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When Vadik found out what had happened to his younger sister, he rushed home at once. He’d heard stories like this before, but never could have imagined it could happen to someone of his own blood. His mother had called a couple of hours earlier and told him everything. It turned out that classmates had […]

Olga closed the notary’s office door and stepped outside. The autumn wind tugged at her hair, yellow leaves rustled underfoot. In her hands—a folder of documents. Certificates of inheritance. Five apartments. Everything that was left of her mother. Four months had passed since the funeral. Four months of paperwork, running around to different offices, processing […]

Natalia woke to the insistent ringing of the phone. The clock read just before eight on an August Monday. Vitaly beside her grumbled and pulled the pillow over his head. “Hello?” Natalia’s voice was hoarse with sleep. “Natalya dear, it’s Valentina Ivanovna, your mother’s neighbor,” came the anxious voice of an elderly woman. “Sweetheart, be […]

It all began on the day the air turned thick and heavy, foretelling a storm. Into the stifling quiet of her little apartment, which smelled of tea and old paper, there burst an insistent knock at the door. On the threshold stood the postwoman, Klavdiya Ivanovna, and in her hands was not an ordinary envelope […]

“Honestly, Anya, you’re like a little girl. My money is mine. Yours is yours. That’s fair,” Dima leaned back on the sofa and laughed loudly, straight from the gut. That laugh, which a year ago had seemed sincere and infectious, now grated on my ears like cheap metal. He looked down at me, and his […]

That day, Antonina Petrovna arrived without warning. “Hello,” came the mother-in-law’s cold tone from the hallway. Luda automatically wiped her hands on her apron. “Hello, Antonina Petrovna.” “Potatoes again?” The mother-in-law looked over the plates on the table and wrinkled her nose. “I told you, children shouldn’t have so much starch.” Relations with Antonina Petrovna […]

“You dragged yourself here for your junk, did you? Well then, come in—take a look at who’s the mistress here now,” her husband said with a sneer. Vlad turned off the shower, wiped his face with a towel, and listened to the sounds coming from the bedroom. Masha was still asleep. Water was running down […]

Kirill was in a big hurry today. It was already eight in the evening, and he still hadn’t picked out a gift or bought flowers—he hadn’t even changed his clothes. It was his mother’s birthday, Svetlana Eduardovna Krasilnikova. A crowd of guests had gathered for the occasion. The celebration would take place at the millionaire […]