“Let’s sell Grandma’s cottage and buy Nikita a car. We’ll register it under his name!” — declared the father-in-law to his daughter-in-law when he learned about her inheritance.

Galina woke up before the alarm clock. Dawn was already breaking outside the window, the first rays of the May sun filtering through the sheer curtains. She silently slipped out from under the blanket, trying not to wake her husband. Stepping on the cool floor, she crept to the kitchen and turned on the kettle, […]

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Having been released from the colony on parole, not knowing where to go, she took the wrong address—and spent the night in the house of complete strangers. That accident changed everything.

Kristina took a deep breath — the warm air was filled with the scent of freedom. This was her second meeting with it. The second time she was going out into the world. And the second time she had to learn to live anew. She twisted her mouth into a crooked smile. “It’s okay, hardships […]

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