— And I changed the lock; your sister has no business here. I’m done putting up with that brazen sister-in-law and her clan

Alina stood by the kitchen window, watching the autumn leaves slowly settle onto the asphalt of the courtyard. Behind her came familiar sounds: children’s laughter, the shuffle of slippers across the parquet, the refrigerator door slamming. She didn’t turn—she knew she’d see the same scene she’d seen every day for the past three months. Inga […]

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You bought a house down south for your parents? Wonderful! Only my mother will live there—it’s more important for her health,” the husband declared.

The dream of a house by the sea had been a family dream for many years. Inna remembered how, as a child, sitting at the table in the tiny kitchen of their Khrushchev-era panel apartment, she and her mother and father would leaf through photos of the seashore and imagine how one day they would […]

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