Good Lord, Dmitry, please stop grumbling. We’re almost there. Look, the sea is already sparkling,” Marina said softly, almost pleadingly, touching her husband’s elbow. Dmitry wiped a bead of sweat from his forehead and grimaced irritably into the taxi’s rearview mirror, as if the driver were to blame for the thirty-degree heat. “‘Almost’ doesn’t count, […]
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“What?” her husband’s voice faltered mid-word. Lika carefully placed her phone face down and looked at Andrei calmly, almost tenderly. “I rented out the apartment. Starting from the first of the month. An eleven-month contract. Good people. They pay on time, no delays.” Andrei opened and closed his mouth several times, like a fish thrown […]
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“Six months since we divorced, and you’re already pregnant? You moved on fast,” her ex said, his eyes fixed on Ksenia. She did not stop at the entrance right away. She took two more steps, as if checking whether those words had really been spoken aloud, and had not merely brushed against her hearing with […]
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