Last week was the preliminary hearing for SD15's case against her SD(step-dad). Before the hearing began, I experienced something that I have never felt before in my life. SD15 & I were sitting in our car waiting for the DA to come get us to go inside. Well, I look over my left shoulder and 2 cars away is SD. I looked back at SD15 and said lean over here a second, Dad wanted me to give you a hug before the hearing starts. Then I hid her entire face so that SD couldn't see her as he walked in front of our car. But when SD got in front of our car and stopped for a second, I just wanted to run him over and end the entire thing. I never in my life felt so much anger run through me like I did at that moment. But I didn't, I kept my composer and after he got out of sight, I let go of SD15. After all that, the DA walked over to our car and said to move our car to the front of the building and wait there. They would come get us when we were needed. About 1/2 an hour later, the state trooper came out and said that the judge, the DA, and SD's attorney was viewing SD15's video testimony and that she may not have to testify. SD's attorney only made it half way through SD15's video and said turn it off, I need to talk to my client(SD). Then the DA came out to talk to us while SD's attorney was talking to him, trying to convince him to waive his right to a preliminary hearing. The DA told us that if SD waived that right, we were free to leave and the next step was an arraignment hearing, then trial. It went about another 1/2 hour and the DA came out and told us we could leave, that SD waived his right to the preliminary hearing. We don't have to attend the arraignment hearing, because they don't take testimony at that hearing. It is just a hearing for SD to either plead guilty or not guilty and if pleading not guilty, to possibly except the plea bargain that the DA will offer him. Which we're not sure yet what that will be. But the DA said that she would consult with SD15 about it before offering it, to make sure Sd15 is happy with it. But if SD doesn't take the plea bargain and it goes to trial (which will be a jury trial), the DA is going to push for 60-80 years in prison & him to be a lifetime Megans Law register at the trial. So, now we do the wait and see thing again. And if it goes to trial, the trial will not be until possibly April or May 2010 or later. But atleast we're on the right path and something is finally going to be done.