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00:00:00Have you ever thought about it?
00:00:01What if the people closest to you, the ones who raised you and embraced you with such care, were actually complete strangers?
00:00:11What if an entire family's history is built on a single lie told years ago?
00:00:18When Leyla was clearing out an old family mansion, she found that sealed black notebook at the bottom of a dusty chest.
00:00:26He didn't know that he was not only opening memories, but also unlocking the locked doors of the past.
00:00:32She opened the notebook and was confronted with the chilling truth.
00:00:37The woman she thought was her grandmother was actually someone completely different.
00:00:41The real Nermin, however, was swallowed by the cold waters on a stormy night in 1958.
00:00:48Today, we embark on a quest to uncover a stolen life, a forbidden love, and a vow of silence that has spanned generations, all revealed by a diary.
00:00:58If you're ready, sit back and relax.
00:01:00Because the pages of the hidden ledger are being opened, and the truth is far darker than you imagine.
00:01:08If you enjoy stories like this, don't forget to like and share your thoughts in the comments section.
00:01:15If you're ready, we can begin our story.
00:01:18Enjoy watching.
00:01:36Everyone has things they hide deep inside, in places no one can reach.
00:01:41Some people hide their regrets, others their dreams.
00:01:45But my grandmother herself hid herself.
00:01:47I didn't understand it then, in that dusty attic, when I opened the cover of the leather-bound notebook I held in my hand.
00:01:55I only remember the feeling of cold skin on my fingertips and the heavy, weathered smell that burned my nostrils.
00:02:02I used to think goodbyes were the end.
00:02:04But that day, when I found that notebook, I understood that farewells are sometimes a silent beginning that lifts the veil from the greatest secrets.
00:02:12The mournful creak that came when I pushed open the iron gate of the old mansion gently broke the silence that permeated the entire neighborhood.
00:02:20The sky was grey, as if the clouds, too, were paying their respects to the memory of this house, along with me.
00:02:25The dried leaves in the garden were being swept along by the wind under my feet, their rustling accompanying me with every step.
00:02:34The absence of my grandmother Nermin Hanım, that authoritative, proud woman, seemed to permeate every corner of the house.
00:02:41She was the most respected, most upright woman in this town.
00:02:46Throughout his life, he kept his emotions hidden in such a deep well that sometimes it was impossible to understand what he was feeling.
00:02:54Now, a profound silence had fallen over everything, leaving only this enormous house, steeped in memories.
00:03:01My hands trembled slightly as I inserted the key into the lock; the door opened with a heavy sigh, and the room was cool.
00:03:09The enormous mirror in the hallway was covered with a white cloth.
00:03:13This tradition stopped time inside the house, freezing the space like a monument.
00:03:18I left my bag on the coat rack.
00:03:21"Here you are," I whispered to myself.
00:03:24My voice echoed in the empty corridor.
00:03:26The lawyer's words kept echoing in my mind.
00:03:29You need to tidy up the house, Leyla.
00:03:32Sorting things out was essential for future plans, he said.
00:03:36The thought of selling made my heart race.
00:03:39To leave this fortress where I spent my childhood, a place governed by strict discipline but still feeling safe,
00:03:45It felt like an injustice to the past.
00:03:46I headed towards the stairs.
00:03:48The wooden steps creaked softly on the third and seventh steps, as usual.
00:03:53This sound suddenly took me back to my childhood, to those days when my grandmother warned me not to rush, saying that ladies walk calmly.
00:04:02I didn't go into the bedrooms upstairs.
00:04:04I wasn't ready to go in there yet.
00:04:07Instead, my eyes were drawn to the narrow, steep stairs leading up to the attic.
00:04:12My grandmother always forbade me from going up there.
00:04:15He used to say, "There's nothing there but old things, you'll just breathe in dust."
00:04:19But now that ban had been lifted.
00:04:21The person who set the rules was now in an eternal sleep.
00:04:25I forced open the attic door.
00:04:28The air that hit my face from inside carried the scent of aged paper, dried lavender, and a strong sense of nostalgia.
00:04:34I stepped inside.
00:04:35A faint beam of light filtering through the small window in the ceiling illuminated the dust particles slowly floating in the air.
00:04:43It was as if time had taken a break here.
00:04:45Old chests, covered armchairs, a lampshade pushed to the side, and a pile of boxes.
00:04:51Everything was in a deep sleep.
00:04:53In the far corner of the room stood a walnut chest, older than the others, with intricate carvings on its surface.
00:05:01I don't know why, but that box drew me in.
00:05:04It was as if she had a story to tell.
00:05:07I went over to her and knelt down.
00:05:10The lock was rusty, but it was open.
00:05:12The hinges creaked slightly when I lifted the lid.
00:05:15As expected, it was filled with lace, old clothes, and yellowed photographs.
00:05:20I picked up a few photos.
00:05:22My grandmother in her youth was as serious as ever, her lips a straight line, that familiar distance in her eyes.
00:05:29"You haven't changed at all," I said to the woman in the photograph.
00:05:32I reached my hand to the bottom of the chest and gently parted the bottom covers.
00:05:36My fingers touched a hard, rectangular object.
00:05:39Out of curiosity, I took out the object.
00:05:41The velvet was carefully wrapped in a dark burgundy fabric.
00:05:44I slowly unfolded the fabric.
00:05:46That was the moment when everything I knew was about to change.
00:05:49What I was holding was a thick notebook, bound in black leather, with worn edges.
00:05:55It had no name or date on it.
00:05:59Only the texture of the skin showed the wear and tear of years.
00:06:02My heart started beating faster for no reason.
00:06:05This didn't resemble one of my grandmother's account books.
00:06:08It had a much more personal, much more intimate feel to it.
00:06:11I hesitated between opening the notebook and continuing.
00:06:14Was this an intrusion into the privacy of someone who is no longer with us?
00:06:18But she was my grandmother.
00:06:20What could I possibly have inherited from him that I didn't know?
00:06:23Curiosity overcame my shyness.
00:06:25I opened the lid a little.
00:06:26The first page, it was blank.
00:06:28The texture of the yellowed leaf caressed my fingertips.
00:06:32I turned to the second page.
00:06:34The date is April 12, 1958.
00:06:37My eyes scanned the lines.
00:06:39Handwriting.
00:06:40This handwriting wasn't my grandmother's.
00:06:42My grandmother's handwriting is upright, angular, and neat.
00:06:46This handwriting, however, was slanted, haphazard, and rushed.
00:06:49It was as if the writer felt their heart would leap out of their chest as they put the words on paper.
00:06:55I read the first sentence.
00:06:57Today, for the first time, I didn't recognize my reflection in the mirror.
00:07:00The reflected face no longer seems to belong to me.
00:07:03I paused in astonishment.
00:07:05What did that mean?
00:07:06Why would my grandmother write something like that?
00:07:08Or was this notebook not hers?
00:07:10But it was at the very bottom of the box, in the most hidden corner.
00:07:13I continued reading.
00:07:14Everyone thinks I'm Nermin.
00:07:16But Nermin drifted into her eternal sleep in the silence of those deep blue waters.
00:07:21I am the one who borrowed his life.
00:07:24But God is my witness.
00:07:25I did this to survive.
00:07:27This notebook will be my confession of feelings.
00:07:30Nobody will know.
00:07:31They will write Nermin on my tombstone.
00:07:32But in these lines, I will bid farewell to my own truth.
00:07:36I could barely breathe.
00:07:38The notebook slipped from my hand and fell to the floor.
00:07:40The ball hit the ground with a loud thud.
00:07:42The silence of the room contrasted sharply with the storm raging in my mind.
00:07:45But Nermin is in the silence of those deep blue waters.
00:07:49This sentence echoed in my mind.
00:07:51The authoritarian woman I knew, the rule-abiding Mrs. Nermin.
00:07:55Wasn't that actually Nermin?
00:07:58If that wasn't Nermin, then who was my grandmother?
00:08:01I knelt down and picked up the notebook again.
00:08:04My hands were now trembling uncontrollably.
00:08:06Could this simply be a figment of the confusion, a hazy memory of the past?
00:08:11But the year was 1958.
00:08:14My grandmother was 20 years old at the time.
00:08:17A young woman in the prime of her life.
00:08:19I turned to the next page.
00:08:21Perhaps it was all a fabrication.
00:08:22Perhaps it was the draft of an unwritten novel.
00:08:25Kenan came last night.
00:08:27He looked into my eyes and said, "Nermin, you've changed so much."
00:08:31I thought my heart was going to stop.
00:08:33I was so afraid of him recognizing me, of the veil being lifted from me.
