Months passed after the strange marriage between Marco and Doña Teresa in Batangas City, Philippines.
From the outside, their life inside the old woman’s large mansion looked normal.
But inside that house, there was a silence that seemed to hide a heavy secret.
Marco rarely left the house anymore.
He was often seen walking through the long hallways of the mansion or sitting in the old living room, staring into space.
Many of his former friends wondered why he had suddenly disappeared from their lives.
But the truth was…
there was something inside that house that kept troubling his mind.
The room of his late wife.
The room that Doña Teresa strictly forbade anyone to open.
Every night, when the mansion became quiet and the household staff were already asleep, Marco often found himself standing in front of that door.
It was as if some invisible force was pulling him toward it.
One night, he could no longer stop himself.
He slowly walked through the hallway while the dim light of a wall lamp flickered.
His footsteps were barely heard against the thick carpet.
When he reached the door, he stopped.
His heart was beating fast.
He remembered Doña Teresa’s warning.
“There are secrets that are better left hidden.”
But in that moment, his desire to know the truth was stronger.
He grabbed the doorknob.
