hurry up and finish.
The judges meet tonight.
Could you speed it up?
When I come back you'd better be ready.
Please answer, Mom, please, please.
What have you been doing?
Come on, let's go.
Okay.
Shh, shh.
- Tyler, I need you to check us in.
- Sure.
All right?
I'll be back.
- Where's he going?
- He's going to meet Aeton.
That's Wil's friend
who used to work
for the Greek Special Forces.
They met back in 2009,
when Wil came over to do some training.
Basically, Aeton's our ticket
into everywhere we need to go.
- Oh, that's a sign.
- What?
Wil's man, Aeton.
You think it's a coincidence
they met way back when?
No, no.
That's a sign.
No way.
That's a sign that my God
has been planning this since '09.
Yeah, he's gonna rescue the girls.
Let's get checked in.
- Taylor? Tyler?
- Tyler.
Tyler. Yeah, that's right.
Come on, now.
Where we going?
- Right this way.
- Okay.
Maxie!
Appreciate you coming out
of retirement for me, brother.
Only for you.
Were you able to make
any sense out of those faxes?
I think so,
but I can't believe your Uncle Jack
left all that info on his laptop.
Yeah, he's an idiot.
All I knew about Greece before
were beautiful islands
and the kind-hearted people,
but they, too, were dealing with
the horrors of human trafficking.
In a city with a population
of over 600,000...
we were attempting to find Skye.
With the help of my special
ops contact, Aeton,
we would search the red-light
district brothel by brothel.
I had no idea
what I was about to witness.
How do you look someone in the eye
that is being tortured every day
and not want to storm in
and rescue them.
Before we dive into our search,
there are two majors.
- All right, go.
- Number one.
The brothels here are nothing
like you would expect.
They look more like
residential apartments.
You know them by the light bulbs
at each door,
and once you're in the brothel district,
they are everywhere.
Literally, hundreds in Athens alone.
Wow.
Yeah, prostitution
is legal here, so, yeah.
So we look quick.
What's number two?
In Greece,
everything is done through relationship.
Especially to get into things,
like the auction,
this Friday.
It's all about who you know,
not how much money you have.
So you're gonna have
to let me do the talking.
All right.
I'm with you.
Great.
Tomorrow is our big meeting
to get access to the auction
where Jack is trying to sell Elle.
As far as finding Skye,
the organization here
has been a real help.
We went through the faxes
you sent and narrowed down
some areas where she might be.
But,
after being here for months...
Skye could be anywhere.
So we look everywhere.
We start at one corner and methodically
work our way through.
We weren't the only ones
burdened to help these girls.
Even some of the locals
couldn't turn their backs
once they discovered the ugly truth.
What do you want with me?
You speak English?
You are American.
Okay.
My English is okay,
but we can talk.
I... I am not trying to hurt you,
I promise.
I want to help you.
I want you to help you get out.
Okay, okay, okay.
You cry.
I... I'll wait until
you are ready to talk.
Where is the key
that will unlock this door?
Dear Lord, you promised me
that if I would look to you
whole heartedly, you would listen...
And deliver us from evil.
Lord, please,
deliver my children from evil.
For Thine is the Kingdom,
Thine is the power.
Thine is the glory.
Where are the arms
to hold you in this...
Lord, we thank you for protection.
We ask that you keep Skye and Elle safe.
Bring them back to us.
...and thank you for the rescue team
as they go out.
Give them wisdom.
Guide their every step.
We thank you that the things
that are impossible for man
are possible for you and we rest in
your hands, in your grace.
In Jesus' name.
Amen.
There's a heart that's beating...
As a mother I can't even begin to fathom
what it would be like
to have your child taken from you,
and then to be left with the
fear of all the unthinkable,
horrific things that might be happening.
But I know and am confident
that God has not forgotten
about a single victim.
One of the guys handed me a drink,
and I woke up tied to a bed.
Hmm.
