Unfortunately, her reality was the complete opposite. From the first months after her wedding, everything started to fall apart. Her husband became harsh, angry, and violent over the smallest things.
“He quarrelled with me every day. Sometimes he beat me for reasons I didn’t even understand,” Maria says. Her once bright spirit slowly faded as her home turned into a place of fear and pain.
The emotional and physical torture deeply affected her health. She barely slept at night. She lost weight, cried constantly, and lived every day with anxiety. People noticed the change in her—neighbors whispered, friends kept asking if she was okay, and even her church members became concerned.
“I regretted the day I got married. I felt trapped. I felt cursed,” she recalls. Maria tried everything she could think of: talking to elders, involving relatives, and attending counselling sessions. But nothing changed. Her husband only became worse.TO READ MORE, TAP HERE.