Five-Year-Old Daughter Said Daddy’s Bath Games Were Secret—Then I Looked Through the Bathroom Door and Called the Police
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Chapter 10 - THE TIMERPolice found photographs Mark had taken of the timer.
Not of Sophie.
The timer.
Why?
He kept records.
5 minutes.
8 minutes.
12 minutes.
15 minutes.
He had a spreadsheet.
Date.
Resistance level.
Duration.
Hair rinse completed.
Medication: yes/no.
Mood afterward.
He thought documentation made him scientific.
It made the pattern easier to prove.
One column was labeled:
COMPLIANCE
Not comfort.
Not anxiety.
Compliance.
The distinction mattered.
By the sixth week, the goal had shifted.
Mark was not asking:
Is Sophie less afraid?
He was asking:
May you like
Does Sophie obey the routine?
That change appeared in his own records before anyone accused him of it.