I had been sold into sex slavery.
I was beaten.
Raped daily.
Threatened.
My family threatened,
until I finally complied
with their demands.
My life was taken from me.
We are the difference.
We are the key to unlocking their chains
and bringing their freedom.
We simply cannot stand idly by
while so many are trapped
in sex slavery around the world,
including in every state in America.
Mankind rose up once and ended slavery.
Now it's time for this generation
to do the same.
It's time to step up.
Let these victims know
that they are not alone.
- Hi, guys.
- Hey, you good?
Yeah, yeah. I'm just taking
a break for a couple hours
- and head back out.
- All right.
- What do you need?
- I need some food.
- Do you mind?
- No problem.
You hear anything about Skye?
Not yet, Miss Aggie.
We'll keep looking.
Well, you know the Lord
is going before you,
and he will make a way, Wil.
Hope so.
Keep praying. We're meeting with
the leader of the auction today,
find out whether or not
we can bid for Elle
and if we do, we'll get her.
- All right?
- Okay.
- Here you go.
- Thanks, Bro.
All right, well, I'm gonna head up.
Anything else we can do?
Just keep watching Miss Agata,
I appreciate it.
You betcha.
- Hey.
- Hey.
It's worse than what you thought, huh?
There so many girls, man.
And their so young.
We'll get her.
She speak English to me.
She's American,
and they lock her in brothel
with bars on her windows.
If this is true, so what?
There's nothing you can do.
You no say that if it
was our sister in there.
I get her out tonight.
No, do not help that girl.
Brothel owners are brutal.
You'll get yourself killed.
Galen.
Galen!
Brush your hair, put your shoes on.
- We're gonna leave right now.
- Why? Where are we going?
Kain got us a meeting with the woman
who's running the modeling contest.
Yes.
Yeah, yeah, yeah.
Yeah, we're on our way.
Meet me in the lobby, okay?
Okay, guys, she's coming.
Hey, Kain.
Same routine as before?
Yeah, yeah.
Not sure she'll remember you,
but this, you know, does not matter.
She just wants to see girls.
- Okay.
- All right, yeah?
Okay, follow me.
- Hey.
- What?
- What did he mean by that?
- Huh?
- Have you been here before?
- Oh, shh, just... just...
just do what the lady says, okay?
Everything's... everything's fine.
Madame.
It's okay.
- Americans.
- Oh.
Hmm. This is good.
- How old?
- Fourteen.
Very good.
Come.
For tomorrow,
you come up, you stand.
You go down, you go back.
You stand...
till I say go.
Do you understand?
- Yes, ma'am.
- Very good. You go now.
- Done. Let's go.
- What? That's it.
Oh, she wants us to go.
She has a meeting.
But she says Elle will do good.
Uh, okay, well,
that's all I wanted to hear.
We go.
- Exit this way.
- Thank you.
She says you look familiar,
and is asking
if you have ever met before.
Skye and Elle are somewhere out there.
Listen, Miss Aggie,
I was talking to Wil
before he went back out.
I think we should prepare ourselves
for the fact that we may not find Skye.
No, no. He's gonna find her.
I hope so.
I'm just... you know on this visit,
it... it might not happen.
No, no. Now Tyler, he gonna find her.
Just now you watch.
Miss Aggie, listen...
No.
Child, I understand
what you trying to tell me,
but what you don't know
is my God is on my side.
Now it might sound foolish to you,
but...
my Lord didn't bring me
this far to leave me now.
I admire your faith, Miss Aggie.
He's gonna find her.
He's gonna do it.
Just you watch.
Just you watch.
Where is she?
Did you think I wouldn't see
your little romance?
I told you to try someone new!
Who are these for?
Were you going to try to sneak
her out right under my nose?
Foolish boy!
- What did you do with her?
- She's no more.
Gone forever.
And you, my boy,
are going to wish
you had never laid eyes on her.
These are the streets we have checked
the last two days.
