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checking before I go to the door.”
    Jack
retrieved his second weapon from under the blankets in the trailer.
Lee took the strap of the AR and slung it over his shoulder, his 45
is at his waist. The two, with Jack leading, moved a little past the
house, across the street. They watched the house cautiously, crossed
the street and slowly moved in closer. The small house had a back and
front door that were in view of each other. They moved with their
backs against the house, drew up near the window that flanked the
back door. Jack could hear Lynn's raised voice, the voice she used
when she was very angry. “You need to leave right now...hey,
don't break that!” He heard the sound of something crashing to
the floor. “Damn it” shouts Lynn. Then there was a
slapping sound and a gravely voice said, “You shut your mouth,
Bitch.” The twins wailed in fear, somewhere in the room. The
gruff voice spoke again, “Take those f---ing hyenas in the
bedroom and stay there and hold the door. The sound of the girl's
crying became more muffled as the bedroom door was slammed. Jack
heard some banging and things hitting the floor, probably in the
kitchen. The small kitchen opened off the living area and the front
doors were there, a french two-door style. He tried to peer in the
side of drawn blinds, he was able to see Lynn standing in front of
the french doors. Between this door that they were close to and Lynn
at the front doors, a very large man stood.
    Jack
whispered to Lee, “I think there are three of them. One looting
the kitchen, one down a short hall at the bedroom door and a big-ass
jerk, standing between this door and Lynn. Lynn let out a high
pitched moan of pain. Jack turned to Lee, “Gotta move now...I
am going to shoot the door knob and kick it open. I am going straight
for the big guy. You move to your right and there is an opening to
the kitchen, go for the looter there. We will have to deal with the
other one as it goes down.”
    Jack
didn't wait for an answer, he pulled out his .45 and blasted the door
knob, he nearly simultaneously kicked at the door. It took a second
kick and it burst inward. Lee moved behind him towards the kitchen,
the AR-15 already raised to his shoulder. The large man, both tall
and heavy, had a hand full of Lynn's hair. He spun her around in
front of him, one arm across her waist, a knife at her neck. He
towered over her about a foot, her feet were barely touching the
floor. He tossed his long greasy hair back and growled out, “You
som-bitch!... back off.. I'll cut her throat”. Jack didn't have
a line of view but just a few feet away he heard the loud percussion
of the AR and a body hit the floor hard. The man jerked his head
towards the sound. Lynn was still, tears streamed down her face. Jack
took one step forward, raised the .45 and fired the slug into the
guy's head, right above his ear. The brute's head banged back against
the glass in the french doors, broke a pane and he went down like a
lead anchor. Lynn moved away and the knife nicked her shoulder as he
collapsed down. She looked at Jack, “Daddy” she breathed
out. Jack looked over to see Lee standing at the opening to the hall.
The third guy was shaking his head back and forth and muttering, “No,
no-ooo, I wasn't goin to hurt no-one.” He bolted into the
bedroom and locked the door. For an instant, the sound of the twin's
screaming blared out and then muted again as the door was closed. Lee
was hitting the door with his shoulder as hard as he could. There was
a click, the door opened and he nearly fell on the floor, the twins
had unlocked. He looked up to see the third man going out the window,
running. He went to the window and got off a shot, the man howled and
grabbed his arm but kept running.
    Lee
went to the bed where the girls were huddled up and hic-cuping,
“Moma, Moma”. Lee gently spoke to them, “It's okay,
everything is okay, your mother is fine.” Jack walked into the
room, they squealed “Poppa”, at the