— I bent my back at your parents’ dacha all summer while you were “relaxing” in the city! And what did they give me? A bucket of rotten potatoes?! Choke on your potatoes!

Sveta, accept nature’s bounty! Straight from the garden—courtesy of Mom and Dad!” Pavel’s voice—deliberately cheerful and ringing—burst into the apartment’s silence. A galvanized bucket clanged as it hit the laminate in the entryway, leaving a dirty, damp circle on the clean floor. Pavel himself beamed as if he hadn’t hauled in a bucket of potatoes […]

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— No, dear, I’m not going to slave away for your sister. Let her sort herself out! — Yana said firmly.

Yana parked the car in the courtyard and turned off the engine. It had been a hectic day—two wedding hairstyles in a row, a capricious bride who changed her mind three times, plus the regular clients. But the register was ringing, and that was encouraging. The salon she’d opened two years ago was finally bringing […]

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