Even though she exited shortly after midnight, about 1, 000 people jeered her as police guards and Baez escorted her to a waiting SUV and drove away quickly.

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One was friendly with his daughter and he invited her for a sleepover but she declined and he drove away.

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Her guilt at getting out, even for a few hours, would fall away as she drove, leaving the town behind.

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