00:08:38I just smiled at him.
00:08:39I mimicked Nermin's cold, distant smile.
00:08:44It worked.
00:08:45He distanced himself from me.
00:08:46If you give people what they want to see, they never question the truth.
00:08:51Kenan was my grandfather's name.
00:08:53Had my grandfather noticed that my grandmother had changed, but hadn't he realized it?
00:08:57I lifted my head and looked into the dim light of the attic.
00:09:00Every object around me, every box, every cover suddenly felt alien.
00:09:06Was the woman I had visited and kissed her hand for years actually a completely different person?
00:09:11Was our entire family built on a great secret?
00:09:14A single tear rolled down my cheek and fell onto the open page of the notebook.
00:09:19The ink smudged slightly.
00:09:21"Who are you?" I whispered into the void.
00:09:24Who are you, Grandma?
00:09:25I pressed the notebook to my chest.
00:09:27My heart was beating so fast it was pounding against my rib cage.
00:09:31Should I have read this notebook?
00:09:32Or should I have kept this secret forever?
00:09:35If I read it, everything I knew—my family, my past, my identity—would be shaken.
00:09:40But if I didn't read, this foreign woman's soul would never find peace.
00:09:46A shadow passed in front of the attic window.
00:09:49It was perhaps a tree branch swaying in the wind, but I was startled.
00:09:53It felt like someone was watching me.
00:09:55It was as if the real Nermin had come from those distant lands, waiting for me to read the confessions of the woman who had taken her place.
00:10:03I took a deep breath.
00:10:04I mustered my courage.
00:10:05I opened the notebook cover once more.
00:10:08This time, not to close the chapter, but to go all the way.
00:10:11No matter how harsh the truth, it was better than living with uncertainty.
00:10:15As she turned the pages, the sad story of not one woman, but two women, began to fill the room.
00:10:23"It was only fate that separated us," it was written on another page.
00:10:28He walked in the light, I walked in the shade.
00:10:30She was the princess, and I was her passenger.
00:10:33But ironically, her crown is now on my head.
00:10:37But this crown is woven from thorns.
00:10:40There was thunder outside.
00:10:42It started to drizzle.
00:10:44As the raindrops hit the roof, the attic became even more isolated, even more melancholic.
00:10:50But I wasn't in that room anymore.
00:10:52I was in the mind of a young woman trying to conceal her identity in a seaside town in 1958.
00:10:58This notebook wasn't just a diary.
00:11:01This notebook was a self-examination of conscience, a testament, and a silent cry.
00:11:06And I, Leyla, was the only one who heard that scream.
00:11:09I decided to put the notebook in my bag.
00:11:11This cold attic wasn't the right place to read these words.
00:11:16I needed to go downstairs, make myself a hot cup of tea, and unravel this mystery word for word.
00:11:23I stood up, my legs were numb.
00:11:26As I closed the lid of the box, it felt like I had opened a locked door.
00:11:32There was no turning back now.
00:11:34As I headed towards the stairs, I heard a rustling sound from downstairs.
00:11:37I stopped. The house was empty. I had locked the door.
00:11:41"Is anyone there?" I called out.
00:11:43My voice was shaky and weak. There was no reply.
00:11:46Only the howling of the wind and the sound of rain.
00:11:49Perhaps it was all a trick of the house's old wooden structures.
00:11:51But the unease within me grew.
00:11:53It's as if the discovery of this notebook will unleash not only the ghosts of the past,
00:11:58It had also awakened the uncertainties of today.
00:12:01I quickly went downstairs.
00:12:03I picked up my bag and notebook.
00:12:04As I was leaving the house, my eyes met Nermin Hanım's portrait.
00:12:08Those harsh stares now seemed very different to me, much sadder and more mysterious.
00:12:14I could now sense the burden she hid in the depths of her eyes.
00:12:18"I'll listen to your story," I said, looking at the portrait.
00:12:22Whoever you are, or whatever you are, I'll listen to you.
00:12:26I pulled the door shut and left.
00:12:28As the rain soaked my face, the weight of the notebook in my bag spread throughout my body.
00:12:34I didn't know this was just the beginning.
00:12:36And what was written on the pages of that notebook was a harbinger of a journey that would change not only my family, but my entire life.
00:12:43As the rain continued to beat rhythmically and mournfully against the lead-covered roof of the mansion,
00:12:49I was watching the drenched magnolia in the garden from the kitchen window.
00:12:54The teacup in my hand had cooled, but my fingers were too numb to feel its warmth.
00:13:00The black notebook on the table seemed to be breathing.
00:13:04The worn leather folds on the cover resembled the deep lines on an old person's face.
00:13:11In the hour since I came down from the attic, the questions in my head have multiplied,
00:13:15The sensible answers were lost in a dense cloud of fog.
00:13:19I mustered up the courage and pulled up a chair.
00:13:22The creaking wooden floor once again reminded me of the emptiness of the house.
00:13:25I sat down and opened the notebook again.
00:13:28I should have picked up where I left off, from that melancholic spring of 1958.
00:13:32On that page where the ink had smudged, a woman's silent confessions awaited me.
00:13:37I turned the page.
00:13:39The date is May 15, 1958.
00:13:42The handwriting was more shaky and choppy this time.
00:13:45It was as if the writer, pressing the pen to the paper, was pouring the weight of their soul onto the lines.
00:13:50That day, the sky had darkened, just like the storm raging inside me.
00:13:53Nermin, as usual, insisted that they were going out on a boat.
00:13:59He disobeyed his father's prohibitions.
00:14:01And I was his shadow.
00:14:03Wherever he went, I had to go too.
00:14:06I was the housekeeper.
00:14:07I don't know who my parents are.
00:14:09They brought me here a long time ago.
00:14:11No one called or inquired about them again.
00:14:13Whether it was a twist of fate or not, we looked as alike as twins.
00:14:17Only my face looked more tired and older than Nermin's.
00:14:22I am the housekeeper, Nermin's foster sister, Nermin's confidante.
00:14:28Whatever my name was, my job was to protect her.
00:14:31But I couldn't protect her from her fate that day.
00:14:34I couldn't do it.
00:14:35I couldn't do it.
00:14:37It was written in the lines.
00:14:39My eyes were scanning the lines of text.
00:14:42A black and white film reel began to play in my mind.
00:14:46Two young women appeared in my imagination.
00:14:48One of them is arrogant, rich, and bossy, Nermin.
00:14:53The other is my quiet, obedient, yet unnamed foster grandmother.
00:14:58The storm broke out suddenly.
00:15:01The waves tossed our little wooden boat around like a defenseless leaf.
00:15:06Nermin was trembling with fear and clinging to me.
00:15:10At that moment, the strong, untouchable Nermin was gone, replaced by a timid child.
00:15:17"Don't leave me, Süheyla!" he was calling out.
00:15:21My name was Süheyla.
00:15:23My real name, which I hadn't heard in years, a name I was even afraid to whisper to myself.
00:15:28Süheyla.
00:15:29Was my grandmother's real name Süheyla?
00:15:32Authoritarian Mrs. Nermin.
00:15:34Actually, was Süheyla the daughter of the house employee?
00:15:38I covered my mouth in surprise.
00:15:40This wasn't just a name change, it was the transfer of a life.
00:15:44I kept reading, my heart pounding against my ribcage.
00:15:49When the boat capsized, the coldness of the water enveloped my entire body.
00:15:54Darkness descended upon us like an icy blanket.
00:15:58I tried to surface and saw Nermin.
00:16:01She disappeared and reappeared among the waves with her red shawl on the water.
00:16:05He extended his hand to me, and our fingers touched.
00:16:08At that moment, I saw that deep farewell in her eyes.
00:16:11But then a big wave came.
00:16:14And that hand gently slipped away from between my fingers.
00:16:18Nermin glided towards the endless expanse of the sea.
00:16:21I, on the other hand, clung to a piece of wood and washed ashore.
00:16:25I took a deep breath.
00:16:27The air in the room had grown heavy.
00:16:30My grandmother witnessed the passing of the real Nermin into eternity.
00:16:35Perhaps she had lived with the weight of not being able to hold onto him.
00:16:38But what happened then?
00:16:39I turned the page.
00:16:40This page was covered in dried droplet stains.
00:16:43I opened my eyes in a hospital room.
00:16:46Nermin's father, the powerful Recai Bey, stood beside me.
00:16:50He loved me like his own daughter.
00:16:52God created you both together.
00:16:54He always used to say, "You look very alike."
00:16:56Her eyes were filled with tears.
00:16:57He looked at me and said, "Thank God, Nermin, thank God for my daughter."
