My ex-in-laws spent months telling people that my daughters were the reason their father passed away. They repeated the story so often that members of the community began treating my girls like they were responsible for something they had nothing to do with. The truth was far different: my daughters had discovered their father’s secret double life, kept it to themselves out of fear, and finally told me to protect our family from more lies.
After his death, my ex-in-laws reshaped the story to make themselves look sympathetic, leaving out everything that mattered. They spread rumors, pressured my daughters in public, and criticized them online. When a group of adults cornered my 17-year-old at the market on her birthday, I realized silence was no longer helping anyone — especially my children.
