The last time Lisa Gonzalez saw her son, Skye, it was his first birthday. Gonzalez, formerly known by her maiden name, Lisa Clark, was serving time for helping her teenage husband escape from a group home. A friend who was caring for the baby brought him to Metro State Prison in February 2007.

"He gave me a smile like one only meant for a mother," Gonzalez said Friday in a lengthy interview with The Atlanta Journal-Constitution. "He let me cup his face and hold him."

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Lisa (Clark) Gonzalez, 39 and her husband, Adrian Gonzalez, 17, photographed Friday in Duluth.

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Minutes later, the friend abruptly scooped up the boy and declared: "We have to go."

"I knew I would never seem them there again," Gonzalez said, recalling the story as she clutched her teenage husband's hand.

That was the last time Gonzalez, 39, saw the boy, whom she delivered while in custody in Hall County.

She had conceived the child with her then 14-year-old boyfriend, and the two rushed to marry after she became pregnant. Their relationship made national headlines and the cable news circuit, drawing unwanted attention to Georgia marriage laws.

Now married for two years, the couple has only this week been seen together publicly as they've made television appearances in an attempt to sway public opinion and regain custody of their child.

Gonzalez walked out of Metro State Prison in southeast Atlanta on Feb. 22 after two years. She has not seen her son, who turned 2 in February and remains with the one-time friend in Douglasville. She has, however, reunited with her husband, Adrian Gonzalez, now 17. The two are living with a friend at a home in Gwinnett County, where Lisa is confined from 5 p.m. to 6 a.m. because of her probation. She is looking for a job.

But most of all, she wants to see Skye.

"I just want my baby back," Gonzalez said. "If we have to fight until he's 18, that's what we'll do."

For his part, Adrian Gonzalez has largely avoided the media circus surrounding his 2005 marriage to a woman 22 years his senior. Until now, the Journal-Constitution has withheld his name because he was the victim of a sex crime. He gave permission Friday to print his name.

A slight young man with wavy brown hair, Adrian Gonzalez spoke only briefly during the one-hour interview at a hotel on Pleasant Hill Road.

Adrian, who often brushed hair from his eyes, spoke lovingly of his wife and baby.

"It's hard," he said when asked about being away from his son, whom he hasn't seen since last fall. He said the woman keeping the baby has stopped returning his calls.

The teen said he was duped into signing over his parental rights to the caregiver.

"They tricked me," he said, noting that he is studying to complete his GED while working as a handyman.

The couple said they have no immediate plans for more children.

For now, they are focused on fighting to regain custody of Skye. The case is pending in Douglas County Superior Court and no hearings are scheduled, Clark's attorney, Kim Dymecki, said Friday.

Also Friday, Miami-based Phoenix Publishing House re-released a tawdry book purportedly detailing Lisa Gonzalez's sex life and marriage to Adrian.

"Betrayed: The True Life Story of Lisa Lynnette Clark" was reprinted so the names of those involved could be deleted, said publisher Shelly Grant. Lisa Gonzalez blasted the book, which was written by a woman she befriended in prison.

"It's full of inaccuracies and untruths," she said, noting that she's working on her own book to "get the real story out."

The publisher stands by "Betrayed."

"Lisa dictated the whole thing to the author," said Grant, whose mother Jennifer Grant wrote the book while serving time for mortgage fraud. The publisher said a portion of the book's proceeds would go into a trust fund for Clark's three children from previous relationships.

Prior to Friday's interview, Adrian Gonzalez said he was not comfortable talking publicly, instead referring a reporter to a five-page written statement.

"I want people to realize my wife is not a pedophile, nor is she a sexual predator," he wrote. "I aggressively pursued her. She never pursued me... I love her. We have a wonderful relationship, and we want to raise our son."