C209 Odd interpretation

I went back to the door of my rented house and peered inside. Everything was normal.

Only then did he carefully walk in. He quickly put away the suit he wore on the balcony and went to the bathroom to change.

Then he hurried to the door, and just as he was about to step out, the television in the living room suddenly lit up again. The melodrama began again.

Trembling with fear