What Lies Behind Closed Doors Novels & Stories

He's s her open up the side, trying to explain himself. Eva went home and cried so hard until she's asleep. So many things are running through her mind. She couldn't wrap her head around the idea that he was cheating on her. Feeling so much heartache, Eva went home and locked her door. Then she went straight to bed and cried even harder. After a while of crying, Eva loud knock outside her door. She stood up and opened only to Jack. "Eva—" but just slammed the door shut. "Eva! Open the door, please!" Jack begged. "If you will not open this, I will kick it open!" She stopped walking away from the door. Contemplating if Jack was serious. Then she decided to open it finally.

“Because there is always a door with this family. There is always something hidden. There is also something more.” Max reached for the knob and went to open it. He took his time and he slowly turned the knob. He knew there was something big behind the door. He didn’t want to see it. He didn’t want to deal with it. He opened the door slowly and steady. The other side was darkened. The entire area was cloaked in shadows. It was then when the shadow moved slightly.

After seven brutal years grinding away at a major tech company, I finally bought a luxury condo in the city. Then I rushed into marriage with my younger boyfriend of three years. That night, with the mood just right, he said he was going to the storage room to grab a few toys to spice things up. Blushing, I hid under the covers and waited. I waited for the rest of my life. He disappeared. The storage room held nothing but a pile of flattened cardboard boxes. I searched for him like a madwoman. Then my best friend looked at me in horror and said, “Sweetie... are you so desperate for a man that you’ve lost it? You’ve always been single. What husband?” I didn’t believe her. I pulled out our mar

“Isn’t that what we want?” “No.” The woman’s expression became serious. “If it closes now, every future inside it will collapse.” Noah stepped forward. “And what happens to those futures?” “They disappear forever.” Hope stared. “How many?” The woman answered: “All of them.” Hope looked at the countless realities behind the Gate. Millions of lives. Millions of possibilities. She suddenly understood the true danger. “If we close it, we’re destroying them.” “Yes.” “If we leave it open?” “Every possibility will enter your reality.”

My eyes shifted slightly, landing on the CCTV camera fixed in the corner of the room. “There's always proof, Mr Caldwell,” I said quietly, my gaze steady. His smile didn't drop, but something in his eyes flickered. “Now if you will excuse me.” I didn't wait for his response; I pushed the door open and stepped out. My heart raced as I made my way back to my office Afraid Eloise or Jason might see him walk past. I quickly pulled down the blinds once I got in, shutting out the view completely before sinking into my chair.

Ronan mutters. Then Liam finds another door. It's hidden behind a shelving unit. He pushes it open. Nobody speaks. The room beyond it is covered in photographs. Hundreds. Maybe thousands. Walls. Tables. Boards. Maps of Manhattan. Routes marked in different colours. Addresses. Times. Names. My blood runs cold. "What the fuck..."

"Shut those damn doors!" And I heard the doors closing behind me.

the gate was opening. And whatever had been hidden behind it for generations... was finally about to be revealed.

As I approached our bedroom, I noticed women's underwear scattered in a trail leading directly to our door. Then I heard it, unmistakable moans coming from behind the closed door.

"We're opening that door today." It wasn't a question. I looked toward the window. The city beyond it was still waking. People beginning ordinary mornings. Children preparing for school. Parents rushing through breakfast. Somewhere in another part of the city, Kieran Blackthorne was probably standing over a conference table filled with documents connected to a dead man, a hidden child and a network nobody fully understood. Meanwhile, Ground sat across the street from a storage building filled with secrets. And beneath Ground waited a sealed door. "Yes," I said.