"please, Ken- trell, stop already!"
She struggled with her words as her air supply was dwindling.
The man kneeled before her, squeezing with all his might, ignoring her cries and the shake of the bedroom door as help tried to find its way in.
All he could hear was the thumping of his ears as they echoed, his thick tears cascading onto her reddened face,
"let.me.go."
