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[Music] the weight of the sound that echoed in the house when the door closed hard seemed to herald a lifetime of silence
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while the old woman was washing her hands in the kitchen she was trying to purify her thoughts rather than spinning
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soap under water the bride who had been living in the same house for years was
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trying to suppress the baby's screams in the living room on the one hand and constantly sighing on the other the son
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on the other hand had returned from work and collapsed on the sofa in the hall
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with an expressionless fatigue on his face again but today there was something different than usual there was an icy
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silence in the house till the bride came in with a strange tension on her face and cut the silence like a knife "i have
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no gold," she said at first the old woman could not understand what she was
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saying the next time he repeated the same sentence the soap in his hands fell to the floor "where is there none?" said
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the old woman inside the chest "when I thought of the dowy he was there
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yesterday i looked this morning there is none," the bride said the atmosphere
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inside the house changed in an instant "the son stood up the woman's voice was
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trembling someone must have broken into our house the old woman immediately ran
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to the lock of the door the outer door was locked there was nothing wrong with
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the windows everything was in its proper place only that chest the chest with
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those valuables was empty one of them trying to keep his calm said "Let's call
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the police." Soon after uniformed men started walking around inside the house
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they were asking questions looking in lockers taking fingerprints the bride
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clung to the old woman's arm with tears saying "You have ruined me have I lived
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in such insecurity?" All these years one of the policemen asked "Who was in the
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house recently?" "Only we live," the son said the old woman gave the same answer
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but the bride suddenly raising her eyes said something that surprised his sister
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and brother-in-law came last week he said they stayed for 3 days the police
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officer wrote something in his notebook yes was there anyone else besides them
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who came home recently a nun said the son but the bride broke her silence at
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that moment his eyes were steady and cold i suspect him she said from your
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sister's wife the old woman turned her head quickly what are you talking about
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he said that man has not loved me for years it's obvious from the way you look
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he's jealous of us he was alone in the room when they came last there's your chest a key stole it the police officer
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took notes solemnly the old woman didn't say anything at that moment he just shook his head
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maybe he didn't believe maybe he didn't want to believe two days later the
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police called that man to the police station to take a statement the woman testified in tears he repeated his
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accusations the man remained silent just said "I didn't do it i'm not that kind
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of person." But there was no evidence no CCTV footage no witnesses no trace
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nevertheless the eyes were on him now the silence that lasted for months began
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that day where he went people started whispering behind his back the more he
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tried to explain himself the more he sank even his wife didn't quite believe it the mother-in-law became distant the
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neighbors missed their eyes and one day that man stood at the beginning of the street he walked by looking at people's
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feet not their faces his wife hugged him in silence but his eyes were empty
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because now the man knew no matter what he did he was tainted but one person has
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never broken his silence the old woman's daughter-in-law she was watching out of
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the window of the house every morning his eyes were searching for the street corner it was as if he was waiting for
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something it was like nothing was what it seemed and the real beginning of the story was right at this point don't
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time seemed to stand still in the house when everyone sat down at the breakfast table that morning no one spoke the old
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woman sliced the bread but did not put it on a plate her son poured his tea
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into a cup but did not drink it wife sat quietly in a corner preparing the baby's
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food her eyes constantly glancing at the clock looking out the balcony door the
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old woman felt the emptiness in her heart more deeply that day she glanced at her daughter-in-law her expression
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was very different from the anxiety she had carried when she first came to this house years ago there was no fear on her
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face now instead there was a settled belief or perhaps a role she was trying
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to convince herself of the son finally broke the silence did the police call
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again he asked no said the daughter-in-law did they say they would
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investigate further asked the old woman they've investigated enough said the daughter-in-law everyone knows now what
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more is there to do the son furrowed his brow his eyes shifted from his mother to
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his wife "maybe we don't know," he said "maybe we did something wrong."
