From that day on, silence filled the house. The new daughter-in-law almost never went outside, avoided people, and spoke only with her husband — and only when they were alone.

The neighbors whispered, speculated, and spread rumors. Some said she was a criminal, others claimed she was a witch.

The parents, too, couldn’t find peace. Every evening they heard the woman quietly crying behind the closed door, while their son whispered comforting words to her.