00:17:02I froze, I wanted to speak.
00:17:04I'm not Nermin, I'm Süheyla.
00:17:07I meant your daughter is gone.
00:17:09But I couldn't say a word.
00:17:10I felt a lump in my throat.
00:17:11I was wearing Nermin's coat.
00:17:13His necklace around my neck, the seawater, and fear had perhaps made my face unrecognizable.
00:17:19But how could a father not recognize his daughter?
00:17:21I understood at that moment.
00:17:23Recai Bey was devastated and couldn't come to terms with the loss of his daughter.
00:17:27He wanted to see me as Nermin.
00:17:29She couldn't accept her daughter's death and remained silent.
00:17:33Perhaps Recai Bey was the first to fall silent.
00:17:35I fell silent too.
00:17:35That first silence became the foundation of the greatest burden of my life.
00:17:40Tears were streaming down my cheeks.
00:17:42Süheyla accepted this role to survive, perhaps because she had nowhere else to go.
00:17:48She had clothed herself in the life of her friend who had passed away before she could even mourn her own loss.
00:17:52What a heavy burden, what profound loneliness this was.
00:17:55At the funeral, I looked at the tombstone with my own name on it.
00:17:59Süheyla, twenty years old, disappeared at sea.
00:18:02It was an empty coffin lying there.
00:18:04But in reality, it was my past that was buried.
00:18:07That day I said goodbye to Süheyla and put on Nermin's face.
00:18:11I haven't cried since that day.
00:18:13Because Nermin never cried.
00:18:15Nermin was strong.
00:18:16I embraced that role so much that...
00:18:18Sometimes I even forgot whether Süheyla existed or not.
00:18:22I looked up at the clock on the wall.
00:18:25Time had flown by.
00:18:27But I was trapped in the past.
00:18:29This notebook was not just a memoir, but a mirror of conscience.
00:18:33My grandmother, Süheyla, spent years in this house wearing other people's clothes...
00:18:37She had lived under someone else's name and with someone else's spouse.
00:18:41Kenan is my grandfather.
00:18:42How much did he know?
00:18:43I found the answer on the next page.
00:18:46Kenan was different.
00:18:47Nermin and he were engaged, but they didn't know each other very well.
00:18:51On our wedding night, he looked at me for a long time.
00:18:54"You've changed, Nermin," he said.
00:18:55There used to be distance between their eyes.
00:18:58Now there is sadness.
00:18:59I like it this way more.
00:19:01Kenan may have sensed the truth, but he also liked this new version.
00:19:04He loved me not for who I was, Süheyla, but for who I had become, Nermin.
00:19:09Every time I tried to tell her the truth, I was afraid of what I would lose.
00:19:13I was afraid of losing home, security, a sense of belonging, and of returning to the streets as a nobody.
00:19:19I slowly closed the notebook.
00:19:22I didn't have the energy to read any more.
00:19:25I felt a strange emptiness inside.
00:19:27My family, my surname, my inheritance, everything was built on someone else's life.
00:19:33I was not Nermin Hanım's granddaughter.
00:19:36I was the granddaughter of Süheyla, who had disappeared under her friend's identity.
00:19:40I got up. I started wandering aimlessly around the house.
00:19:45I entered the room.
00:19:46I looked at the silver and crystal sets in the display case.
00:19:50It was as if they were all borrowed.
00:19:52They all belonged to someone else.
00:19:54My eyes were drawn to the large painting above the fireplace.
00:19:57This was a wedding photo of Nermin Hanım, that is Süheyla, and my grandfather Kenan Bey.
00:20:02My grandmother's wedding dress was featured in the newspapers at the time.
00:20:06I zoomed in on the photograph.
00:20:07I focused on the expression in her eyes.
00:20:10Was that expression, which everyone called a noble demeanor, actually just a gaze frozen under the weight of a secret?
00:20:16Suddenly, a detail caught my attention.
00:20:19In the photo, my grandmother was wearing a very distinctive necklace.
00:20:24An antique medallion with a ruby stone, surrounded by diamonds.
00:20:29Was this the necklace she mentioned in the notebook?
00:20:31"I was wearing his necklace around my neck," she wrote.
00:20:34If I can find that necklace, maybe I can find a clue in it.
00:20:40My grandmother kept her jewelry in a secret safe in her bedroom.
00:20:45I knew the safe combination.
00:20:46That was my date of birth.
00:20:48Even this was a sign of his fondness for me, perhaps a desire to make amends for the past.
00:20:54I quickly climbed the stairs.
00:20:55This time I didn't care about the creaking of my feet.
00:20:58I entered the bedroom.
00:21:00The heavy velvet curtains were closed.
00:21:02The room was filled with dim darkness.
00:21:05I slid the panel at the back of the wardrobe.
00:21:07The steel safe was right in front of me.
00:21:09With trembling fingers, I entered the password.
00:21:110, 5, 0, 8.
00:21:13The safe opened with a click.
00:21:15The inside was filled with velvet boxes.
00:21:17I took them all out one by one.
00:21:18Finally, at the very back, I found a wooden box that was older than the others.
00:21:23I opened the lid.
00:21:25The necklace was inside.
00:21:27The ruby medallion in the photograph shimmered like blood red in the light.
00:21:31I picked it up.
00:21:33It was heavy and cold.
00:21:34There was a small tab on the back of the medallion.
00:21:37I forced the lid open.
00:21:39It should have contained two small photographs.
00:21:42Usually, a photo of the couple was displayed.
00:21:44But it was empty inside.
00:21:45No, it wasn't empty.
00:21:47I looked carefully.
00:21:48The inside of the medallion had an inscription engraved in metal.
00:21:51The handwriting is very faint, so fine it's difficult to read even with a magnifying glass.
00:21:55I squinted and shone my phone's light on it.
00:21:59The cold reality hit me when I read the article.
00:22:02To Süheyla, my eternal friend.
00:22:05Nermin, 1957.
00:22:07This medallion did not belong to Nermin.
00:22:10This locket was a gift from Nermin to Süheyla.
00:22:13My grandmother wasn't wearing Nermin's necklace on the boat that day.
00:22:16That necklace already belonged to her.
00:22:18But everyone thought it was Süheyla because they were used to seeing that necklace around Nermin's neck.
00:22:24I squeezed the medallion in my hand.
00:22:26The metal hurt my skin.
00:22:27Just then, a loud banging sound came from downstairs, from the entrance door.
00:22:32Boom, boom, boom.
00:22:33I was startled.
00:22:33Who could it have been?
00:22:34The movers who came to organize the house were supposed to arrive tomorrow.
00:22:37The lawyer had the key.
00:22:39"Mrs. Leyla!" he shouted forcefully.
00:22:41A foreign male voice.
00:22:42I know you're inside.
00:22:44We need to talk.
00:22:45I didn't recognize the voice.
00:22:47But I could clearly discern the persistent and unsettling diagnosis in his tone.
00:22:51I quickly threw the notebook and the necklace into my bag.
00:22:54I closed the safe.
00:22:56My heart was pounding in my throat.
00:22:58The shadows of the past were not just memories.
00:23:01Someone was after this secret.
00:23:03And it seemed that the truths Süheyla had been hiding were about to come to light.
00:23:09I went to the top of the stairs and looked down at the dark shape behind the frosted glass of the door.
00:23:15Was that shadow a reckoning from the past, or a danger of the present?
00:23:21I was about to find out.
00:23:23The thud at the door shattered the silence of the house, and the ruby locket in my hand burned my palm.
00:23:30It was as if the fear that Süheyla had hidden for years had now transferred to my skin.
00:23:35I took a deep breath and stuffed the medallion and notebook to the very bottom of my bag.
00:23:40I tried to stop my hands from shaking as I zipped it up.
00:23:43There was no time to be afraid.
00:23:45I was the guardian of this house, this inheritance, and now this secret.
00:23:49I quickened my steps as I went downstairs.
00:23:52I saw myself in the mirror in the hallway.
00:23:54A pale woman, her eyes wide with worry, but determined.
00:23:58The cold sound of metal echoed as I turned the lock on the door.
00:24:03I opened the door a little.
00:24:05I left just a hand's width of space without removing the safety chain.
00:24:09Standing before me was a man in his fifties, with a scruffy beard, wearing an expensive but tattered coat.
00:24:18Rain was dripping from the brim of his hat.
00:24:21His eyes scanned the house greedily, as if searching for a familiar sight.
00:24:28Finally, said the man.
00:24:29His voice was rough, like sandpaper.
00:24:32I thought you weren't going to open it, Ms. Leyla.
00:24:35Who are you?
00:24:36I asked.
