Natalya, a woman of respectable age, as always, opened her eyes long before dawn — when the sun hadn’t even thought of appearing on the horizon yet. For many decades, she was used to greeting the morning first: in the village, you simply cannot relax. Laziness doesn’t go unnoticed here — whether it’s milking the […]
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Dasha? What are you doing here?» Svetlana was so shocked she could barely speak. Thoughts were spinning in her head, and jealousy and resentment were boiling in her soul. Why were they doing this to her? Hadn’t she loved her husband? Was she a bad wife and mother to their son? But what happened next […]
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Hello,” Katya answered in a trembling voice. She couldn’t stand nighttime calls from unknown numbers — she always sensed something bad in them. Such calls had come only twice in her life: the first time when her mother died, the second when her husband, Nikita, passed away. “Ekaterina?” A wave of ice swept through her […]
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I never thought that at 62 I would become something like a savior. And I certainly could not have imagined that this incident would change my life so much and fill it with new meaning. That late September day was unusually warm and sunny. Autumn was already leaving its first leaves on the asphalt, smelling […]
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Valentina woke up to silence. Strange how quickly you get used to loneliness at fifty-eight. For thirty-five years, every morning began with Peter’s grumbling: the coffee wasn’t strong enough, or the shirt wasn’t perfectly ironed. And now — silence, piercing and cold, like the wind outside the rented room’s window. She slowly got up from […]
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The day passed as usual. Christina was about to finish work when her phone rang — it was her worried husband: Where are you? How much longer? Come on, hurry up, I’m waiting for you. Without giving any explanations, Nikita hung up. Christina began to worry and called a taxi to get home faster. At […]
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Matvey slammed on the brakes sharply, as if something had jolted him awake. How many times had he planned to come here — neither during his mother’s lifetime nor after her passing had he found the time. Always busy, important, he now found himself repulsive. It even became unpleasant to remember what he had been […]
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The alarm rang exactly at six in the morning. Vika opened her eyes but didn’t move. Next to her, her husband was peacefully snoring, wrapped up in the blanket over his head. The alarm kept ringing desperately, but Arthur didn’t even twitch. Vika reached out and turned off the alarm. Time to get up. Her […]
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«You’re to Blame» When Senya was packing his suitcase, he made such a noise in the apartment that even the neighbor on the other side of the wall could hear. He threw his jacket on the floor, then dramatically picked it up, slammed the wardrobe door, and jerked the suitcase handle so hard that the […]
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A cold October evening forever changed Arina’s life. She stood at the gate of what had once been her home, holding a hastily packed bag, while her mother‑in‑law’s shrill cry still echoed in her ears: “Out of my house! And don’t you ever set foot here again!” Ten years of marriage ended in a single […]
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