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The bride put down her spoon she spoke in a harsh tone "what do you mean you
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still trust in your sisters husband after all this the son stood up in a
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moment of anger we've lived in peace in this family for years that man has never
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been disrespectful now without evidence is it so easy to
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accuse someone what was stolen was gold said the daughter-in-law that is money
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no one is immune to money the old woman clasped her hands in her lap case
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drifted into the distance she thought of her own daughter her silence cake molds
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she had brought home with her brother-in-law that day their laughter by the trunk but at that moment no one
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thought of theft no one's eyes would have noticed such a thing the son paused
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for a moment maybe there's a misunderstanding maybe it's just a misinterpretation but
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the bride didn't stop are you trying to call me a liar then open the trunk again
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and look everything inside has been moved even the sheet inside the trunk
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was turned upside down the elderly woman bowed her head over
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the years there had been many silences in this house but this was different
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this silence suggested that something had been broken that afternoon when the
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old woman was alone she quietly went to the trunk she opened it side were a few
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old pieces of fabric a silk scarf and a notebook everything seemed in order but
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as the bride had said the folds of the fabric appeared to have been placed randomly she pulled out a spiderweb
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the smell of the trunk had changed it wasn't just dust that had settled inside
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it was suspicion when night fell the hallway of the house fell silent amid
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the cries of the baby the sun had fallen asleep on the couch the bride was
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leaning over the baby's crib but the old woman was watching outside through the
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window in her room it had been months since she had visited her daughter's house she used to go every week and they
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would drink tea together after this incident her daughter had withdrawn into herself even on the phone her voice was
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subdued it was as if she were hiding something that night before going to
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sleep the old woman did something else she wrote a note in her notebook if
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there is doubt in the heart there can be no peace after writing that note the
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first thing she did the next morning was go to her daughter's house when she knocked on the door her son-in-law
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opened it his eyes were red the lines on his face had deepened it was a time when
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even visiting was considered a crime but the old woman went in as she entered
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card daughter embraced her in surprise i won't ask why you came said the daughter
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but there's only one thing I feel nothing is right her eye caught a
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document hanging out of it it read gold sales receipt the date was 2 days ago
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she turned her eyes to her daughter she said nothing the girl quickly shoved the
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receipt back into the bag it's from the neighbor we went to the jeweler with her the groom entered expression on his face
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was one of suffocated pride "we didn't tell you anything," he said "but this
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shame has consumed us." The old woman merely shook her head without drinking
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tea without sitting down without saying a word she returned but the silence
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within her had now given way to something else there was now a suspicion
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came and this suspicion was louder than the emptiness of the chest when the old
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woman returned from her daughter's house her feet carried her slowly into the house everything was the same but
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nothing was the same as before the walls of the house seemed to whisper different
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things with every glance that morning the old woman's son had left for work
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early the old woman's daughter-in-law was quietly stirring soup in the kitchen
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the steam rising from the stove had fogged up the kitchen windows the old woman stood at the door she didn't speak
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for a moment staring at her daughter-in-law i went to your daughter's house today she said the old
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woman's daughter-in-law didn't stop stirring the soup she just paused you did the right thing she said how are
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they they're trying to look fine said the old woman but their eyes are tired
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there was a moment of silence the steam rising from the pot made the distance between the two women even thicker "is
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there something you want to tell me?" said the old woman her voice low but clear the old woman's daughter-in-law
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turned around her eyes were distant as if staring into a dark void "what do you
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want me to tell you the gold is still missing." The gold said the old woman on
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the day the gold disappeared no one else was home except you we know that the old
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woman's daughter-in-law raised her head her lips trembled are you telling this
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to me the person you accused was your daughter's husband your own son-in-law
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he was at home that day he had come over for tea he may have gone to the attic in
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a moment of distraction there is no evidence said the old woman but you had
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your words only you said it and then the police came then everyone fell silent
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the old woman's daughter Law bowed her head no tears were flowing from her eyes
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but there was sadness in her gaze i just told what happened what if it's wrong
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said the old woman it's not whispered the old woman's daughter Dash and Dashlaw at that moment the baby began to
