just another day in GCK

it was a nice afternoon, not the usual 100+, in the 70s with a pleasant breeze. so i was sitting in my rocking chair by the window reading a good book (empathy) with bin laying next to me.
my house is only about 4 feet from the neighbors house. they apparently had their windows open too.
i heard an extremely hard strike and then a child crying. my first thought was that was way too hard to hit a two year old, so i was listening to make sure it was the 8yo instead. another hit and more crying and screaming no and i could tell it was the 8yo. then xe starts retching and i hear the mom yell "dont puke in here--get in the bathroom" sounds and retching fade briefly and then i hear the mom and she says "you think i'm done--i'm not done--you got more coming" and she is making this noise and i think she is crying which makes sense and then i realize she is laughing at hir and hitting hir more and xe is screaming and crying and eventually starts retching again. these hits sound so hard, that even on the bum they would cause major damage.
laughing and hitting.