When we come back tonight,
we need to focus first in this area.
How many brothels do we have left?
How many girls do you think
we saw last night?
A few hundred.
There are 20,000 prostitutes
in all of Greece.
And over 90% are trafficked.
Dear God.
Stupid bum.
Probably drunk.
Wait.
This guy's not a bum.
Come on, leave him alone.
We gotta go.
He's banged up.
See if you can get him to talk.
Aeton.
It's her.
We were too late.
Skye was gone and I had failed.
How could her own father
have done that to her?
Sell her like an object.
Take away her rights
as a human and profit from it.
I will never forget,
and I will make sure
Jack pays for what he's done.
Wil, are you all right?
What happened?
What happened?
I'm so sorry.
Wil?
- What...?
- I didn't get there in time.
Oh.
Skye.
My Skye. No!
Oh, no!
- Miss Aggie, wait.
- No! No!
- Wait.
- No!
- Wil.
- Mom?
What is it?
What's going on?
- Mom.
- What?
What is it?
What happened?
I lost Skye.
I didn't get there in time.
I did everything I could do.
Look, son, we... we know that you
did your best.
How's Aggie?
I just told her.
Mom, she was so sure...
God was gonna save her.
It's like losing Madison all over again.
Oh, babe, I'm so sorry.
How's it looking for Elle?
We go to auction tomorrow.
We'll be praying for you.
Look, Wil, do, uh...
Do you want me to call in
someone else to handle this?
No.
I got it.
This time tomorrow Elle will be
on her way back and safe.
I promise.
God...
you gonna have to speak
to your girl, Aggie.
Where are you in this?
Where are you in Macy's dying?
Where are you?
And Skye girl being taken.
Where are you?
Yous got to speak to me
'cause this ain't what you promised.
This ain't what you promised me.
Good Morning.
How you doing this morning?
Don't worry about me.
How are you?
Last night was awful.
Hearing what you had to say
about my Skye girl was...
- Miss Aggie, I'm...
- Listen to me, child.
I thought I was gonna die inside.
I sat up all night talking to God
trying to work this whole thing out,
but then the strangest thing happened.
This morning...
my heart was filled
with the most precious peace.
I can't explain it.
And I can't deny
that that peace is right here, even now.
I don't know what it means,
but I know our God
is in control of this whole thing.
Now please,
you have got to try and believe me.
You're a good boy.
You're a strong young man.
And none of this is your fault.
You have done all that you can do,
but we have got to put
last night behind us,
because my Elle is still out there,
and we gotta go get her back today.
Today is the day.
Okay.
We gotta zip.
Ready?
Let me... let me take a look at you.
Turn... just turn.
Okay, that's great.
Do you remember what the woman
told you to do once you get out there?
Yeah?
Okay. Let's go.
This is the best escape route.
We're gonna have the van
waiting for you right there.
Okay.
Hold up.
It's Aeton.
Hey man, you found out
anything else from the boy?
All right.
Just keep somebody with him.
If he knows something
I gotta know it, all right?
I'll see you in 15.
And you're sure you don't want me to go?
I'm sure, man.
You're job is to keep people safe
inside that van.
- All right?
- All right.
- Ready to go?
- Yeah.
Let's go.
Keep your head down.
We don't want Jack recognizing you.
Copy that.
One foot in front of the other.
That's it.
How come I'm not with the other girls?
What's that?
It's because you are special,
Sweetheart.
And they think you're gonna win.
Yeah, yeah, sure.
How much longer?
I don't know.
Time for start.
You're number three.
Hey, hey, hey.
It's number three.
That's my lucky number.
It is.
The woman starts the bidding,
we need to make sure she sees our hands.
And once seen, it's binding.
This is feakin' surreal.
It's like she's selling cars.
Shh, shh, shh.
It's starting.
There will be 25 girls
sold in two parts.
The first three girls are prime.
Elle will be in that group.
