The short hall is narrow and won’t take us side-by-side. Slightly ahead of me, Klempner charges in, following the screams of fury and pain ripping through from beyond the door directly ahead of us.
It’s a standard churn-them-out-by-the-thousand interior door. As we charge forward, the door bangs in its housing, something slamming against it from the other side.
From beyond, a crash, shrieks of defiance, something smashing.
The howl of a child’s fear…
Another screech, fury now. “Don’t you go near her, you bastard!”
bastard!”A scream - a male scream…
“Bite me, you f*****g b***h? I’ll knock your f*****g teeth out!” Another scream, this time a cry of pain and fear and the crack of knuckles on flesh.
Klempner wrenches at the handle, but nothing happens. Cursing, he barges at the door, s
