. >> when i took glen burton ache to mccallister, oklahoma, to be processed in by the department of corrections, i told him, glen, this is last time i will see you until i come back to see you die. >> with this monstrous chapter of their lives apparently over, leslie and brooks began to thrive. leslie living in that new town with her mother's family became a stellar high school student, a cheerleader, college-bound. how in heavens name did you go on to do all the things you did like any regular teenage person? >> i think it's because my mom saying one night if anything ever happened to them, she wanted me to be strong and move on with my life. and i remember crying, going, mom, why are you saying that? nothing's ever going to happen to you. but i think it was one of those things that i just -- had in the back of my mind, and it helped me push through thing. >> through the first trials and in the years immediately after, brooks also felt his parents were somehow still with him. >> i was able to at least during that first couple of years and even now but especially i think in that first few years