"Alright. Are you coming home now?" he asked her softly, not wanting to pressure her, but also really hoping that the answer was yes.
Her answer to his question wasn't what he expected, and almost at one he felt his heart start to pick up speed. "Beat up? What do you mean, has someone hurt you?" he asked. Oh God, had she gone to confront her mother about it? He knew that Commander Shepard had a poisonous tongue on her at times, but he hadn't thought her capable of physically hurting her daughter.