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cry the old woman's daughter-in-law hurried out of the room the old woman
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was left alone in the kitchen the sound of the soup boiling on the stove echoed in her ears when the old woman's son
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returned home in the afternoon the fatigue on his face showed that he had not slept for several nights as he took
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off his shoes he looked at his mother "how was today?" he asked the old woman
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looked into her son's eyes i went to my daughter's house," she said the old
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woman's son paused "are they okay?" "They're not okay," said the old woman
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"and neither are we." The old woman's son went into the living room and sat down on the sofa he put his hands on his
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head everything fell apart in an instant it was as if the roof of our house had
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collapsed the old woman sat down next to him "i want to ask you something," she said
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do you think the right person was accused the old woman's son did not answer he stared at the floor there was
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a long silence then he whispered just one word i don't
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know this answer cut deep into the old woman's heart the doubt in her mind had
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ceased to be a silent question and had become a heavy burden that night when the old woman was alone in her room she
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opened her small notebook she wrote a few lines what I've seen isn't enough
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anymore what I feel is burning me even more at that moment quiet footsteps
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echoed in the hallway of the house the old woman's daughter-in-law had gone to the kitchen now to drink water to make a
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phone call the whispers coming through the crack in the door caught the old woman's attention she quietly approached
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the door she opened it slightly would be better if we could speed up the sale the
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jeweler said he would take care of it right away before anyone else came the
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old woman's blood ran cold she leaned her hand against the wall her face
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turned pale the only thing on her mind at that moment was what was there to
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sell the next morning the old woman left the house before anyone woke up she
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headed to a jeweler she hadn't visited in years a voice deep within her hart
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was calling her there when she entered okay the jeweler recognized the old woman immediately a young woman brought
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you gold here a few days ago he said she had a small child in her arms she looked
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familiar to me but I couldn't say anything the old woman couldn't speak
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her tongue was parched did the gold belong to you the jeweler asked the old
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woman bowed her head her heart was now cracked like a broken chest when the old
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woman left the jewelers that morning it was as if there was an abyss beneath her feet rather than the ground when she
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returned home that evening her son had gone to work and her daughter-in-law was quietly watching television in the
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living room while putting her child to sleep the television was on but the sound was off as the images flashed
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before her eyes her mind was elsewhere when the elderly woman opened the door
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her daughter-in-law seeing the expression on her face immediately stood up is something wrong she asked the
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elderly woman remained silent for a moment she took off her coat and hung it
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on a hook then she slowly made her way to the living room as she did not sit down she stood there i have something to
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ask you he said the elderly woman's daughter-in-law averted her eyes "go
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ahead mother." "I went to a jeweler today," said the old woman the old
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woman's daughter-in-law was startled for a moment but she quickly composed herself "what for why did you go?" "Some
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jewelry that looks like your gold was brought there a few days ago," said the old woman there was a small child with a
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person who sold it the old woman's daughter-in-law gripped the armrest of
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the chair her lips dried up it wasn't me maybe it was someone else my gold was
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already stolen the old woman looked into her daughter-in-law's eyes till were
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trembling shadows of a fugitive criminal in her eyes the silence lingered only
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the deep breaths of the sleeping child could be heard it's not too late to tell the truth said the old woman so you
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don't believe me said the old woman's daughter-in-law we've lived together for so many years i'm your daughter-in-law
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isn't my word enough for you the old woman bowed her head i wish it were at
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that moment the door opened the old woman's son had come home from work he
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noticed the tension in the house "what happened again?" he asked the old
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woman's daughter-in-law immediately stepped forward her eyes were tearful your mother said she doesn't believe me
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went to the jeweler to look at the gold still questioning my innocence the old
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woman's son turned to his mother in surprise is that true Mom the old woman
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shook her head i have a feeling that the gold wasn't stolen son something isn't
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right and I'm trying to figure it out the old woman's son sighed deeply he put
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his hands on his head enough everyone in this house is suspicious of each other
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everyone is silent but everyone is accusing someone else in their hearts this can't go on the old woman's
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daughter-in-law went to the bedroom trying to hide her tears she quickly closed the door soon as she entered the
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room she picked up her phone she turned on the screen she called the last person she had spoken to he might have reported
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me to the jeweler she said "We need to hide if this gets out we'll all be in
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trouble." That night the old woman's mind resisted sleep even when her eyes
