It hasn't been so easy for Jack for the past few months. His body were slowly giving up sometimes because of fatigue and his mind was also tired thinking a lot of things lately. His body started to get weakened every day. He was still sitting on his bed and then slowly wipes his tears on his face.

Jack stood up when he thought of doing something. He walks his way to his door and he step outside then he walks directly to the room of his wife to check on her.

He was standing in front of the door of her room and holding the knob of the door and yet doesn't want to even turned it. He bowed his head because of the frustration he was feeling at the moment not being with his wife in the bed. Not being able to be with her and to their son Austin.

Those thoughts made him feel devastated and sad from all of those things that happen.

Not knowing that Austin was at the corner of the hallway and looking at him secretly.

"Now, what's going on in that room?" Austin whispered as he didn't want his father to notice him or else he would get mad.

He tried to peek his one eye so he would still be able to take a glance to his father's next move. He hides his body enough not to be seen by his father.

Jack grip on tight with the door knob and slowly turned it and then he open it and saw his wife on bed lying while she was staring up the ceiling of the room.

Austin saw his father slowly entered the room but he didn't have the chance to witness what has on that room or "Who was in it?" Austin asked himself in a whispering tone. He was very curious all of his father's weird things that he does every day.

Going out all alone and then came back before six. And then he can't even cut his hair or even shave his beard on his mouth and chin. And there he goes with a sneak to that room.

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"What is he've been doing in there?" Austin continuously to ask himself since he couldn't even had to talk about it with his father because he wouldn't tell him the truth.

"He's been hiding something from me. I know it and I feel it." Austin exclaimed when he saw his father closes back the door when he entered that secret room.

He even remember that his father wouldn't let him enter that room last time he was caught by him while he was standing in front of the room.

"Don't ever try to open this door. Do you understand me?" His father scolded him with his loud voice and he was afraid at that time so Austin decided not to interfere with what his father was doing even if he thinks it was so weird.

Austin slowly walk tip toed closer to the door.

Jack upon entering the room, he closed the door and locked it immediately. And then he walks near his wife who were lying in her bed. Hold her and tries to let her sit in the bed. Her wife doesn't even refuse and just go on with what Jack was doing with her.

She was breathing yet her body is so weak that she even started to get thinner and thinner every day. Jack holds her hand while he bowed his head. He was really sadden by what she looks every time he got a time to visit her in the room. Luckily she had been eaten little by little if she was really hungry. But Jack always make sure to serve her meat. He lifted his head and caress the face of her wife in front who was just staring at nothing.

"My love? I am here and I miss you so much." Jack can't help himself but to feel helpless and his tears started to fall down from his eyes to his cheeks.

"I just don't know what to do since you started to became like this. Our son is even questioning me about you." He continues while sniffing.

"I— I just really l don't know how to explain it to him. Please help me my love.." Jack was weeping already while he was holding the arms of his wife.

But her wife doesn't even responded to whatever he does and say. Even just a single grip or even caress him but she didn't and that makes Jack feels more frustrated about every thing.

He lifted his hand while started to wipe away his tears from his face and then caressing again the face of his wife.

"I will try my best my love to find out the cure for these mess. And I will save you from this." Jack exclaimed as he was very certain to what he is going to do.

He was about to stand up when the music suddenly changes into a very loud music - a beating drums that was consecutively played in that room. And Jack was shock on how was that sound mixed with the classical music he installed.

He was in that state when his wife started to move showing like she was irritated and started to scratch her head so hard and painful. Then she tries to get out from the chain that was in her arms that was connected to the headboard. Jack made sure that his wife will not do anything bad on herself so she decided to lock her up with a chain in her left arm. Jack turns his head to glance at her wife who were started to get wild.

"DL command can you change the music, RIGHT NOW!" Jack exclaimed in his not so loud voice.

Meanwhile outside of the room.

Austin was standing in front of the room. He was standing there like a minute now but still not decided if he was going to turned the knob of the door or leave it like that and go away. But he was really curious and want an answer. But he thought again what will he be able to say if his father will saw him upon opening the door.

He slowly hold the knob of the door when he suddenly heard a very loud noise inside that room.

He lend his ears to listen to the door and heard something inside that secret room of his father.