What Do You Mean?
Chris’s mind raced as he contemplated how many times he had been away from home. Had his wife been treating their daughter in a way he wouldn’t have approved of?
He was desperate to know what his little girl had been receiving punishment for. “What do you mean ‘punish you,’ sweetheart?” he asked carefully. But it was a mistake to be so direct.
His daughter froze immediately, pulling away. What had happened here?