00:24:37I propped the door open with my body.
00:24:39And how do you know my name?
00:24:40My name was Yadim, and he pursed his lips in a bitter smile.
00:24:43It doesn't matter who I am.
00:24:45What matters is what your family owes me.
00:24:48"My grandmother passed away," I said sharply.
00:24:50He owes no one anything anymore.
00:24:52The man took a step forward, his gaze fixed on the doorway, making me uneasy.
00:24:57Nermin Hanım's debts can't be paid with money, Leyla Hanım.
00:25:00I'm looking for that notebook.
00:25:01The black, leather-covered notebook.
00:25:02Blood rushed to my head.
00:25:04This man knew the notebook.
00:25:05So this secret wasn't as buried as I thought.
00:25:08"I don't know what notebook you're talking about," I said, lying.
00:25:13I tried to hide the tremor in my voice.
00:25:15The house is being evacuated.
00:25:16There's nothing of value left here.
00:25:18The man narrowed his eyes.
00:25:20His gaze shifted to my shoulder, where my bag was slung.
00:25:23"My story is in that notebook too," she whispered.
00:25:26And that story isn't over yet.
00:25:28Give my regards to her, Süheyla.
00:25:31Hearing the name felt like a hard blow to my stomach.
00:25:34Süheyla knew the truth about this man.
00:25:37Get out of here, I said.
00:25:38And I pushed the door with all my might.
00:25:40Taking advantage of the fact that the man was caught off guard,
00:25:43I slammed the door in his face and locked it.
00:25:45I also pulled the bolt shut.
00:25:46My heart was pounding so hard it felt like it would burst through my ribcage.
00:25:50Give my regards to Süheyla.
00:25:52The man's muffled laughter could be heard from outside.
00:25:55Then the footsteps faded away.
00:25:57I leaned my back against the door and slumped to the floor.
00:25:59This is not just a family secret,
00:26:01the shadow of the past,
00:26:03It was complicity in a crime.
00:26:04Who was that man?
00:26:05A ghost from the past?
00:26:07I took the notebook out of my bag again.
00:26:10The answers aren't out there,
00:26:11It was among these pages.
00:26:13What did it mean when the man said, "I have a story too"?
00:26:17I went into the living room and curled up on the sofa.
00:26:19The fire in the fireplace had gone out.
00:26:21But the fire raging on the pages of the notebook continued.
00:26:24Back to 1960, to those complicated times,
00:26:27I went back to days dominated by uncertainty.
00:26:29Pages,
00:26:30It was describing Süheyla's early years as Nermin.
00:26:34It was a tough exam.
00:26:36It was written on a page dated 1960.
00:26:38I just want to walk like Nermin,
00:26:41Learning to hold a fork like him wasn't enough.
00:26:44I had to emulate his spirit, too.
00:26:46But I was different from Nermin.
00:26:48He looked down on those people.
00:26:50I, on the other hand, knew people's troubles.
00:26:52A girl who grew up in utility rooms,
00:26:55even if she sleeps in silk sheets,
00:26:57He will never forget the cold.
00:26:58Suheyla,
00:26:59After taking Nermin's place,
00:27:01He had initiated a change in the town.
00:27:03He founded aid organizations,
00:27:05He educated children in need.
00:27:07She had become the town's most beloved lady.
00:27:10Everyone,
00:27:11Nermin Hanım became an angel after she got married.
00:27:14he said.
00:27:15But it wasn't Nermin who was the angel,
00:27:17It was Süheyla, the conscientious person, hidden beneath the mask.
00:27:19But the next page,
00:27:21This cast a shadow on the image of this angel of kindness.
00:27:24Kenan found out today.
00:27:25These three words,
00:27:27It stood alone in the middle of the page.
00:27:29The space around it,
00:27:30It reflected the gravity of the moment.
00:27:32I moved on to the next paragraph.
00:27:34I was pregnant.
00:27:35She could feel the baby's presence.
00:27:37As Kenan put his glass down on the table at a dinner,
00:27:40He looked into my eyes.
00:27:41Süheyla said.
00:27:42My name is so natural,
00:27:43He said it so calmly,
00:27:45At first I thought I'd misheard.
00:27:47The fork in my hand hit the plate.
00:27:49"What did you say?" I stammered.
00:27:51Kenan smiled.
00:27:52That smile is not a threat,
00:27:54It was an acceptance.
00:27:56I've known it since the first day we got married,
00:27:58he said.
00:27:59Nermin was afraid of water.
00:28:00You love the sea.
00:28:02Nermin would crush the sheet music while playing the piano.
00:28:05You are caressing me.
00:28:07And most importantly.
00:28:08Nermin never loved me.
00:28:10But you love him.
00:28:12My eyes welled up with tears.
00:28:13My grandfather was quiet,
00:28:14that dignified man.
00:28:16She had kept this secret alone for years,
00:28:18He hadn't betrayed his wife.
00:28:19What kind of connection was this?
00:28:20Or what kind of complicity?
00:28:22We talked all night until morning.
00:28:24Kenan stroked my hair.
00:28:26We are now partnered with Süheyla,
00:28:28he said.
00:28:28This baby,
00:28:29For the sake of this house and this life,
00:28:31You will remain Nermin.
00:28:33But for me, you will always be Süheyla.
00:28:35At that moment I realized that,
00:28:37It's not my acting that's protecting me,
00:28:39It was Kenan's silent love.
00:28:41But every secret has a price.
00:28:43And Süheyla paid the price with her peace of mind.
00:28:47As we turn the pages,
00:28:48I saw the thorns that had crept into the midst of happiness.
00:28:52By 1965,
00:28:55The tone had changed.
00:28:56Someone knows,
00:28:57She had written it in shaky handwriting.
00:29:00Letters left under the magnolia tree in the garden.
00:29:03Anonymous,
00:29:04unsigned,
00:29:05Just one sentence.
00:29:07When the waters recede,
00:29:08The truth washes ashore.
00:29:10He wants hush money.
00:29:11I don't know who it is, but...
00:29:13very close to us,
00:29:14inside the house,
00:29:15Someone who listens to our breath.
00:29:17The man at the door,
00:29:18Could it have been him?
00:29:19Or the son of the person who wrote those letters,
00:29:21Kenan said he had taken care of the letters.
00:29:24Don't worry,
00:29:24he said.
00:29:25But I saw the worry in her eyes.
00:29:28I overheard him arguing with someone in his study one night.
00:29:31The voices grew louder.
00:29:32Later,
00:29:33a deep voice,
00:29:34an explosion.
00:29:35I held my breath.
00:29:37When I ran into the room,
00:29:38I found Kenan with a smoking iron in his hand.
00:29:41The window was open.
00:29:42"He's gone," he said.
00:29:44I thought he was a thief.
00:29:45But there were dark spots on the ground.
00:29:47Kenan had shot someone.
00:29:48That night,
00:29:49We destroyed that carpet together.
00:29:51Kenan hugged me and said, "Nobody can hurt you."
00:29:54he said.
00:29:54But after that day,
00:29:55Kenan has changed.
00:29:57That cheerful man is gone,
00:29:58instead, he speaks with shadows,
00:30:00A sleepless man arrived.
00:30:01This house,
00:30:02not just a change of identity,
00:30:04perhaps an accident that was covered up,
00:30:07or had witnessed a struggle.
00:30:09My grandmother and grandfather sacrificed so much to protect their love and their family.
00:30:15A sketch was drawn in the notebook.
00:30:17A simple drawing,
00:30:19The home library and a book title.
00:30:21Crime and punishment.
00:30:23Dostoyevsky,
00:30:23I unconsciously got up.
00:30:25The library was in the next room.
00:30:28When I entered the room,
00:30:29Dusty shelves greeted me.
00:30:31Thousands of books.
00:30:32My grandfather loved to read.
00:30:34Finding the crime and punishment wasn't difficult.
00:30:37The skin on the back was worn.
00:30:39I pulled the book from the shelf.
00:30:40It wasn't light.
00:30:41I opened the lid.
00:30:42The pages were carved out.
00:30:43Inside was a folded yellow envelope.
00:30:46I took out the envelope.
00:30:47There was no date on it.
00:30:48It only stated the true Nermi's inheritance.
00:30:51This handwriting belonged to Süheyla.
00:30:54I opened the envelope.
00:30:55Inside, there was a title deed and a photograph.
00:30:58The photograph was black and white.
00:31:00A seaside location.
00:31:01Two young women.
00:31:02One of them is Nermi's,
00:31:03The other one is Süheyla.
00:31:04And a young man with them.
00:31:06The man's face was familiar.
