Ben follows Griffin outside, then becomes visible again as he asks, "What the hell was that? For all you know, that man might not have been abusing his son. The boy might have broken a serious rule, and that was his punishment. You're going to make a young boy take the fall for you? And do you really think that a boy as youg as him won't tell someone how a man broken into his house and killed his father?"

(I speak from experience, being struck with a belt isn't necessarily abuse. When I was younger, I had such a high pain tolerance that instead of spanking me, my parents had to use a belt for me to even be able to feel it.)