Ram was torn in between leaving the house, and ignoring the scream and go ahead in venturing the house.
He tried to calm himself down by taking in deep breaths and breathing out sharply. As he looked in the secret room that he was in, it wasn't that dark. The light from the walk in closet that was now open, had light illuminated in there.
'I can't keep on running from everything that I see and hear. I have to be brave for once and do something meaningful.' He thought to himself as he looked back into the walk in closet and the secret room.
He then turned to push the shelf away so that more light could be illuminated in. The shelf could pocket in the walls but not fully, just a bit of it, which he still found useful.