Veronika opened the antique mahogany jewelry box and ran her fingers over the velvet lining. The diamonds shimmered in the morning light. Veronika’s heart tightened at the memories. Her grandmother had given her the set a month before she passed away: a ring with a large center stone, elegant earrings, and a pendant on a […]
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Ten-year-old Grisha was hurrying home from school. His mother had warned him sternly not to linger. During the night their cow had calved, and Lyudmila Sergeyevna had spent the whole day with Zorya and the newborn. He was supposed to heat up lunch, wash the dishes, and finish his homework. But the chores weren’t what […]
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“Yes, Mom, we’re fine. Misha’s working late, and I just got home,” Sofya tossed her keys onto the console and froze when she saw an unfamiliar pair of slippers in the hallway. “I’ll call you back, something’s—” Voices drifted from the kitchen. One was her husband’s. The other—female, with that unmistakably commanding note—Sofya couldn’t be […]
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Marina reread the document for the third time, unable to believe her eyes. An official letter from the notary’s office lay on her kitchen table beside a half-finished cup of tea. In dry legal language, the letter stated that her brother Viktor had filed a claim to recover from her half of the amount spent […]
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