00:31:07That scruffy man at the door in his youth.
00:31:10No, that couldn't be.
00:31:12They weren't old enough.
00:31:13The man at the door must have been his father.
00:31:16The man's arm was around Süheyla's shoulder.
00:31:19A candid pose.
00:31:20I turned the photo over.
00:31:22Yusuf, Süheyla, and Nermi's summer of 1957. Witnesses.
00:31:27Yusuf.
00:31:28Was the man at the door Yusuf's father?
00:31:31And what kind of relationship did he have with Süheyla?
00:31:33I looked at the title deed.
00:31:35It was the title deed to a plot of land outside of town.
00:31:38And the title deed was transferred in the name of Yusuf Demir.
00:31:42History.
00:31:43The argument that took place.
00:31:45A week after that night.
00:31:47My grandfather and grandmother gave this man named Yusuf some land to silence him, perhaps to get him away.
00:31:54But apparently there wasn't enough land.
00:31:57Now his son had arrived, and he wanted more.
00:32:01Just then my phone rang.
00:32:02The name on the screen was my mother.
00:32:04My mother, born into this lie, unaware of anything, believing herself to be the daughter of Noble Nermi.
00:32:11I answered the phone.
00:32:12"Leyla," my mother said.
00:32:14Her voice was cheerful.
00:32:16Have you packed your things?
00:32:17The movers will arrive early tomorrow.
00:32:20I felt a lump in my throat.
00:32:22What was I going to say to her?
00:32:23Mom, you're actually someone else's grandchild.
00:32:28I was going to ask if your mother and father took a big secret to their graves?
00:32:32"Mom," I said, my voice cracking.
00:32:34I found some things here, old things.
00:32:37Just throw them all away, sweetie.
00:32:39They're old things, you know.
00:32:40Don't get stuck in the past.
00:32:41"The past isn't as far in the past as we think, Mom," I said.
00:32:45There was silence on the other end of the phone.
00:32:48Then my mother's voice changed.
00:32:49More serious, more cautious.
00:32:51What did you find, Leyla?
00:32:53"A notebook and a photograph," I said.
00:32:56My mother took a deep breath.
00:32:57There was a tension in that breath that had been hidden for years.
00:33:01"Don't show that notebook to anyone," my mother said.
00:33:03His voice was icy.
00:33:05And whatever you do, don't open the door to anyone.
00:33:07I'll be right there.
00:33:08The phone hung up.
00:33:09I was left standing there with the phone in my hand.
00:33:11My mother, did she know too?
00:33:13In this play that has been performed for years,
00:33:15Was my mother, whom I thought was a spectator, also an actress?
00:33:18Outside, the storm had intensified.
00:33:21The wind was shaking the windows.
00:33:24But the real storm was inside the house.
00:33:26And I was right in the eye of this storm.
00:33:29I grabbed my bag.
00:33:30I couldn't stay in this house any longer.
00:33:32But leaving wasn't a solution either.
00:33:34Joseph's son was outside.
00:33:36My mother was on her way.
00:33:37And the last pages of the notebook,
00:33:39It contained dark secrets yet to be revealed.
00:33:43I looked out the library window at the garden.
00:33:45When lightning strikes,
00:33:47I saw a car parked in front of the garden gate.
00:33:50The headlights were off.
00:33:52It was obvious someone was waiting inside.
00:33:55The man at the door hadn't left.
00:33:56He was waiting.
00:33:57I was cornered.
00:33:59In the dim light of the library,
00:34:00I could hear my heart beating, racing against the rhythm of the rain outside.
00:34:04I moved away from the window.
00:34:06That man, that vague shadow,
00:34:08He continued to wait in front of the garden gate.
00:34:11But now a bigger confrontation was approaching.
00:34:13My mother, Mrs. Zerrin,
00:34:15always flawless,
00:34:16always in control,
00:34:18your feelings in expensive clothes
00:34:19and the woman who hides behind an aesthetically pleasing smile.
00:34:22Is his arrival the solution?
00:34:24I couldn't tell if it would lead to even greater chaos.
00:34:27The notebook in my hands felt like it was burning.
00:34:31I needed to learn a few more things before my mother arrived.
00:34:34Who was Yusuf?
00:34:35Süheyla, that is, my grandmother,
00:34:37Why had he listed his name as a witness?
00:34:40I turned on the flashlight on my phone in my pocket.
00:34:42I flipped through the pages of the notebook randomly.
00:34:44In the summer of 1957,
00:34:46I needed to go back to the days before that sad boat incident.
00:34:49A dried rose petal floated down from between the pages and fell to the floor.
00:34:53And on the page where that leaf was hidden,
00:34:55Yusuf, that's the first time I've come across his name.
00:34:58"Yusuf, my quiet, proud sweetheart," it read.
00:35:01I could barely breathe.
00:35:03Before Yusuf became a threat,
00:35:05It was Süheyla's heart.
00:35:07Nermin and I,
00:35:08If we are two opposite ends of the world,
00:35:10Yusuf was that thin rope that bound us together.
00:35:13He was Nermin's father's gardener.
00:35:15I am the foster child of the house, who has no parents.
00:35:18He became a gardener.
00:35:19We belonged to each other,
00:35:20We were going to get married.
00:35:22We were going to have a little home.
00:35:24But Nermin,
00:35:24He wanted to have everything.
00:35:26She wanted to have Yusuf too.
00:35:28I wish Nermin and I weren't so alike.
00:35:32My eyes darted quickly across the lines.
00:35:34Nermin,
00:35:35Just spending time with Yusuf,
00:35:37He became interested in it as a way to rebel against his father.
00:35:39Yusuf resisted, but...
00:35:41He became weak under Nermin's insistence.
00:35:43The moment I saw them in the barn,
00:35:46I can't erase it from my memory.
00:35:47The regret in Yusuf's eyes,
00:35:49I took that man's smile away from Nermin's face.
00:35:54That day,
00:35:54I've lost faith in Joseph.
00:35:57But look at the irony of fate,
00:35:59Now that I've taken Nermin's place,
00:36:01I had to face Yusuf's gaze again.
00:36:06It was written in the lines.
00:36:07A car horn was heard outside.
00:36:10I looked up, startled.
00:36:12Two powerful headlights,
00:36:13He illuminated the garden gate.
00:36:15My mother's car.
00:36:16He walked past the man waiting at the door without slowing down.
00:36:20The man let the car pass.
00:36:22But he didn't take his eyes off the car.
00:36:25The car stopped in front of the house.
00:36:27The sound of the door opening,
00:36:29I heard the sharp echo of high heels on the wet marble.
00:36:34The key went into the lock.
00:36:35I quickly put the notebook under my pickaxe,
00:36:37I tucked it into my waistband.
00:36:39I left the library and headed towards the hall.
00:36:41The door opened.
00:36:43Wind and rain poured in.
00:36:45As Mrs. Zerrin shook the coat she had draped over her shoulders,
00:36:48His expression was blank.
00:36:50He saw me.
00:36:51Her eyes scanned me with more the suspicion of an inspector than the tenderness of a mother.
00:36:57"Where is he?" he asked.
00:36:59"Where is he?" he asked.
00:36:59His voice was distant.
00:37:00Where is the notebook, Leyla?
00:37:02"Welcome, Mom," I said in a cold tone.
00:37:05Aren't you going to ask how I am?
00:37:07My mother walked towards me as she hung the coat on the coat rack.
00:37:10His face,
00:37:11It retained the preserved beauty that years had bestowed upon it.
00:37:14But the lines under her eyes had deepened.
00:37:16We don't have time, Leyla.
00:37:18Have you read that notebook?
00:37:20I said I read it.
00:37:21I didn't avert my eyes from him.
00:37:23I read Süheyla's story.
00:37:24Who the woman you thought was your mother actually was,
00:37:27I read what your father was hiding.
00:37:29My mother paused.
00:37:30For a moment,
00:37:31Just a second,
00:37:32The powerful mask on his face crumbled.
00:37:35A deep sadness in her eyes,
00:37:37A childlike anxiety appeared.
00:37:38But he recovered quickly.
00:37:40They were my mother and father.
00:37:42he said sharply.
00:37:44It doesn't matter what their names are.
00:37:46They raised me and gave me this life.
00:37:49A life of lies,
00:37:50I said, raising my voice.
00:37:52My voice echoed in the empty house.
00:37:54Everything is borrowed, Mom.
00:37:56This house,
00:37:57Our last name,
00:37:58Our existence,
00:37:59Even your past is built on a secret.
00:38:03You are Süheyla's daughter.
00:38:05Not Nermi's.