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closed the jeweler's words echoed in her mind the woman looked familiar the child
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was in her arms would a mother commit a crime with her child by her side or
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could she carry such a lie for so long the old woman now knew what she feared
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to see the sly calmness on her daughter-in-law's face the next day the
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old woman made a decision early in the morning she was determined to get to the
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bottom of this she would talk to her son-in-law so we go to the house where her daughter lived with him and look him
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in the eye perhaps the scream of silence would echo from there the old woman's
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daughter opened the door she was surprised to see her mother standing there mother what's the matter early in
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the morning is your husband home asked the old woman he's home but he's a
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little tired he's off today i need to talk to him it's important the daughter shook her head with a worried expression
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she invited her inside the old woman's son-in-law was sitting in the kitchen he
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stood up when he saw the old woman he was wearing a simple t-shirt and there
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was fatigue in his eyes come in mother," he said the old woman pulled up a chair
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she sat down without beating around the bush she got straight to the point "i want you to tell me something." That day
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the day the gold disappeared "you really didn't take anything did you?" The old
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woman's son-in-law paused for a moment he swallowed "i didn't take anything,"
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he said "nothing in fact I even remember the door locking behind me when I left
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the house that day." Then why didn't anyone defend you why did everyone stay
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silent the old woman's son-in-law fixed his eyes on the floor because no one
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cares about me mother not your daughter not anyone else i'm inside the house but
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I felt excluded for years okay and when someone accused me everyone accepted it
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because there was no one to defend me these words pierced the old woman's
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heart she realized how much she had ignored him at that moment she
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understood how silence had turned into a scream she stood up feeling it was time
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to gather her son daughter son-in-law and daughter-in-law together the truth
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was beginning to break free but deep down she knew that some truths didn't come so easily some flowed like bloods
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slowly and painfully the old woman sent word to everyone in the house early in
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the morning son the old woman's son the old woman's daughter-in-law the old
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woman's daughter and the old woman's son-in-law they all gathered around the
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same table there was no breakfast and no conversation there was a kind of
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heaviness in the air when everyone sat down the old woman stood up there is a
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reason I have gathered you here today she said her eyes fell on her daughter-in-law the woman had her head
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bowed sun-in-law stared at his hands silent her daughter seemed still unaware
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of what was happening her son was angry but tried not to show it i haven't been
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able to find peace in this house for some time now ever since my goal disappeared I've been consumed with
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worry can't fully trust anyone anymore but I've learned some truths," said the
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elderly woman her voice did not tremble the elderly woman's daughter-in-law
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raised her head slightly "what truths are those?" she asked my gold wasn't
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stolen i found out from the jeweler jewelry similar to mine was sold a few
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days ago i recognized the ring the necklace the bracelet someone took the
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things that belonged to me from the house and made up another story and they did it while carrying their child with
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them the old woman's son flinched her daughter widened her eyes "what are you
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saying Mom?" said the old woman's daughter "i'm telling the truth and my
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daughter-in-law has to face it." A freezing silence fell over the room the old woman's daughter-in-law turned her
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head away at first then she composed herself and spoke you're slandering me
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don't involve my child in this okay i'm not a thief the old woman's son-in-law
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suddenly stood up i've been silent for years no one listened to me but now I
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have to speak up he said his eyes were filled with tears when all attention
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turned to him the old woman's son-in-law took a deep breath that day before you
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left the house I saw you you had a black bag in your hand you rushed into the
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kitchen then went to your room that day I also saw you put my mother's necklace
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on your finger and look at yourself in the mirror but I couldn't say anything because I wasn't in the mood to argue
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with you then suddenly you said it was theft i stayed silent but what happened
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had already seeped into my soul the old woman's daughter-in-law stumbled
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for a moment then she leaned forward as if she had lost her footing you're lying
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why didn't you say anything until now the old woman's son-in-law sighed because no one listened to me but I
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won't defend myself anymore i want everyone to see the truth of what they deserve the old woman's son stood
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up you dot dot did you really see something like that yes said the old
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woman's son-in-law but it wasn't just me your mother saw it too and I don't want
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to keep quiet anymore the old woman's daughter-in-law burst into tears this time she covered her face with her hands
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and began to cry jess I didn't do anything it's all a misunderstanding i I
