I secretly went to the dacha without telling my husband to uncover what he was hiding there: when I opened the door, I was terrified.
We owned a small dacha outside the city. On weekends we usually visited it to plant flowers, harvest vegetables, or simply rest from daily routine.
Recently, however, he always found excuses not to go. Either he was busy with work, too tired, or had urgent matters. I didn’t draw attention at first—after all, everyone has difficult times.
But then one day, while chatting with my neighbor, she suddenly said:
— I saw your husband at the dacha yesterday.
I froze.
— That’s impossible! He told me he was at work.
“No, no, I definitely saw him,” she said.
I hung up and disturbing thoughts rushed through my head. “Could he have a lover? Maybe he’s meeting her secretly there?”
That weekend, again, my husband said he wouldn’t go.
“Then maybe I’ll go by myself?” I suggested.
“No!” he snapped. “I’d worry. Don’t go alone.”
His sharp refusal only deepened my doubts. When he left home, I decided to follow him. And as expected, he drove to the dacha.
I waited some time, then went too. Approaching the house, my chest pounded. I opened the door… and froze with horror.
Anything would have been better than what I saw.
I stepped inside and listened. Silence. But from the shed came a strange smell—thick, sweet-metallic. I entered slowly, heart racing.
Inside, animal skins dangled from beams. That was unsettling enough, but one thing made me nearly collapse: hanging among them was something that looked disturbingly like human skin.
I stood frozen, unable to believe my eyes.
At that moment, my husband appeared in the doorway. His face went pale when he noticed what I had seen.
“It’s… hunting,” he muttered, moving toward me. “I just began. I didn’t want to frighten you…”
I gazed silently. Inside I screamed he was lying. But outwardly I forced a smile and replied:
— Alright. I understand. Just unpredicted…
He relaxed, his shoulders sinking. We walked back quietly, but I felt his eyes imprinting on me, testing whether I truly believed.
That night I didn’t sleep at all. In the morning, as soon as he went outside, I called the police with shaking hands. I knew it was safer to let them check than risk discovering the worst myself.
