For a long time, there was nothing. Then, a scrape of a shoe on stone. A small sniffle.
Maria’s hand hovered over the latch. The holy man’s voice screamed in her memory: Do not open the door. But this was her son. Her baby. He was frightened and alone on the other side of the wood. How could a mother leave her child in the dark? The Other Side of The Door -2016- 1080P
Of course, she opens it.