to speak to a friendly face. heidi, who worked out of her home, would often see lily when she went to pick up the mail. once in a while she would be there and see me standing getting my mail and she would come flying over and talk to me. she had this beaming expression on her face as if the were so happy to be talking to another human being. reporter: even though lily didn t convey distress, heidi became to have concerns about the welfare of the young woman. it was clear to me she did not have much time to chat because she would say, i have to go now. i must go. so she would run back, almost like she was afraid someone would see her. reporter: meanwhile, lily began to confide in hide di, one brief conversation at a time. heidi gradually pieced together the ugly, unrelenting reality of
i opened the door and there was lily. i was crying. i said please help me. and of course now i realized a.m. what am i going to do with her? what can i do? coming up, the good neighbor helps lily find her freedom. for a while, i took a pill to lower my blood sugar, but it didn t get me to my goal. so i asked my doctor about victoza®. he said victoza® is different than pills. victoza® is proven to lower blood sugar and a1c. it s taken once-a-day, any time, and comes in a pen. and the needle is thin. victoza® is not for weight loss, but it may help you lose some weight. victoza® is an injectable prescription medicine that may improve blood sugar in adults with type 2 diabetes when used with diet and exercise. it is not recommended as the first medication to treat diabetes and should not be used in people with type 1 diabetes or diabetic ketoacidosis. victoza® has not been studied with mealtime insulin.
and says liou, when they re wealthy foreigners or diplomats, they have little incentive 20 respect u.s. laws. heidi who works out of her home would often see lily when she went to pick up the mail. once in a while, she would be there and she would see me standing there getting my mail. she would fly over and start talking to me. and she had this beaming expression on her face as if she was so happy to be talking to another human being. even though lily didn t initially convey any distress, heidi slowly began to have concerns about the welfare of the harried young woman. it was always clear to me she did not have much time to chat. she would say i have to go now, i must go, almost like she was afraid someone would see her. meanwhile, lily began to confide in heidi, one brief
who can i call somebody here? i don t know. because she don t have phone number, didn t give me a number. it s really hard. no communication with her. finally in 2006, lily reached a breaking point. the diplomat s wife who insisted lily wash the car, even in the rain accused the obedient lily of shirking her duties. i cleaned the car inside and outside. and everything. she said to me, why don t you clean the car? i will you every day you have to clean the car. i was really, really mad. i went in the bathroom and stayed there. i said i cannot fight with her. i said if i see heidi, i will pack my stuff and just leave. someone knocked on the door. i opened the door and there was lily. i was crying. i said please help me. so i took her in.
conversation at a time. heidi pieced together the ugly and unrelenting reality of lily s daily life. she had to work from morning till night, midnight till 1:00 in the morning, 2:00 in the morning, 18 hours of work, seven days a week. no holiday, no days off, no ability to go anywhere, visit her parents, nothing. and then after a while, she told me she was never paid. and i thought what a strange thing. for many, it s hard to understand why lily didn t just run away. but cindy liou says it s important to see the situation from lily s perspective. in the beginning, it doesn t register it s necessarily really fishy. they think oh, this is normal, this is what s expected. in fact, she had a good experience working as an international nanny. at 15 she left indonesia to work for a diplomat in saudi arabia. the family treated her well, paying for her vacation time,