— Look, I still have this dress, — Olya said, placing it on top of the other clothes that her daughter no longer wore. The first one to be born was Sveta, now five years old. Just a year later, Nadya was born to her sister Vika, and a couple of months later, her sister-in-law […]
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Marina lowered her head, fully aware of the futility of her visit. Even if her mother-in-law had left something for her grandson, her ex-husband would inevitably take it for himself. Now he had another woman who occupied all his thoughts and time. Anton had not only forgotten about the existence of his son, but he […]
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Pavel had probably flipped through the family photo album for the hundredth time. In one picture, he was captured with his classmates at a picnic; in another, he was holding a diploma with a wide, beaming smile; and in the next shot, Ira stands next to him, who, a few pages later, becomes his wife. […]
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After training, Vika hurried home, having promised her husband that she would cook fish soup. When she entered the apartment, she saw her husband, Leonid, sitting in the kitchen and drinking wine. — Wow, seems like we’re in one picture then… Leonid, did you run out of patience waiting for me? Let me at least […]
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— Tanka, there’s a traffic jam again because of you! Your rear end is so enormous that even a plane can’t fly around it! It looks like you spend the whole day licking plates before washing them! This phrase triggered an explosion of loud laughter. Tanya squinted her eyes, wishing she could vanish into thin […]
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For nearly three decades of marriage, Elizaveta Petrovna had never once considered cheating on her husband. The very thought had never even entered her bright, devoted soul. But that day, everything changed. Fluttering around the living room in her habitual coquettish manner, she stopped before a huge mirror, admiring herself. Like a fairy from an […]
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Sofya placed the vase of flowers on the table and critically inspected the result. Everything was perfect. A pristine white tablecloth, crystal glasses, expensive champagne in a silver bucket with ice. In the kitchen, a duck with apples was baking in the oven, and in the refrigerator there were desserts from the city’s finest pastry […]
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Anna Fedorovna sighed deeply as she positioned yet another pot beneath the raindrops that stubbornly pierced through the ceiling. The old woman shook her head, as if conversing with the sky itself. — What a nuisance! And when will it ever stop? The rain seems endless. Could it be that, up above, God’s roof has […]
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— You know, it’s just impossible to live with you,” Andrey said, standing with his back to Olga by the window. His silhouette stood out against the gloomy October sky. “You’re always so flawless, so convenient… like an old pair of house slippers. Olga studied his back in the gray sweater intently. For twenty years […]
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Having bought milk on the highway from his ex-cleaning lady who had been caught stealing, the office director did something incredible the very next day… Sergey Vladimirovich had always been a man of action. That’s why, just a week and a half later, on one bright May day, leaving his manager in charge, he got […]
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