This month we have a separate budget,» said Mikhail, setting aside his mug with unfinished coffee. Anna raised her eyes to him. There was no surprise or outrage in them. «Alright,» she said. Mikhail blinked. He had expected something different: questions, complaints, perhaps even tears. He had prepared arguments, phrases like «It’s fair,» «This will […]
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The staircase landing greeted Andrey with its usual silence. After a three-day business trip that had exhausted him to the limit, he dreamed only of collapsing into bed and sleeping for twelve hours. However, upon retrieving his keys, he suddenly froze: music was coming from the apartment. This was strange—Olga never played it so loudly. […]
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— And you haven’t changed, — she answered quietly, as if speaking to herself. Sergey deliberately slammed the keys onto the table. — This is impossible already, Natalya. That’s it. Enough. — Enough of what? — her voice trembled slightly. — This constant control, your endless “wisdom”! You always think you know and understand everything, […]
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My gaze was fixed on my mother-in-law, whose state resembled that of a person who had seen a ghost. A small envelope trembled nervously in her hand, and her eyes were frozen in an expression of panic. The loud music of the banquet hall in the old mansion drowned out all sounds, making our conversation […]
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Oleg and Tamara had been married for nine years. During all those years, they unsuccessfully tried to have a child. Tamara dreamed of having a baby, fantasizing about motherhood, but it just didn’t happen. She and Oleg went through all the possible doctors, received treatment, visited health resorts, performed rituals, and even turned to alternative […]
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— Don’t talk nonsense! What do you mean—you won’t let me back in? Me! — Vitaly, with a surprised expression, stood in the doorway of his former apartment. «— You’re talking nonsense now. And why have you come here, huh? Where is it written, in what law, that some moral freaks—having indulged themselves on the […]
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Svetlana realized she wouldn’t be able to carry all her purchases by herself. The market day had been so successful that she hadn’t restrained herself and had bought a huge amount of fruit. The shopping was done—but how to get it all home? She’d have to take a taxi. Pushing through the crowd, she searched […]
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I don’t print money!” Irina threw her purse onto the table and tiredly rubbed her temples. The cheap watch with its worn strap showed nearly eleven at night. Anatoly didn’t even lift his eyes from his phone. The bluish glow of the screen lit up his stubbly face. “Could you at least wash the […]
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— No way, Vitalya! Neither you nor your relatives will ever show up in my apartment again, especially after what you did there! — Mom, you’ll help me clean up, right? Otherwise, Katya will come and tear my head off! — Vitalya asked his mother, after a bunch of his relatives, both distant and close, […]
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Zhenya, I don’t understand why you’re bringing up this conversation again. I’ve explained a hundred times why I don’t want to sell this house. I can repeat it for the hundred and first time. This is not just my only home – it’s a memory of the people I love. I told you how I […]
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