Anna had long noticed oddities about Alexey. He started smiling more and stood taller. «There must be a reason,» thought Anna, and prepared herself for the evening service. At the icon of Saint Nicholas the Miracle-Worker, she fervently prayed for wisdom and to reveal if any ill intentions were being plotted against her. She and […]
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I was completely exhausted when I went to bed, but then Kirill suddenly reached out and touched my shoulder. — Anya, we’re almost done with the construction,» he said, trying to speak quietly so as not to disturb my sleepy state. «I think in a month we can start the finishing work and, as they […]
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As I approached the hospital, excitement bubbled within me, my passenger seat adorned with cheerful balloons. Today marked a joyful milestone: bringing home my wife Suzie and our newborn twin daughters. Anticipation surged as I envisioned Suzie’s delight in the lovingly prepared nursery, the homemade dinner awaiting her, and the family photos I’d placed on […]
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Daughters always think their mothers are foolish and don’t understand anything in life, and then they regret it, but it’s too late! «I don’t think you’re foolish, but you really don’t understand anything! Vanya loves me! He’s waiting for me! Everything will be fine between us, you’ll see!» Yana grabbed her packed things and stuffed […]
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Mom has some sort of secret from me,» Katya told her husband right after the wedding. «And I don’t look like my father at all. He doesn’t love me. And I kind of…» It was true. Katya couldn’t help herself. As long as she could remember, she knew her father, Mikhail. And he wasn’t exactly […]
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What will happen if I just tell the truth one day?” he asked quietly, staring into space. “What you fear most in the world, Kirill. You will stop being someone you never were,” his wife replied, not lifting her eyes from the book. The autumn wind hurled handfuls of rain against the windows of the […]
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The Underhanded Mathematics of Family Life: Squeezing the Most Out of the Least Investment. Waiting for the Last Mortgage Payment. Getting Rid of Unnecessary Ballast. Claiming One’s Share. But then an Unpredictable Variable Appeared in the Equation. Lizaveta held in her hand the receipt for the final mortgage payment and could hardly believe it – […]
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If I ever had questions about my place in the family, they were answered the moment I stumbled upon the will. I was in the family apartment—the very same one where I grew up and for which I had been paying the bills for the past five years: utilities, groceries, roof repairs, cleaning help. I […]
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Her head was spinning; she was on the verge of believing in the existence of magic, but everything turned out to be much more prosaic. Nastya stood by the bookcase, holding a large school album filled with photographs from those years, and she gazed at each picture with tender admiration. For half an hour, the […]
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In the orphanage, there was a special atmosphere. All the residents, as if by magic, had stuck to the windows, watching Lena being seen off as she left hand in hand with her new parents. Their eyes revealed a curious mix of joy for their friend and deep sadness. Every farewell to a child here […]
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