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  My daughter was three years old when I found her under a bridge, covered in mud. I raised her as my own, even though people whispered behind my back. Now she is a teacher in the city, while I still live in my little cottage, sifting through memories like precious beads. A floorboard creaked […]

I once read that in ancient times, the bearer of bad news was punished. For the news that my dear husband Kolya brought, I would not only punish him—I’d take his soul. Imagine—he gave away money saved for a crucial item for our baby, to his wayward sister. And Kolya sincerely believes he did the […]

  Can we just have a Saturday without cleaning today? Let’s not do anything useful!” Oksana looked hopefully at her husband. “Let’s have a lazy day! Because… I’m starting to quietly hate the weekends.” Vyacheslav, without getting up from the bed, groped for his phone and, squinting, looked at the screen. Almost twelve o’clock. “We […]

Denis decisively pushed the plate of borscht away from himself and, with an indifferent, careless tone, as if even solemnly, announced: — Svetlana, I’m leaving you! The words shocked the 45-year-old woman so unexpectedly that she dropped the cup she was holding, which shattered into pieces as it hit the tiled floor. Svetlana looked at […]

  Lying on a hospital bed and listening to the conversations of her wardmates, Lera thought wistfully about her work, which wouldn’t do itself while she “cooled her heels.” If only she could have guessed that this was the least of her worries soon to come… Who would have thought that she, who had never […]

Mom, what are you doing?” Pavel stood in the doorway, holding Vera Nikolaevna’s hand as she determinedly headed for the cupboard with the dishes. “I’m helping your wife with the table setting. Fifteen people—it’s no joke. Everything needs to be beautifully organized,” the mother-in-law attempted to free her hand. “Fifteen people?” Alina froze with a […]

“I’m not buying the act—I saw everything,” Igor said, planted in the middle of the kitchen, hands on his hips, eyes narrowed. “It’s all in your name. The apartment, the documents, even that damn bank account! What are we—roommates who barely know each other?” “Don’t you feel any shame?” Arina turned from the stove, her […]

  “You expect me to cook for your mother every single day?!” Yulia snapped without turning around. She slammed the pot onto the stove. Boiling water splashed over the edge of the burner and hissed as it hit the hot metal. Steam curled up toward the ceiling where an old chandelier with three shades hung—one […]