— Mom decided we should swap apartments. We’ll give her your two-room place and move into her one-room!” the husband announced

Natalia opened the door to her two-room apartment and headed straight for the kitchen. The October evening had turned out rainy, and after a hard day at the design agency she wanted to quickly cook something warm and hearty. Sergei was due back from work in half an hour, and Natalia planned to greet her […]

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I’ve put all the property in your brother’s and sister’s names, and I’ll be living in your wife’s apartment,” the mother-in-law announced.

September had brought a chill to the evenings, and Irina had just finished making dinner when the doorbell rang. Alexei opened it, and his relatives swept into the apartment as a noisy crowd: his mother, Valentina Mikhailovna; his sister, Lena, with her two children—seven-year-old Masha and five-year-old Denis; and right behind them, his brother Viktor. […]

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