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She couldn't finish her sentences the old woman slowly sat down on the chair her eyes were fixed on the void all
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these years all this trust was this what it would come to she said I was proud to
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call you my daughter-in-law the old woman's daughter watched the scene in shock then she bowed her head mother why
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were we so blind so deaf so silent the old woman's daughter-in-law suddenly
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stood up angrily you all came down on me you all blamed me what did I do to you i
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just I just wanted to be valued a little more i wanted to be like you i didn't
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have gold i was the quietest woman in the house everyone praised you everyone
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pointed at you but shoes wanted to be seen a little that's all but you always
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ignored me the old woman's son-in-law shook his head silently one should not
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slander another person in order to make oneself visible the old woman's daughter-in-law headed for the door she
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left the house crying but little child ran after her the old woman watched them
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from the window feeling as if a wound had opened inside her at that moment the
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old woman's daughter whispered quietly "The truth sometimes comes out too late." The old woman swallowed she
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closed her eyes but the story didn't end there cuz when the old woman's
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daughter-in-law went outside she wasn't alone a car was waiting for her the man
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inside the car was the one she had been talking to on the phone the one who took her to the jeweler who made the sale
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maybe more than that and now everything was being dragged to the edge of a new darkness the old woman's daughter-in-law
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was trying to wipe away her tears as she walked out the door and got into the black car on the street the man in the
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car watched her calmly there was no surprise or pity on his face "huh?" He was silent like someone who was waiting
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who knew what was coming "it's all over," said the old woman's daughter-in-law they all understood
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they found out everything without turning his head or taking his eyes off the road the man asked "Did you tell
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them about me too?" The woman paused for a moment then she replied in a sorrowful voice "No I didn't tell them about you
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it doesn't matter anymore," man tapped the steering wheel lightly "i
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was with you when you sold the gold." The jeweler had a camera you told me nothing will happen but it did the
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police came to the door the woman leaned her head against the window i just
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wanted a little more love a little more appreciation a little more value but no
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one noticed me they were all enamored with his daughter i remained in the shadows the man did not respond to the
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woman's words the car began to move silence filled the car their destination
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was unclear but regret was evident on their faces at that moment the old
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woman's house was enveloped in silence everyone had dispersed and retreated to
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their rooms the old woman stood at the window watching outside sky had turned
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gray a gray that rivaled the darkness inside her the phone rang the old
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woman's daughter answered the voice on the other end was from the police
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station hello we contacted the jeweler based on yesterday's report the security
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camera footage was reviewed we saw that the woman we were looking for as a suspect brought the gold herself and
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tried to sell it we have the camera footage official proceedings have been initiated okay the old woman's daughter
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slowly hung up the phone then she went to the kitchen and approached her mother
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"mom," she said the police called she sold the gold "everything has come to
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light." The elderly woman did not turn her head her eyes was still fixed
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outside already knew she said i was just wondering how far she would go okay what
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will happen now asked the elderly woman's daughter the elderly woman took a deep breath life will go on as before
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but some relationships won't be the same some wounds may scab over but the scars
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will always remain at that moment the old woman's son-in-law was sitting by
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the door watching the sun peek through the clouds his face was weary but there
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was a small sense of relief within him justice though silent had finally found
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its place she could now go out among people and walk with her head held high
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but she would never forget what she had been through the old woman's son was hugging his child and reading him a book
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he was also aware of what had happened but he chose to remain silent because words were sometimes unnecessary they
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had long since given way to size in the evening the police came to the door the
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old woman's daughter-in-law was taken to the police station with the same man the
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child was left with his grandmother the child cried and hugged his mother but
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the woman turned her head away there were very few people left in this world who would look her in the face as the
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police officer had her sign the official documents he turned to the old woman and
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asked "Are you pressing charges?" The old woman turned her eyes to the child
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for a moment then she looked inside the house then back at the police officer "i
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am not," she said "but let justice take its course i am no longer his mother but
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he has a child someone must be a mother to that child the elderly woman's
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daughter-in-law couldn't hold back her tears she bowed her head only a whispered sentence was heard i'm sorry
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but that regret fluttered away like a leaf in the wind cuz it was already too
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