Miranda Lambert's childhood friend Lauren Burns recounts 1987 kidnapping by father to Jordan in new memoir Stolen Lauren Burns was 7 when her father abducted her from Dallas to Jordan on Halloween weekend in 1987. Miranda Lambert's family helped her mother bring her home, and Burns has written a memoir titled Stolen. Lauren Burns was seven years old on Halloween weekend in 1987 when she climbed into her father's car wearing a cheerleader costume. Instead of taking her trick-or-treating, her father drove her to the airport and flew her thousands of miles away from her Dallas home. Lauren Burns Stolen Memoir Miranda LambertHer father, Ali Bayan, told the little girl the trip to his home country of Jordan was a surprise and that her mother, Cathy Mahone, knew all about it. But as days turned into weeks and her father refused to let her speak to her mother, Burns began to realize she might never return home. Burns has written a memoir about the ordeal titled Stolen. Her childhood friend, country music superstar Miranda Lambert, wrote the foreword.Fox News Digital reached out to Lambert for comment. All I ever knew was that kind of upbringing, Burns said. I went between two homes. My mother had full custody of me when I was six weeks old, but she did not want to keep me from my father.He was a good dad. He was loving and kind. I saw him almost every other weekend or maybe extra if she needed help. They had a good relationship despite the reasons that they had gotten divorced.During the drive to the airport, Burns wondered why her stepmother and siblings were not coming along. He had never done anything to make me feel like I could not trust him, Burns said. He was my dad, my provider. He was the one that loved me dearly.So, if he tells me something, I am going to trust him. But it did not quite add up. Mahone had full custody, but Bayan, who owned a restaurant in Dallas, saw his daughter regularly. There were no red flags, Burns said, until that Halloween weekend.Miranda Lambert Family Help Find LaurenThe Monday after, Mahone went to Burns elementary school to have lunch with her, as she typically did. She expected to hear about her daughter weekend of trick-or-treating with her father. Instead, she discovered that Burns had never arrived at school. She soon learned that her ex-husband had abducted their daughter and taken her to Jordan.A desperate Mahone rushed to a pay phone. She called the one man she believed could help her: Miranda Lambert father, Rick Lambert. The former Dallas police officer ran a private detective agency with his wife, Beverly. They got Miranda, they moved out of their house, and they were with my mom day and night trying to figure out a way to help my mom get me back, Burns said.They were calling everyone they knew. Rick pulled some strings and got an appointment at the Dallas County Courthouse, so my mom could try to get a warrant out for my father arrest. The Lamberts had known Mahone for years, long before Burns and Miranda were born. Their friendship began when Mahone worked for Miranda grandmother, Wanda, at an apartment complex.Life in Jordan For Lauren BurnsBurns had previously traveled only to Florida to visit her grandmother. Now, the seven-year-old was in the Middle East, unable to speak Arabic and struggling to adjust to unfamiliar customs and a different way of life. I had to cover my hair, Burns said. I could not wear shorts.We had to take our shoes off and wash our feet. There were no toilets. It was a hole in the ground with a chain above. I had never seen anything like that.Even the way we ate, it was a communal type of eating. You would sit on the floor with a big rug that was underneath and big plates of food, fresh food. You could smell all the different spices and the fresh hummus. We would all sit together, and you would eat with your hands.But for Burns, the most painful change was in the father she had always trusted. Once in Jordan, the man she viewed as her protector became distant. I quickly realized that my father was not going to take care of me in Jordan, like he did in Texas, she said. It was different roles that I did not quite understand.I quickly got the sense that it was my grandmother and aunt job to take care of me because it was not the man job to take care of the child. But at a time in my life when there was so much confusion, I really needed my father. I really needed my mother, and I did not have that either.Extradition Difficulties Jordan US GovernmentBack in Texas, Mahone learned that the lack of an extradition treaty with Jordan severely limited the U.S. government ability to help her. She hired a team staffed by former special operations personnel. She paid the team 80,000 dollars and sold her jewelry to cover living expenses. There was no guarantee she would succeed.