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<blockquote data-quote="dlgallant" data-source="post: 48562" data-attributes="member: 3721"><p>difficult child actually showed up at the court house today as promised to pick up her summons for court. She'll be arraigned June 12. She also showed up to play for her team's last game of the season. She's thin and weak, but she showed up to play. She's still wearing heavy makeup to cover the facial bruises, but she was there. Her third step was to quit her job working for the creep that's manipulating her. She took a job in a dept store instead. I'm crossing my fingers that she's OK tonight when she tells him. I don't think he'll physically hurt her, but he will pull out all the stops to manipulate her back under his spell.</p><p></p><p>Now for the 1 step back. She wants to plead guilty at the arraignment and be sentenced that day rather than take the plea deal. The deal requires counseling and she doesn't think there's fundamentally anything wrong with her. Her "advisor" has convinced her that the most she'll get is 2 days in jail and it's just a misdemeanor and according to him that's a better deal than counseling and expunging the charges altogether. I guess I should be happy she's accepting some responsibility, but I just don't feel optimistic about her future when she'd choose jail over getting better. She's still in agreement to an evaluation. Here's hoping the evaluation convinces her she needs help. </p><p></p><p>Debbie</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="dlgallant, post: 48562, member: 3721"] difficult child actually showed up at the court house today as promised to pick up her summons for court. She'll be arraigned June 12. She also showed up to play for her team's last game of the season. She's thin and weak, but she showed up to play. She's still wearing heavy makeup to cover the facial bruises, but she was there. Her third step was to quit her job working for the creep that's manipulating her. She took a job in a dept store instead. I'm crossing my fingers that she's OK tonight when she tells him. I don't think he'll physically hurt her, but he will pull out all the stops to manipulate her back under his spell. Now for the 1 step back. She wants to plead guilty at the arraignment and be sentenced that day rather than take the plea deal. The deal requires counseling and she doesn't think there's fundamentally anything wrong with her. Her "advisor" has convinced her that the most she'll get is 2 days in jail and it's just a misdemeanor and according to him that's a better deal than counseling and expunging the charges altogether. I guess I should be happy she's accepting some responsibility, but I just don't feel optimistic about her future when she'd choose jail over getting better. She's still in agreement to an evaluation. Here's hoping the evaluation convinces her she needs help. Debbie [/QUOTE]
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