Chapter 19 - Broken
Ahahahaaaaah!!! Noooooo!!! Please!!! Whore!!! Bitch!!! The sounds from the abyss. Louder, harsher, more desperate with every cry... the devil’s song. Bang! Slap! The blows rain down, growing in force. I hear a kind of weeping I have never heard before. It is the cry of one staring death in the face. The corridor stretches ever longer, the lamp shrinking, retreating into the distance. Sweat pours down my temples, trickling. And then I hear it too, on the opposite side of my room: the wail of a final torment. Faint, but unmistakable. My Mwinda. I press my ear to the wall to catch it better. “No… begging… don’t… please!!!” “Shht! It’s only a game… we’re just having a bit of fun…” “No!!! Please!!! No!!!” I cannot bear it any longer. I cannot endure. I fling the door open with violence. There is no turning back now. What I see staggers me. Yes, I knew what was happening, but nothing prepared me for the shock of finding Louis, trousers round his ankles, ab...