The Quiet Scream

<p><strong>This edition is translated into English. Proper names place names and some cultural references have been kept in their original Lithuanian form.</strong></p><p><br> </p><p><strong>The Quiet Scream</strong></p><p><strong>This is not just a story. It is a confession.</strong></p><p><strong>A woman who finally found the courage to speak after decades of silence begins her tale in a café sitting across from me. At first glance she seems calm but every word she speaks is like a shard of the past-still sharp still bleeding.</strong></p><p><strong>There are no heroes here and no vanquished-only people broken by love betrayal and an unrelenting longing for freedom.</strong></p><p><strong>She tells of a love greater than fear. Of secrets that tore families apart. Of a struggle fought in the shadow of the Soviet regime-not only by men but by women who risked everything.</strong></p><p><strong>And as her story reaches the present day one question lingers:</strong></p><p><strong>Who is truly guilty and who has been saved?</strong></p><p><strong>And will the quiet scream we carry within our hearts ever truly fade?</strong></p><p><br><br> </p>