Today has taken off at a breakneck pace. I don't have long to type but I'd like to update everybody while I have just a few moments to spare. Bear with me, readers - I'm resorting to bullet points today.
1. We spoke with a lawyer from an hour and a half or so away who seems like he might be willing to work with us. With the help of our Anonymous donor, we are off to a good start. It's tenuous - we'll be destroying my paycheck to keep up with this guy. This hangs on a thread and a prayer, at this point.
2. We're going to be driving that hour-and-a-half, if we can make it, to meet with the lawyer and see how this goes. We won't really know the exact price range until we meet him. Just that, as I said, it's halfway hopeful but hangs by a thread and a prayer and maybe a miracle or two.
3. The father of the accuser has become dangerous lately. Child Protective Services has been investigating him (it's a long story), they're requiring him to register as a sex offender for a crime he has knowingly hidden for years, and now he's begun arguing, screaming, threatening, harming and endangering George's mother. He has also been actively seeking out and burning, hiding, or otherwise destroying evidence. It's a constant race against him at this point. George's mother will be staying with us for a while for her own safety, and we are trying to help her out as best we can. She's bringing along a few precious shreds of evidence she has managed to save. That's another thing hanging by a thread and a prayer right now. Gas money for a 2 and a half hour trip is hard to come by for all involved, and the accuser's father is just as likely to try and prevent George's mother from leaving (and has been so far).
4. Continuing work to gather further evidence and paperwork here and there. Swimming through red tape to get paperwork has become a constant reality for us; it's unbelievably hard to gather it up from countless places (check stubs, employment records, and so on) from a decade ago. I have to be honest, it's extremely annoying. Sign here, date here, fax this there, call this number, visit this website, sign this form, 10 to 15 business days for this, 7 business days for that, 30 days for that, five forms for one thing, three for another... At this point, I would not be surprised to hear "We need fingerprints, an iris scan, and a stool sample, sir" from the next person we speak to. It's quite a mess, moving at the speed of business (which is very slow).
Long story short, today has been incredibly hectic thus far, and we really don't know where it's going to land until the end of the day. Hopefully I'll have more concrete news by tonight or tomorrow.
Thank you again for all your support, everyone - the view count just keeps going higher and higher for our humble blog. Donations are slowly trickling in; right now we're at about $100, along with the generous donation from Anonymous and several people coming forward stating their donations are likely to show up soon as well. You guys are angels - we just don't know how to thank you enough, and we will do everything we can to keep you up to date on the latest. Stick with us, we're keeping up this fight no matter what.
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