00:38:06My mother took a step towards me.
00:38:08He raised his hand.
00:38:09But he didn't hit me.
00:38:10His hand, suspended in the air, trembled.
00:38:12The desperation behind this movement,
00:38:14It was as painful as a slap.
00:38:16Shush,
00:38:17she whispered.
00:38:19That man has ears, the walls are sensitive.
00:38:20Did you see the man outside?
00:38:22I saw it,
00:38:23I said.
00:38:23Isn't he Joseph's son?
00:38:25My mother looked at me in surprise.
00:38:28Did you read that much?
00:38:29That man Kenan removed from my grandfather's life.
00:38:33Yusuf,
00:38:33Could he be your biological father, Mom?
00:38:36My mother regressed.
00:38:37Its color faded.
00:38:39He leaned his back against the wall.
00:38:41Those who don't mention it,
00:38:42he said,
00:38:43His voice was trembling.
00:38:44My father was Kenan.
00:38:46Yusuf simply,
00:38:47It's just a shadow from the past.
00:38:49What bothers my mother,
00:38:50Someone who exploits the past.
00:38:52The notebook doesn't say that.
00:38:53I said.
00:38:54I pulled the notebook out from under my digging gear.
00:38:56Notebook,
00:38:57She says Yusuf was Süheyla's first love.
00:39:00And that my grandfather Kenan had to silence him.
00:39:02My mother reached for the notebook, but I pulled back.
00:39:05Give it to me, Leyla.
00:39:06That notebook will put us all in a difficult position.
00:39:08If that man,
00:39:09that person outside,
00:39:11If he gets his hands on that notebook,
00:39:12not only our peace of mind,
00:39:14We will lose everything.
00:39:16Leave your grandfather in peace in his memory.
00:39:18he said.
00:39:18The truth needs to be known, Mom.
00:39:20I said.
00:39:21Is it true?
00:39:22My mother put a bitter smile on her face.
00:39:24The truth is a burden no one can bear, Leyla.
00:39:27People love stories.
00:39:29We gave them the story of the noble Nermin Hanım.
00:39:33They accepted us too.
00:39:34If you come out and tell the truth now,
00:39:36They will exclude us.
00:39:37That man outside,
00:39:38Yusuf is his son Vedat,
00:39:40He's been harassing us for years.
00:39:42He's getting hush money.
00:39:43But that's not enough anymore.
00:39:45He wants the notebook.
00:39:46Because that notebook doesn't contain the details of the night Kenan spent with Yusuf,
00:39:50There are traces of something else.
00:39:51What trace?
00:39:52I asked.
00:39:54My heart was pounding.
00:39:55My mother fell silent.
00:39:56He averted his eyes.
00:39:58It's better if you don't know this.
00:39:59Just then, the large glass window in the hall cracked with a loud noise and shattered inwards.
00:40:06Glass shards scattered across the carpet.
00:40:09Cold air and rain poured in.
00:40:11I recoiled in shock.
00:40:13My mother grabbed my arm and pulled me towards her.
00:40:16He said, "Be careful."
00:40:17First a hand, then a body, slipped through the broken glass.
00:40:22The man outside is Vedat.
00:40:25He was holding a heavy object.
00:40:27But not to attack,
00:40:29He used it to break the glass.
00:40:31His eyes were determined.
00:40:33"This game is over," said Vedat.
00:40:36His voice drowned out the howling of the wind.
00:40:38Give me that notebook, Zerrin.
00:40:41I will get justice for my father.
00:40:43My mother put me behind her.
00:40:45That fragile, sophisticated woman is gone.
00:40:48In its place, a wall had stood, protecting his family.
00:40:52My mother told me to get out of the house.
00:40:54Although her voice trembled, she stood tall.
00:40:56Vedat laughed.
00:40:58This house isn't yours, it never was.
00:41:00It's written in that notebook, isn't it?
00:41:02How Nermin left.
00:41:04I froze, like Leyla.
00:41:06Hadn't Nermin drowned?
00:41:08Vedat took a step in the right direction for us.
00:41:10His shoes were crushing the broken glass.
00:41:12Mrs. Süheyla, that is, your innocent mother,
00:41:15He did not prevent Nermin from boarding the boat.
00:41:18"In fact, my mother yelled at me to be quiet."
00:41:20He was the one who loosened the plug under the boat,
00:41:23said Vedat.
00:41:24My father Yusuf knew this.
00:41:25That's why they silenced my father.
00:41:27That's why we've been silent for years.
00:41:29This wasn't an accident, it was a plan.
00:41:32My world collapsed.
00:41:33Had my grandmother, that selfless Süheyla, prepared an end for herself?
00:41:37Had he knowingly sent his friend, the woman whose life he had taken over, into those waters?
00:41:42The notebook felt heavy in my hand.
00:41:44This wasn't just a change of identity.
00:41:46This was to lay the groundwork for a planned retreat.
00:41:50Vedat extended his hand.
00:41:51Give me the notebook, or everyone will find out the truth tonight.
00:41:55My mother grabbed the heavy vase on the table.
00:41:58I clutched the notebook to my chest and stepped back.
00:42:01I had no choice but to take refuge in that labyrinth, in the library.
00:42:05"Go away, Leyla," my mother said, and tried to stop Vedat by throwing the vase towards him.
00:42:11The vase hit the floor and shattered.
00:42:13Vedat paused.
00:42:15My mother was trying to buy time by walking towards him.
00:42:18As I ran to the library, I heard my mother's voice and the sound of things falling behind me.
00:42:23I closed and locked the library door.
00:42:27But this old door couldn't keep a determined person in for long.
00:42:30The lightning illuminating the room lengthened the shadows between the bookshelves.
00:42:35Where was I supposed to hide?
00:42:36My eyes were drawn to the back of the old, large clock next to the fireplace.
00:42:41I used to hide there when I was a child.
00:42:42Could I fit in there?
00:42:44The door was forced open.
00:42:45The handle moved up and down.
00:42:47"Open the door, Leyla, you can't escape the truth," he was saying.
00:42:50At that moment, I felt a void beneath the carpet on the library floor.
00:42:54A detail I vaguely remember from my childhood.
00:42:57My grandfather's secret compartment.
00:42:58Perhaps it was built to store valuable documents, or perhaps simply to be hidden.
00:43:02I lifted the edge of the rug.
00:43:04There was a trapdoor on the wooden floor.
00:43:06I pulled the handle.
00:43:07A dark, cobweb-covered staircase led down to the foundations of the house.
00:43:12The door was about to open.
00:43:13The wooden frame creaked.
00:43:15Without hesitation, I threw myself into that dark void along with the notebook.
00:43:20The moment I slowly closed the lid on myself, the door above burst open with a loud bang.
00:43:24Now I was underground.
00:43:26Like the secrets Süheyla buried, I too was buried beneath the earth.
00:43:30But I realized I wasn't alone when I heard another breath in the darkness, a hoarse, weary gasp.
00:43:37Darkness enveloped me like a dense, heavy shroud.
00:43:43Muffled noises coming from far away above announced that Vedat was searching the room.
00:43:49But my real fear was the hoarse breathing coming from just beyond the cold stone wall I was leaning against.
00:43:55I pressed my phone screen against my chest and dimmed the light.
00:43:58My heart was beating so fast I was sure the being in the darkness could hear it too.
00:44:04His breathing was regular, but it carried the weariness of an old lung.
00:44:07Was this tunnel, this passageway that I thought was my grandfather's hideout, actually someone else's house?
00:44:12I mustered my courage, raised my trembling hand, and turned the phone's flashlight towards the source of the sound.
00:44:18The beam of light cut through the dusty air.
00:44:21First old blankets appeared, then empty boxes, and finally, a human figure, forgotten by time, cowered in the corner.
00:44:28I stifled my scream.
00:44:30Opposite me sat an old man with disheveled hair and beard, a face riddled with deep lines, and eyes grayed by the veil of time.
00:44:39He was wearing an old coat that bore the marks of years.
00:44:43He shielded his eyes from the light with his hand.
00:44:46Turn it off, said the man.
00:44:47The sound was creaky, like a rusty door hinge.
00:44:51You're straining my eyes.
00:44:53"Who are you?" I asked.
00:44:54My voice trembling, I asked, "What are you doing here?"
00:44:57The man coughed.
00:44:58A sad smile spread across his face.
00:45:00I am the shadow of this house, little lady.
00:45:02I was here even before you were born.
00:45:04I'll be here even after you leave.
00:45:06I dimmed the light a little, but I didn't take it off her face.
00:45:09There was something familiar about his facial features.
00:45:12The young man in the photograph I found in the library is Yusuf.
