Arina froze in the bedroom doorway, watching her husband Dmitry adjust his tie in the mirror. “Dima, have you seen my sapphire earrings? The white-gold ones Mom gave me for my thirtieth.”

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Arina froze in the bedroom doorway, watching her husband, Dmitry, adjust his tie in the mirror. “Dima, have you seen my sapphire earrings? The white-gold ones Mom gave me for my thirtieth.” Dmitry kept fussing with his tie without turning around. “No, I have no idea where they could be. Why, are they missing?” Arina […]

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— What apartment are you planning to split? — the wife asked in surprise.

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— “Which apartment are you planning to split?” the wife asked. — “Fine,” the husband answered roughly. “Either way, half the apartment is mine.” Marina shook her head. — “Let’s consider that your family spent that money remodeling the home of their grandson and son,” she explained firmly. “You wanted to start a new life—please, […]

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“Come in, Marina. Dinner needs to be made—the groceries are in a bag in the kitchen. The laundry’s in the basket. Dust the living room; it hasn’t been done in ages,” the future mother-in-law rattled off, then casually added, “And Vanya and I will watch a movie in the living room for now.”

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“Come in, Marina. Dinner needs to be cooked—the groceries are in a bag in the kitchen. The laundry’s in the basket. Wipe the dust in the living room; I haven’t gotten around to it in ages,” the future mother-in-law rattled off, and then, as if casually, added, “And Vanya and I will watch a movie […]

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— Be a man. What other apartment are you trying to split up? — his wife said firmly. — I’ve already given you what’s yours.

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When Lena stepped off the train, it was still dark. She hadn’t told anyone she was coming back. She bought a ticket for early morning, took the last car, didn’t read, didn’t look out the window. She only listened to the clatter of the wheels—as if they were tapping out what she still hadn’t said. […]

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The husband secretly took out a loan—when she learned the truth, the wife did something none of the relatives expected

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Marina frowned. A letter with the bank’s logo lay on the kitchen table—the third one this month. She reached for the letter opener, her heart beating out of rhythm. Something was wrong. “Dear Viktor Nikolaevich… payment overdue… subject to penalty… collateralized property…” Collateralized property? What property? “Vitya!” she shouted, holding the letter between two fingers […]

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— And I changed the lock; your sister has no business here. I’m done putting up with that brazen sister-in-law and her clan

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Alina stood by the kitchen window, watching the autumn leaves slowly settle onto the asphalt of the courtyard. Behind her came familiar sounds: children’s laughter, the shuffle of slippers across the parquet, the refrigerator door slamming. She didn’t turn—she knew she’d see the same scene she’d seen every day for the past three months. Inga […]

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You bought a house down south for your parents? Wonderful! Only my mother will live there—it’s more important for her health,” the husband declared.

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The dream of a house by the sea had been a family dream for many years. Inna remembered how, as a child, sitting at the table in the tiny kitchen of their Khrushchev-era panel apartment, she and her mother and father would leaf through photos of the seashore and imagine how one day they would […]

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I’ve put all the property in your brother’s and sister’s names, and I’ll be living in your wife’s apartment,” the mother-in-law announced.

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September had brought a chill to the evenings, and Irina had just finished making dinner when the doorbell rang. Alexei opened it, and his relatives swept into the apartment as a noisy crowd: his mother, Valentina Mikhailovna; his sister, Lena, with her two children—seven-year-old Masha and five-year-old Denis; and right behind them, his brother Viktor. […]

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