How get waiting follower to follow while trespassing

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I'm trespassing inside of a house. I activated follower command mode by holding activation while aiming at my follower and told them to wait somewhere. I now can't get them to leave the house with me. They will not comply with an order to leave the house, I cannot access dialogue options to tell them to follow me, and I don't think that there's a way to get the follower to follow me again via command mode. Is the console the only way?

Best Answer

Although it's an old topic and you've probably resolved the issue, I'm posting, just in case someone else runs into the same problem. I had the same issue, so I commanded Lydia to wait just in front of the exit door. Then I talked to her and while she was giving me the "you' re not supposed to be in here" I immediately exited the building. Sometimes when you enter and exit rooms in the middle of an npc's sentence it causes them to follow you through the door. It worked and I was able to tell her to follow me, as normal then. Hope someone finds this useful.