00:45:15But hadn't my grandfather cut him out of his life?
00:45:18"Yusuf," I whispered.
00:45:20Are you Yusuf?
00:45:22The man bowed his head wearily.
00:45:24I thought those who are forgotten never speak.
00:45:26But if you have Süheyla's blood, you're used to talking to ghosts.
00:45:31Grandpa, we thought Kenan Bey had shot you.
00:45:33Everyone thinks you're gone.
00:45:35Yusuf let out a ragged breath.
00:45:37Kenan pulled the trigger.
00:45:38Yes.
00:45:38But not to destroy me, just to stop me.
00:45:42We made a deal that night.
00:45:43I was going to pretend I had left.
00:45:45She would also keep an eye on my son, Vedat, from afar, she would be very supportive.
00:45:49But I see that Vedat hasn't accepted his father's fate.
00:45:53He's the one making all that noise up there, isn't he?
00:45:56Yes, I said.
00:45:57She says she's fighting for you and for justice.
00:45:59It could harm my mother.
00:46:01Joseph's face was clouded with sorrow.
00:46:03Vedat isn't seeking justice.
00:46:05Vedat wants to turn Süheyla's burden of guilt into an opportunity, that notebook.
00:46:10He knows what's written in that notebook he's holding.
00:46:12I clutched the notebook tightly.
00:46:14Which load, Uncle Yusuf?
00:46:16The incident on the boat?
00:46:17Did my grandmother really do that to Nermin?
00:46:20Yusuf sighed.
00:46:22He reached into his pocket and pulled out a crumpled rosary.
00:46:25He turned the grains between his fingers.
00:46:28Read, he said.
00:46:28Read the page where she describes that day.
00:46:31Süheyla told me everything.
00:46:33Before leaving, he would come to this tunnel, this ventilation shaft, and talk to me.
00:46:38What she wrote in that notebook was the weight of her soul.
00:46:41I leaned my back against the wall.
00:46:43The sounds from above had stopped.
00:46:45This silence was even more eerie.
00:46:48Using the phone's light, I found the page towards the end of the notebook that detailed the unfortunate boat incident.
00:46:54The date was May 15, 1958, and I can't bring myself to write about that moment, that moment when even the sky turned its back on us.
00:47:03But I have to write.
00:47:04Before setting sail with Nermin, I loosened the water plug under the boat.
00:47:10Yes, I did that.
00:47:11I wanted him to leave.
00:47:12Because she had taken the man I loved, my Yusuf, from me, played with him, and then cast him aside.
00:47:19Nermin's presence was my unhappiness.
00:47:22That day, the boat would sink, and I would swim to shore.
00:47:26That was my plan.
00:47:28Tears streamed down my eyes.
00:47:30My grandmother, that kind woman, had hatched a dark plan.
00:47:35But when the water started to rise, and I saw Nermin's helplessness, the anger inside me suddenly vanished.
00:47:43At that moment, I saw not my rival, but my childhood self, my friend, standing before me.
00:47:48I regret it.
00:47:49I shouted Nermin's name.
00:47:51The water is filling up, jump in.
00:47:54I tried to help him.
00:47:56But Nermin.
00:47:57I turned the page.
00:47:58Nermin looked at me.
00:48:00It was as if he didn't feel the boat sinking or the coldness of the water at that moment.
00:48:05There was a strange, resigned expression in her eyes.
00:48:09"Let it sink, Süheyla," he said.
00:48:11I'm tired of this life, of my father, of my fake fiancé Kenan, of everything.
00:48:17You are strong, you live, live for me too.
00:48:21And then, as I reached out my hand to her, she recoiled.
00:48:25Maybe the plug I loosened sank the boat.
00:48:28But it wasn't the water that took Nermin away.
00:48:30It was his giving up.
00:48:32I lifted my head.
00:48:34Yusuf was looking at me.
00:48:35"Nermin changed her mind," I whispered.
00:48:38Süheyla caused the accident.
00:48:40But Nermin chose to leave.
00:48:42"They're both carrying loads," said Yusuf.
00:48:45One because he caused it, the other because he refused to stay.
00:48:48When Süheyla emerged from the water, she was no longer the same Süheyla.
00:48:52He fulfilled Nermin's last wish.
00:48:55She lived her life.
00:48:56But this life became too much for him.
00:48:58And you, I said.
00:49:00Why are you here?
00:49:01Why didn't you go?
00:49:03"Because Suheyla was here," said Yusuf, his voice trembling.
00:49:07While she was playing the role of the lady up there, I lived here, in these tunnels, in the shadow of the old boathouse.
00:49:14Occasionally, we would see each other from a distance in the garden.
00:49:17He used to leave me supplies.
00:49:18We didn't talk.
00:49:19We would just look at each other.
00:49:21That's my punishment.
00:49:22I was his living conscience.
00:49:24The lid above burst open with a loud bang.
00:49:26Light poured in.
00:49:28"I know you're there, Leyla!" Vedat's voice shouted.
00:49:31You have nowhere left to hide.
00:49:33Yusuf stood up.
00:49:34He seemed surprisingly resilient.
00:49:36He grabbed me by the arm.
00:49:38There is a way out of here, he said.
00:49:39He goes to the old boathouse on the seaside.
00:49:42Run.
00:49:43And you?
00:49:43"I will go meet my son," said Joseph.
00:49:46I'm going to do what a father should do, what I should have done years ago.
00:49:51No, it will hurt you, I said.
00:49:53"He is the son of a man who is already lost," said Joseph.
00:49:56And he pushed me deep into the tunnel.
00:49:58Go, keep that notebook safe.
00:50:00"That notebook is Süheyla's only inheritance," he said.
00:50:03I turned around and started running.
00:50:05The tunnel was narrowing, and the ground was getting wet.
00:50:07I heard Vedat's footsteps behind me and Yusuf's voice calling out.
00:50:11Stop, Vedat, that's my father.
00:50:13You're not here, old man.
00:50:15Get out of my way, said Vedat.
00:50:17A scuffle echoed through the tunnel, followed by the thud of a body falling to the ground.
00:50:23I kept running, tears streaming down my face.
00:50:25The end of the tunnel was becoming faintly illuminated.
00:50:28The smell of the sea, seaweed, and salt filled my nostrils.
00:50:33When I went outside, it was the height of the storm.
00:50:37I was inside an old, abandoned boathouse.
00:50:41The waves were crashing inland, shaking the wooden pier.
00:50:45I have a notebook in my hand, and a raging sea in front of me.
00:50:49Behind me is an angry man.
00:50:50I ran to the boathouse door, but it was locked.
00:50:53Rusty chains held the door in place.
00:50:56I turned and looked behind me.
00:50:58A shadow appeared at the mouth of the tunnel.
00:51:00Vedat had that heavy piece of iron in his hand.
00:51:03She had left her father behind.
00:51:04"It's over, Leyla," Vedat said breathlessly.
00:51:08This is the end of the road, hand over the notebook.
00:51:10Maybe I'll let you go.
00:51:11I backed away.
00:51:12I had reached the end of the pier.
00:51:14Below, black, foamy water was boiling.
00:51:17Those waters that changed Nermin's and Süheyla's destinies.
00:51:21"This notebook contains your father's story!" I shouted into the wind.
00:51:26Your father stayed here to protect you.
00:51:29"Your father was a coward!" shouted Vedat.
00:51:32Just like your grandmother.
00:51:34Now give me that notebook.
00:51:35He started coming towards me.
00:51:37I had nowhere to run.
00:51:39I would either have to surrender to Vedat's anger, or...
00:51:42My eyes fell on a small, motorboat moored next to the pier.
00:51:48My grandfather's old boat for fishing.
00:51:51I jumped into the boat.
00:51:52I tried to untie the rope.
00:51:54Vedat jumped onto the pier.
00:51:55He lifted the piece of iron into the air.
00:51:58Just then, a loud bang was heard from the dark corner of the boathouse.
00:52:03Vedat froze.
00:52:05He clutched his shoulder, a look of surprise on his face.
00:52:08The piece of iron slipped from his hand and sank into the water.
00:52:11I looked in the direction the sound was coming from in surprise.
00:52:14A woman emerged from the darkness, her hands trembling, her face pale, and her clothes soiled.
00:52:20She had an old memento from my grandfather in her hand.
00:52:23My mother, Zerrin.
00:52:24Don't you dare go near my daughter, okay?
00:52:26My mother said.
00:52:27His voice was cold.
00:52:28It's as cold as the Black Sea.
00:52:29Vedat lost his balance.
00:52:32He stumbled and fell backward from the pier.
