[Hostage]

I don’t know. When we take the boys for pizza, he uses a card.

[Fantasywriter]

Had the counselor been honest he’d have leveled with the dad up front. As in, ‘If I find evidence of abuse I’ll have to report it.’

But then he might not have gotten the gig. Better to wait until later to spill the beans.

(Alternately, had the counselor been honest from the get go, he might have both secured the client and the reporting. People appreciate honesty and integrity.)