While my husband wasn’t home, my father-in-law ordered me to take a hammer and smash the tiles behind the toilet. Behind them, I found a hole—and inside that hole, something horrifying was hidden.
I was in the kitchen washing dishes. My son was playing at the neighbor’s house, and my husband was away on business.
Everything seemed like a normal evening. But then I felt someone standing behind me.
I turned around—it was my father-in-law. His face was tense, his eyes watchful and sharp.
“We need to talk,” he whispered, so quietly I could barely hear him over the running water.
“What’s going on?” I asked nervously, drying my hands with a towel.
He stepped closer, leaned down to my ear, and said,
“As long as your son isn’t here… take a hammer and break the tiles behind the toilet in the bathroom. No one must know.”
I let out a nervous laugh, thinking the old man had lost his mind.
“Why would I ruin the renovations? We’re planning to sell this house soon…”
But he cut me off, gripping my fingers with his bony hands.
“Your husband is cheating on you. The truth is there.”
There was something in his eyes that kept me from brushing it off. He looked terrified—as if his life depended on this conversation.
Anxiety tightened in my chest. At first, I wanted to ignore him, but curiosity got the better of me.
Half an hour later, I was already in the bathroom. The house was silent.
I locked the door, pulled a hammer from the closet, and hesitated for a long time before swinging it at the wall.
I stared at the smooth white tiles my husband had laid so carefully.
Break them? What if my father-in-law was just rambling?
But my hands lifted the hammer anyway. The first hit was light—a small crack. The second was stronger. A shard of tile clattered onto the floor. Holding my breath, I turned on a flashlight.
Behind the broken tile was a dark hole. And inside… something.
My hands shook as I reached in. My fingers touched a bag that crackled. My heartbeat pounded in my temples. Slowly, I pulled it out.
An old plastic bag, yellowed with age, harmless at first glance. But when I opened it—
I slapped a hand over my mouth to keep from screaming.
Inside were teeth. Real human teeth. Dozens of them, maybe hundreds.
A chill ran down my spine. I sank onto the cold bathroom floor, clutching the bag to my chest. One thought hammered in my head: This can’t be real…
Finally, I forced myself to see my father-in-law. When he saw the bag, he let out a heavy sigh.
“So you found them,” he said wearily.
“What is this?!” I shouted, though my trembling voice betrayed my fear. “Whose are they?!”
He lowered his gaze, silent for a long moment, then spoke in a low, strained voice:
“Your husband… he isn’t who you think he is. He’s taken lives. He burned the bodies… but teeth don’t burn. So he pulled them out and hid them here at home.”
I was stunned. My husband—an attentive father, a dependable man. But here was undeniable proof.
“You knew?” I whispered.
My father-in-law lifted his eyes. There was no relief in them, only exhaustion and a shadow of guilt.
“I stayed silent… far too long. But now—you’ll have to decide what to do.”
And in that moment, I realized: my life would never be the same again.