26/08/2026
THE SECRET BEHIND THE CLOSED DOOR
Episode 8
The police turned to Sarah.
“Sarah, we need your mother's contact information.”
Sarah hesitated for a moment before giving them the number.
One of the officers immediately called Vivian.
The phone rang several times before she answered.
“Hello?”
“Good afternoon. This is the police. We need your attention concerning a matter involving your daughter and a man named Daniel.”
There was silence on the other end.
“Where are you?” Vivian asked.
The officer gave her the address.
“I'll be there in an hour.”
Then she ended the call.
About an hour later, Vivian arrived at the police station.
The moment Daniel saw her, he broke down.
He stood up, walked toward her, and suddenly knelt before her.
“Vivian, please forgive me.”
He held her legs as tears rolled down his face.
Vivian didn't say a word.
But tears streamed silently from her eyes.
She was a beautiful woman, around Daniel's age. She was neatly dressed and carried herself with dignity.
But behind her calm expression was a sadness that was impossible to hide.
The officers gently asked them both to sit down.
Daniel wiped his face.
He looked at Vivian.
“I wanted you to hear this directly from me. I want you to know what really happened after I left.”
Vivian remained silent.
Daniel took a deep breath.
“Like I said earlier, when I got abroad, I was supposed to attend university and work at the same time.”
“Fortunately, one of my course mates helped me find a job. It was only a few hours after lectures, and I was grateful for the opportunity.”
“But on my second day at work, something terrible happened.”
Daniel paused.
“The job was at a bar. I was working as a bartender.”
“That evening, I was attending to a customer when suddenly, we heard police sirens outside.”
“Everyone raised their heads to see what was happening.”
“Before I could understand what was going on, the customer I was serving quickly put something into my hand.”
“He whispered, ‘Please, drop this in the dustbin for me.’”
“I looked down at the nylon in my hand, confused.”
“But before I could do anything, the police entered the bar.”
“They ordered everyone to raise their hands.”
“We all obeyed.”
“I raised my hands too, but I still had the nylon in my hand.”
“The officers began searching everyone.”
“When they got to me, they searched my pockets.”
“Nothing was found.”
“One of the officers told me to put my hands down.”
“As soon as I lowered my hands, they noticed the nylon.”
“They asked me what was inside.”
“I couldn't tell them because I didn't know.”
“I immediately pointed toward the customer who had given it to me.”
“But he denied knowing anything about it.”
Daniel swallowed hard.
“The officers opened the nylon.”
“And to my horror…”
“Inside was a hard, illegal substance.”
Vivian's eyes filled with more tears.
Daniel continued.
“I insisted that it wasn't mine. I told them exactly what happened.”
“But they didn't believe me.”
“It was my word against that of a young man who was a citizen of the country.”
“I was arrested.”
Daniel stopped speaking.
The room became completely silent.
Vivian stared at him through tear-filled eyes.
Daniel lowered his head.
“And that was only the beginning…”
To be continued…
