“Yul, can you imagine? Pasha and Amina are coming for the weekend!” Roma approached his girlfriend, holding his phone and smiling. “Seriously? How long has it been since we last saw them… Five years?” She smiled. “Well, there will be something to talk about.” “Yeah, they’ve wanted to get away for a long time. Pasha […]
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— It’s interesting that I’m supposed to take care of grandma, but her apartment will go to some distant relatives? — I said bitterly, addressing my mother, who stood silently by the window avoiding my gaze. Mom took a deep breath, as if the weight of the whole world rested on her shoulders. Her hands […]
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Exactly three weeks ago, Andrey and I signed the final documents. Our house. Not a mansion, not a luxurious villa outside the city — just a cozy, neat little house with lilacs by the porch, an old wooden fence, and a shady garden. The city noise was left behind, as if we stepped out of […]
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The day Svetlana had dreamed about for many years had finally come. But instead of the expected relief, she felt her hands nervously trembling. Fifty-eight years old—is that not too old for a new life? That thought haunted her all morning. She scrutinized herself in the hallway mirror. A strict suit, minimal makeup, hair tied […]
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— Tanya? Zhanna did not expect to see her ex-husband’s sister at the doorstep. The girl was completely soaked, water streaming down from her long hair. — On the way here, a downpour started. My things got wet, I need to wring them out… Can I come in? — Well… come in. Zhanna understood that […]
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A draft cut straight through as Irina walked through the empty waiting hall of a provincial train station. She wrapped her four-year-old daughter more tightly in a scarf. Katya, pressed against her mother, curled up on the hard bench, her breath settling in the cold air as tiny clouds of vapor. Outside the dusty windows, […]
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Several weeks of agonizing waiting passed. Boris Petrovich lay in the intensive care unit—his life hanging by a thin thread, like a bird hesitant to leap from a branch into the abyss. The doctors were doing everything possible, but the man’s body, worn out by severe bilateral pneumonia, was exhausted to the limit. Mechanical ventilation […]
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Trying not to make any noise, 27-year-old Elizaveta Andreevna Malinkina cautiously moved down the corridor toward the room of Alisa — the 14-year-old daughter of the house owner. She needed to check if the girl was asleep so she could finally go to bed herself. For two weeks now, Liza has been working in the […]
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Aline, dear, quickly hustle and set the table for us! That’s it, your problem is solved! You can rejoice now,” said the husband’s aunt, Antonina Alexeyevna, solemnly into the phone. “Hello, Aunt Tonya. What happened? What problem are you talking about?” Aline asked, surprised, as she was busy with housework. At that moment, she was […]
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— Mom, you have to help me. — Sorry, darling, but I don’t owe you anything. These words hung in the air like heavy raindrops before a storm. Ekaterina Vasilyevna tightened her grip on the phone so that her knuckles turned white. On the other end of the line, there was a ringing silence. — […]
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