I never thought that at 62 I would become something like a savior. And I certainly could not have imagined that this incident would change my life so much and fill it with new meaning. That late September day was unusually warm and sunny. Autumn was already leaving its first leaves on the asphalt, smelling […]
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Valentina woke up to silence. Strange how quickly you get used to loneliness at fifty-eight. For thirty-five years, every morning began with Peter’s grumbling: the coffee wasn’t strong enough, or the shirt wasn’t perfectly ironed. And now — silence, piercing and cold, like the wind outside the rented room’s window. She slowly got up from […]
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The day passed as usual. Christina was about to finish work when her phone rang — it was her worried husband: Where are you? How much longer? Come on, hurry up, I’m waiting for you. Without giving any explanations, Nikita hung up. Christina began to worry and called a taxi to get home faster. At […]
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Matvey slammed on the brakes sharply, as if something had jolted him awake. How many times had he planned to come here — neither during his mother’s lifetime nor after her passing had he found the time. Always busy, important, he now found himself repulsive. It even became unpleasant to remember what he had been […]
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