A ASSISTANT HEARD A MOON IN A “FORBIDDEN ROOM” UNDERGROUND — WHEN HE OPENED IT, HE FELL ON HIS KNEES TO SEE THE BILLIONAIRE’S MOTHER CHAINED AND EATING DOG FOOD

Don Franco is a powerful CEO who is always abroad on business. All he knows is that his mother, Donya Trinidad, is happily living in a Luxury Retirement Home in Paris, France.

This is what his wife Ruby always says.

Ruby is beautiful, sophisticated, but behind her smiles is a dark conscience. She manages the mansion while Franco is away.

One day, Lita is hired as the new all-around maid. On her first day, Ruby gives her a stern warning.

“Lita, you are free to clean the entire house,” Ruby says as she strokes her Persian cat. “But don’t go near the Red Door at the end of the kitchen. That’s Franco’s wine cellar. The wines there are expensive. If I see you near there, I’ll leave you immediately.”

“Yes, Ma’am,” Lita replied.

But as time went on, Lita wondered.

Every night, after Ruby had dinner, she would bring out a bowl of Dog Food and a jug of water.

Lita wondered because Ruby’s pet was a cat, not a dog. And the cat ate expensive gourmet cat food out of a can.

“What’s the dog food for, Ma’am?” Lita asked once.

“Don’t gossip! It’s for… the stray dog ​​outside. I feel sorry for it,” Ruby snarled.

After that, Lita would see Ruby going to the kitchen, entering the Red Door, and coming out ten minutes later with nothing.

One night, Don Franco returned home from Europe. He brought gifts.

“Honey, how is Mama in Paris?” Franco asked while eating steak. “Why isn’t she answering my calls?”

“You know Mama,” Ruby smiled. “She’s busy with her friends there. She said not to disturb her. She’s happy, Franco. Don’t worry.”

As Lita washed the dishes, she felt a pang of fear. She knew Ruby was lying.

That night, there was a strong storm. There was a loud thunder and the power went out. Due to a blackout, the electronic lock on the Red Door in the kitchen didn’t work.

Lita woke up because she was thirsty. When she went to the kitchen, she heard a sound from behind the Red Door.

Rustling… Groaning…

“Help…” a weak voice. It sounded like it was coming from a pit.

Lita was nervous. “Is that a ghost?”

But her pity prevailed. She slowly turned the lock. Since there was no power, it opened.

A flight of stairs opened up before her. It was dark and smelly. It smelled of urine, mold, and rotting meat.

Lita turned on her cellphone’s flashlight and went down.

When she reached the end, in a dark cell that used to house wine barrels, she saw a scene she would never forget for the rest of her life.

On the cement floor, there was an old woman.

She was wearing a ragged dress. She was very thin—just skin and bones. Her hair was white and disheveled. There was a chain around her neck attached to a water pipe.

In front of the old woman was a bowl full of Dog Food that was already boiling.

The old woman lifted her face when the light hit her.

“W-water…” the old woman said raspingly.

Lita’s eyes widened. She recognized that face. She had seen it in the large painting in the living room.

She was Donya Trinidad. Franco’s mother. The woman who should be in Paris!

“My God! Donya Trinidad!” Lita whispered, tears welling up in fear and pity.

“Shhh,” the old man signaled. “Don’t make a noise… Ruby will kill me… she will kill you…”

“I’ll get you out of here!”

Lita tried to remove the chain, but it was padlocked.

Suddenly the light at the top of the stairs turned on. The power had returned.

“LITA!” Ruby shouted from above. “What are you doing there?!”

Lita heard the footsteps of Ruby’s heels coming down the stairs. She was carrying a gun.

“I’m done,” Lita thought.

But instead of hiding, Lita ran upstairs. She bumped into Ruby on the stairs.

“Ouch!” Ruby shouted as the gun fell.

Lita ran to Don Franco’s room. She slammed the door.

“SIR FRANCO! WAKE UP! SIR!”

Franco opened the door, startled. “Lita? Why are you screaming?!”

Lita pulled her boss’s hand. “Come with me, Sir! Right now! Ma’am Ruby is going to kill me but you need to see what’s in the kitchen!”

“What’s in the kitchen?!”

“Your mother! She’s underground!”

Franco ran after Lita. They caught up with Ruby in the kitchen, gun in hand, about to go back into the Red Door to hide the evidence.

“Ruby!” Franco shouted.

“Franco! Don’t believe that maid! She’s a thief! She’s robbing me from the wine cellar!” Ruby shouted, shaking.

“Bye!” Franco pushed his wife away and went down to the basement.

When Franco saw his mother, he fell to his knees.

His mother—who was once the queen of their family—looked like an animal now.

will be locked up in his own house. Bruised, dirty, and eating dog food.

“Mama…” Franco sobbed.

“Franco…” the old man cried. “You came too… I’m so hungry, son.”

Franco climbed up angrily. His face was like a demon with so much hatred.

He rushed at Ruby and choked her on the wall.

“YOU ANIMAL!” Franco shouted. “You said he was in Paris?! You said he was happy?! You turned my mother into a dog?!”

“Franco, let me explain! I only did that for us! He didn’t want to give me the password to his bank accounts! We need money for the business!” Ruby justified while gasping for breath.

“Money?!” Franco snapped. “Because of money, you forgot who you are?!”

The police that Lita had called earlier arrived while she was running.

Ruby was arrested. As the police dragged her up the stairs, Donya Trinidad shouted from the wheelchair Franco had carried her in.

“Ruby!” the old man called.

Ruby turned around, hoping to be forgiven.

“Paris is beautiful, isn’t it?” Donya Trinidad said sarcastically. “I hope you enjoy your new home—in prison. And don’t worry, I’ll send you Dog Food every day.”

Ruby was imprisoned for life for Serious Illegal Detention and Elder Abuse.

Donya Trinidad recovered under Franco’s care. Franco never left the country again without his mother.

And Lita?

She was no longer a maid.

One day, Don Franco and Donya Trinidad called her.

“Lita,” said the Donya. “If it weren’t for your courage, I would have died like a rat underground. You are the one who kept me alive.”

They handed Lita a land title and the keys to a new house.

“You are no longer our employee,” Franco said. “You are now our family. I will pay for your children’s education until college.”

Lita cried and thanked him.

Everyone in the mansion learned that evil, no matter how deep it is buried underground, will still scream and scream. And the truth will always be found by a person with a pure heart.