The bids start at 100,000 euros.
This is humanity at its worst.
- Dad?
- Huh?
Um, don't worry.
Some girls, just...
you know, they can't handle
the competition.
That's all.
- It's time.
- Yeah?
Now.
All right, honey,
all right, make me proud, okay?
Ella.
That's her.
- Where are we?
- Already at 150.
- Now, we can go as high as 260?
- Great.
'Cause we're gonna need it.
It's now at 175.
All right, get in there
and take it to the end.
Get her.
We got her?
Elle, come here.
Honey, honey, look.
You did it, you did it.
You beat out all the other girls.
That was the weirdest thing
I've ever done.
- Can we please go?
- No, no, I...
You have to take a picture
with the judge first, okay?
- Really?
- Yeah, yeah. Come on.
Are you coming with me to get her?
- No, I'm gonna hang back.
- Okay.
- They got her.
- They got her in hand?
No, no, no. Hold on.
They got her in the auction.
They haven't made contact with her yet,
but as soon as they do
they're gonna pay for her
and we're gonna get out of here.
Thank you, Lord.
It's gonna be okay.
It won't take very long, okay?
Just...
Elle, uh... I, uh...
I'll see you outside?
- Okay?
- Okay.
Skye?
Skye?
Skye?
Elle? Elle!
Elle!
Get out! I got Skye!
Hey.
What are you doing here?
Who brought you here?
What are you doing here?
Listen to me, Elle.
You can't trust anything Dad says.
You can't trust a word he says.
Just get out!
Just run, Elle, run!
Run, Elle!
I gotcha.
Now you're mine!
Ugh!
Elle, Elle. Hey, it's okay.
It's all right.
Listen, hey.
I'm here to help you.
There's Wil and Elle.
There's Wil and Elle.
- Oh!
- Miss Aggie, wait.
All right.
I'm not gonna hurt you.
- Elle!
- Aggie!
In the flesh, child.
Come on.
I got her, I got her, I got her.
Come on, baby.
Come on, get in.
Get in!
Oh, it's okay.
Skye's in there.
I'm going back.
Skye girl?
- She's in there, I saw her.
- Oh, God.
Aeton?
- Hey.
- What happened?
He tried to jump me.
Well, that was a mistake.
- Where's Elle?
- I got her out.
Then let's get Skye.
Ugh!
Skye.
Oh, my God.
I can't... I can't believe I found you.
I...
You mom and I lost all hope.
No, no. I... I know
I know how this looks,
but, look, I...
I had no idea what kind
of place this was.
I had no idea.
You have to believe me.
Where's Elle?
She's... she's outside.
She... she's... she's with your mom.
Your mom's here with...
Come on, no, no, no.
You!
Hey, I'm telling you the truth!
All right, there's Skye.
- Come on, listen to me!
- You left me here.
You have to listen to me!
- Uh. Ugh!
- How you doing Uncle Jack?
Wil?
It's okay. We're here for you.
It's okay, it's okay.
I'm coming back for you.
Ugh! Ugh!
We'll make you safe.
It's okay.
It's okay.
You're safe.
Skye, hey, it's okay.
We're here to help you.
Elle and Miss Aggie are outside.
We gotta get you out of here.
Tyler, yeah, I got Skye.
We're coming out the back way.
There's guys everywhere.
We're gonna cover her.
When you got her you go.
- All right, I Gotta go.
- Go, go, go, go, go, go.
- Backup is on the way!
- Black SUV.
Skye girl, come on!
You know we're going back
- to get those other girls, right?
- Oh, yeah.
Now, come on.
Elle, get in the car!
It's Jack.
Cover me.
Reports are now coming out
of Athens, Greece
pertaining to a human
trafficking bust yesterday,
where dozens of girls
ranging from 12-18 years old
were being auctioned
and sold into sex slavery.
The rescue effort was lead by
a task force team that works closely
with two anti-trafficking organization,
in Greece and the U.S.
