little lainey, in the end, was unharmed.ust as chatty as ever. >> it's not a defining moment in her life, which is, as a mother, the thing i pray for the most is that she's not forever traumatized. >> reporter: the edson's credit aaron's calm demeanor who is her step-dad, during that encounter with troy morley. >> if i had come out the way i naturally would, with intensity and anger, he could have aggravated, too. and he had all the power in that situation. he had our daughter in his hands. had i done that, horrible things could have happened. >> reporter: former fbi profiler brad garrett agrees that aaron's demeanor made all the difference. >> the last thing you want to do is to be so confrontation all your child is harmed. >> reporter: for the edsons, who is devout more mores so, mso may lessons come out of this. including mother's instinct. it's boundless. >> yeah. it is. you just have to learn to go with it and you have to learn to trust it and i believe that, you know, heavenly father has given me the ability to trust i