00:52:34As the water pulled her in, my mother knelt down and dropped what she was holding to the ground.
00:52:39But the story didn't end there.
00:52:41Because Vedat didn't surface.
00:52:44The waves swept him away.
00:52:45And we, mother and daughter, were left stranded in the middle of the storm, with only the instrument of an end and a confession book in our hands.
00:52:52After Deniz welcomed Vedat into her dark embrace, a strange silence fell over her.
00:52:58The storm hadn't subsided.
00:53:00But it was as if the world's voice had been silenced.
00:53:02On the wooden floor of the boathouse, my mother Zerrin stood like a statue, holding that steaming one-way ticket to the wooden village.
00:53:11His eyes were fixed on that frothy, indistinct point in the sea.
00:53:16I crossed from the boat to the pier.
00:53:17My legs were shaking.
00:53:18But my mind had reached a chilling clarity, beyond the fear.
00:53:23I went to my mother's side.
00:53:24I gently removed the weight from her hand, being careful not to hurt her fingers.
00:53:28The smoky iron had cooled down.
00:53:29But the coldness of the moment was palpable.
00:53:32"Mom," I whispered.
00:53:35"Look at me."
00:53:35My mother turned her head away.
00:53:37The proud, powerful woman was gone, replaced by a soulless shadow.
00:53:42"I stopped him," my mother said, her voice trembling.
00:53:45Just like my father did, just like Kenan did.
00:53:48"History repeated itself, Leyla."
00:53:50We are prisoners of the past.
00:53:52"No," I said firmly.
00:53:54"We are the ones who will survive until tomorrow, Mother."
00:53:56I threw the smoky iron rod I was holding into the sea, far from where Vedat had fallen.
00:54:01The water silently swallowed our secret.
00:54:03Now we had to make a decision.
00:54:05Either he will call the authorities and tell them everything as it happened, about Süheyla's lie, Yusuf's last breath in the tunnel, and Vedat's fall.
00:54:15We had two choices: either confess or continue the family tradition.
00:54:19"To remain silent and conceal."
00:54:21"Yusuf is in the tunnel," I said.
00:54:23Vedat argued with him.
00:54:25We were only defending ourselves.
00:54:28"Who would believe us?" my mother said with a bitter smile.
00:54:32What were the daughter and granddaughter of the noble Nermin Hanım doing in this ruin with an old acquaintance and his son?
00:54:39I can see the headlines.
00:54:41I looked at the notebook in my hand.
00:54:43That dark skin, the cause and effect of everything.
00:54:46"This notebook isn't finished, Mom," I said.
00:54:49"There's one more page."
00:54:51"A page I haven't read."
00:54:52I went and stood under the boathouse's dim light bulb.
00:54:56There was a folded piece of paper glued to the inside of the notebook's back cover.
00:55:00With trembling fingers, I unfolded the paper.
00:55:03There was no date.
00:55:04Only her essence and those descended from her blood were given the title.
00:55:08I started reading.
00:55:09If you are reading these lines, I am no longer here.
00:55:12And Joseph is probably not there either.
00:55:14Because that faithful guardian will follow me until my final journey.
00:55:19But there's one last secret you need to know.
00:55:21The greatest truth.
00:55:23My breath caught in my throat as my eyes scanned the lines.
00:55:26The world started spinning around me.
00:55:28Zerrin, my daughter, you grew up believing yourself to be Kenan's daughter.
00:55:32Kenan loved and protected you like his own child.
00:55:35But the blood flowing in their veins is not the blood of that family.
00:55:38You are my daughter and Yusuf's daughter.
00:55:40Perhaps what happened before the boat incident was a mistake.
00:55:43But you were the most innocent fruit of that mistake.
00:55:47Kenan knew this.
00:55:48She couldn't have children.
00:55:50He needed a son to carry on his family name.
00:55:53She accepted the baby in my womb, that is, you.
00:55:56That's why she didn't completely remove Yusuf from her life.
00:55:59He just pushed it away.
00:56:01Because Joseph was your own father.
00:56:03I never forgave him for cheating on me.
00:56:06But I couldn't escape fate.
00:56:07It was written in the lines.
00:56:10I lifted my head.
00:56:11I looked at my mother in horror.
00:56:13My mother was staring at the sea with empty eyes.
00:56:15The man who just disappeared into the water is Vedat.
00:56:17He was her half-brother.
00:56:19He had brought about his brother's end.
00:56:21In trying to protect his own father, Yusuf, he unknowingly killed his brother.
00:56:26My mother never read the whole diary.
00:56:29Perhaps he had read as far as he dared to.
00:56:31I don't know if any of this would be happening today if they knew the truth.
00:56:36Did my mother really need to know the whole truth?
00:56:39Could I tell my mother this truth?
00:56:42Mother, you're actually the gardener's daughter, and you just caused your brother to leave.
00:56:48Could I say that?
00:56:50This knowledge wouldn't keep him alive; it would destroy his soul.
00:56:53That's when I understood why Süheyla and Kenan had remained silent for years.
00:56:57Some truths weighed heavier than lies.
00:57:01What does it say?
00:57:02My mother asked.
00:57:04His voice held a faint glimmer of hope.
00:57:05Is that a bad thing?
00:57:06I tore out that page from the notebook.
00:57:09"No, Mom," I said.
00:57:10Looking into their eyes.
00:57:12For the first time, lying felt so natural, so necessary.
00:57:16She loved you very much.
00:57:18This page says,
00:57:19Zerrin is my most precious treasure.
00:57:22I did everything to protect her.
00:57:24A slight expression of relief appeared on my mother's face.
00:57:28A single tear rolled down her cheek.
00:57:31I threw the torn page and the notebook into the rusty tin can in the corner of the boathouse.
00:57:36I took the sack out of my pocket.
00:57:38What are you doing?
00:57:39My mother said.
00:57:40I'm clearing the past.
00:57:42I said that and lit the fire.
00:57:43The dried papers, Süheyla's confessions, Nermi's farewell, Yusuf's silent love, and the heavy secret I learned.
00:57:52They all curled up in the flames and turned to black ashes.
00:57:56As the orange light of the fire struck our faces, we two women were bound to each other in the shadow of a silent vow.
00:58:03The next morning, as the sun rose, sirens were heard.
00:58:07They told the visitors that Vedat had entered the house without permission, that he had argued with his father who was hiding in the tunnel,
00:58:12After his father became motionless, we explained that he had fallen from the pier during the storm while trying to escape.
00:58:17The story was consistent. Yusuf's eternal sleep in the tunnel, Vedat's tracks, the broken glass—everything corroborated our narrative.
00:58:27The officer in charge took off his hat when he saw the tunnel and Yusuf's body.
00:58:32"It's been living right under your nose for years," he said.
00:58:36That's a strange story, Leyla Hanım.
00:58:38"Yes," I said, giving Amir a weary look.
00:58:41Some stories prefer to remain in the shadows.
00:58:44Months later, the mansion was sold.
00:58:47That magnificent, somber building was now to be restored and converted into a hotel.
00:58:52My mother and I moved to the city.
00:58:54My mother was never the same after that night.
00:58:58She became a quieter, more introverted woman.
00:59:01But he kept breathing.
00:59:02I am sitting in the study of my new home, in front of a clean notebook.
00:59:07I hold a pen and look out the window at the crowded street outside.
00:59:11Nobody knows who I am or what I carry.
00:59:14Everyone has a mask.
00:59:15Süheyla, my grandmother was right.
00:59:17Sometimes life was made up of lies you told to protect the ones you loved.
00:59:21I opened the notebook cover.
00:59:23I wrote a date on the first page, just like he did years ago.
00:59:27November 26, 2025, and I wrote the first sentence.
00:59:30Today, for the first time, when I looked into my mother's eyes, I didn't feel the weight of the lie I told her.
00:59:36Because now I know that sometimes love isn't about telling the truth, but about hiding it.
00:59:42I am Leyla, Süheyla's granddaughter, Yusuf's granddaughter, and the new guardian of this secret.
00:59:48This notebook will be my confession of feelings.
00:59:51I put down the pen.
00:59:53Life was going on outside.
00:59:55People were laughing, running, and loving.
00:59:58But I was alone with my own reality in the shadows.
01:00:02Nermin, Süheyla, Kenan, Yusuf, and Vedat.
01:00:05They will all live on in these pages.
01:00:07But only for me.
01:00:09I closed and locked the notebook.
01:00:11I hid the key inside the locket with "Süheyla" written on it, inside the ruby necklace around my neck.
01:00:17The past was buried.
01:00:18But the seeds would continue to live inside me.
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