Two American girls were among
those being auctioned.
CNM can now confirm that all 25 victims
were rescued.
Millions are still waiting
to be rescued.
Waiting for all of us to say "no more."
But still you cry...
Hi, my name is Alan Powell,
and I played Wil in "Caged No More".
What you have just seen
is more than a movie.
This is a movement to speak out
against human trafficking,
so use your influence
and spread the word.
#cagednomore.
Hi, I'm Kathie Lee Gifford
and I'm using my influence
to stop human trafficking.
This is just a movie and it's a story
and it's fictional, but the truth is
is that this is really happening
in the real world.
And if people think this is happening
in other countries, it is,
but it's also happening
right here at home.
It could be in your community,
it could be your neighbor.
It could be somebody in your family.
And that's why it's so important
that people go out
and see this movie
and learn more about it.
Now is the time to say "no more"
to human trafficking.
Global slavery is at the
highest level in history,
but if we all come together
and do something about it
we can end it.
This movie is about
the one child, the one person
trapped in human trafficking
somewhere in the world.
Human trafficking is a very,
very emotional issue.
It's really a whole lot to take in,
so we want to leave you
with three practical steps.
Number one, it happens in your city,
your state, and in your community.
Number two,
it could happen to your child,
Your granddaughter,
your niece, your friend.
We need to be talking
to our children and asking them
who are they chatting with
on social media.
We need to tell our girls
that are around us
that we care about them
and that they're valuable.
And we need to tell our boys
that girls are not an object
to be bought and sold.
And most important,
do something about it.
Say no more to slavery
by getting involved
and making a difference.
There are many ways that you can
become a freedom fighter.
Go to cagednomoremovie.com
and connect with local organizations
in your area
that are making a difference.
Hi, I'm Lisa Arnold, Director and
Producer of "Caged No More."
We want you to join us in this fight
to end human trafficking.
Together we can make a difference.
#cagednomore.
Stand up, tweet, text, do whatever
you can to get the word out.
We can educate our kids,
we can make a difference.
We can save lives together.
Thank you.
#cagednomore.
#cagednomore.
#cagednomore.
#cagednomore.
Now I'm just a sketch
that's incomplete
I don't know where
I'm supposed to be
The only sane part of my mind
I will try to keep
Right now I am praying to God
Lend me some peace
I used to dream in color
Of people that I meet
I used to love to fall asleep
Now it's black and white
I've lost my fight
And there's a crack
in the windshield
The one before I break
Choosing to trust you
is a chance I can't take
Oh, I'm crying
Can't sleep, Oh, I'm dragging
And I can't...
Breathe.
Where's the key
that will unlock this door?
Where is the place
where pain will be no more?
Where is the hand to mend
back what's been torn?
Where are the arms
to hold you in this storm?
And to wonder how long
till it will happen
Oh, but miracles come
when you're not expecting
When you're not expecting
There's a heart that's beating
A soul that's needing
A light that's breaking
through the dark
To heal the heart
To heal the heart
When tears fall like
and endless night
When your fear is too much
for you to fight
When you can't even find
a trace of hope to hold onto
Oh, hope is holding onto you
Even though it seems impossible
That's the amazing thing
about a miracle
Oh, a miracle
There's a heart that's beating
A soul that's needing
A light that's breaking
through the dark
There's a hand that's healing
And a hope that's reaching
And a love that's
shining like a star
To heal a heart
To heal a heart
Love can mend a wound
you never thought would heal
Ooh, let Him, He can give you peace
You never thought you'd feel
Oh, oh oh oh, love can give you joy
And heal the heart
Oh, oh, oh, oh, yeah
Heal the heart
There's a heart that's beating
A soul that's needing
A light that's breaking
through the dawn
A head that's healing
And a hope that's reaching
A love that's shining like a star
To heal the heart
To heal the heart
You can heal the heart.