— Nikita, go take a walk,» the mother-in-law addressed her son. The man, who had been talking to his wife all this time, got distracted and looked at his mother. «Half an hour,» she clarified, nodding toward the front door. A week ago, Tatiana had registered at the civil registry office and was now the […]
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Olga struggled to get out of bed, wincing in pain. Nearby, in the hospital nursery’s bassinet, her little son loudly announced his needs. Her stomach ached terribly after the surgery, and it felt as if someone were hammering his head—a consequence of the spinal anesthesia. “One in a hundred cases,” the anesthesiologist said sadly when […]
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No, just look at her! Soon she won’t fit through the door, yet you can’t drag her away from the kitchen!» muttered Evgenia Borisovna under her breath, glancing at her daughter-in-law, who was finishing a cottage cheese bar. Elina turned around, but her mother-in-law was no longer in the hallway. Perhaps she had imagined it, […]
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Daughters always think their mothers are foolish and don’t understand anything in life, and then they regret it, but it’s too late! «I don’t think you’re foolish, but you really don’t understand anything! Vanya loves me! He’s waiting for me! Everything will be fine between us, you’ll see!» Yana grabbed her packed things and stuffed […]
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Valery had just pulled up to the house and was parking in the courtyard when he heard the scream of his wife, Alyona. The man could not be mistaken, it was definitely his spouse. «Damn, what happened again?» he thought anxiously and hurried to finish parking. The elevator, as if to spite him, was slow […]
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I never understood my parents. They had two wonderful daughters, but only one mattered to them. I always thought there should be a unique approach to each child, that parental love should be equal for all. Unfortunately, maternal and paternal attention passed me by. I was the first child in our family. The child they […]
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My mother-in-law had a big appetite. And I’m not talking about an appetite for food, but an appetite for money and other people’s achievements. My mother-in-law’s audacity knew no bounds, but I didn’t let her destroy everything. It all started when I married Vadim. We were young and naive. There wasn’t much money, but it […]
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The tender rays of the setting sun gilded the rooftops of the cottage village. Xenia, leaning on the terrace railing, watched Artem, who was intently fanning the coals in the grill. Four-year-old Lera, proudly calling herself «the main assistant,» brought her father tongs and spices, while eight-year-old Maxim energetically kicked a football into the makeshift […]
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A cold winter morning had enveloped the land with the thinnest layer of frost, as if someone with an invisible hand had dusted it with tiny diamonds. The sky was just beginning to lighten, and the air was so clean that it seemed crystalline. Each breath stung the nose and cheeks, a reminder: winter was […]
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Irina stared blankly, seeing through the window the blurred edges of snowflakes descending in St. Petersburg. On the other end of the phone, her husband’s voice, a tone she knew too well, filled her with a routine emptiness. Yura was in Moscow, on another «business trip.» Their conversation, like their last dozen calls, was about […]
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