Becoming Sister Wives: The Story of an Unconventional Marriage
off the hook. I guess I was looking for an excuse not to go, but to my surprise they said they wanted to! So I agreed.
    The whole trip to Lehi, She-Rah was screaming at the topof her lungs, “Don’t do this. Get your butt home. Now!” I had to agree with her. I had no idea what I was doing. She yelled at me until I pulled into my cousin’s driveway. I hadn’t even gotten out of the car when Reba swooped down on me. “We’re going to the Browns’,” she said.
     
Kody
    Reba let Meri and me know that she had talked Robyn into coming to Lehi. I was excited and I wanted to put together a barbecue to welcome her. I still hadn’t told Janelle about Robyn. I had only seen Robyn a handful of times and I wasn’t sure what sort of footing we were on. I wanted to make sure she was at least slightly open to the idea of a relationship with me before I broached the subject with my wives. Naturally, I would need their consent to court her.
    I approached Janelle first. I explained what had been going on with Meri, Robyn, and me, and what my feelings were.
    When I finished talking, Janelle had a surreal experience. She was overcome with emotion. She put her hand over her chest and said, “Oh my goodness. There’s something special about this. This is supposed to happen.” Tears welled up in her eyes. She says she felt a burning in her bosom. It was an undeniable affirmation.
    I was moved by Janelle’s reaction to my news. It made me giddy for Robyn’s arrival. I had told Christine about Robyn the night after the dance. Christine expressed her disappointment that she hadn’t stayed later to meet her. Christine is such a warm and inviting person, I knew that she would go out of her way to welcome Robyn. Soon I had my wives’ consent to get to know Robyn.
    I found myself counting down the minutes until Robyn turned up. I was smitten. And I was convinced that Robyn felt the same way about me. I thought that when Robyn arrived at my house, we’d be off to the races.
    No such luck. When Robyn came up the stairs and saw me flipping burgers out on the grill, she barely even said hello.
     
Robyn
    I had no idea what to expect when I turned up at the Browns’. The first thing I noticed was that there were three convertibles parked in the driveway. For some reason, I had the impression that they were trying to show off for me. “What is this? An episode of Cribs ?” I asked Reba.
    Later on, to my horror, Reba repeated this to Kody in front of me and added, “Hey, Kody, you want to make it four convertibles?” I wanted to kill her.
    When I walked into the large house where all three wives had their own separate apartments, I was nervous and a little overwhelmed. My cousin was parading me around, which is not my style at all. Everybody was staring at me, especially Janelle and Christine, who’d never met me before. Luckily, Meri was friendly and sweet. In fact, she stuck by my side as if she were laying claim to our friendship.
    It was uncomfortable to have all these eyes on me. I kept wondering what I was doing there, in the middle of this family. After all, I am not the type of woman who chases married men. During the entire cookout, She-Rah was screaming, “Leave. Get out. Go. This is scary.”
    Kody says that he felt electricity between us that night, but I was working hard to prevent any connection. I would simply notallow myself to be open in any way. I put up my wall and I hid behind it. However, there was one moment when this wall crumpled completely.
    Janelle had left the cookout early and gone to bed because she had to drive to Wyoming the next morning to collect the older children, who were staying on their grandparents’ ranch. Many of the younger kids were still running around the backyard. When Janelle said good night, Kody told her that he would put Savanah, their youngest child, to bed a little while later.
    I wanted to check on my kids, who were off playing somewhere in the house. The house was big and I had no

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