If I ever had any doubts about my place in the family, they were resolved the moment I came across the will. I was in my parents’ apartment—the very one where I grew up and had been paying for the past five years: utilities, groceries, roof repairs, help with cleaning. I kept this house afloat […]
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Veronika closed the bathroom door and pressed her back against it. She squeezed her eyelids shut and took a deep breath. Five minutes. Just five minutes of silence before the inevitable chaos. — Mom, Dad’s here! — Timofey’s piercing voice, filled with excitement, broke through the barrier. She ran her palms over her face and […]
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Lena, I’m off, I’ll be late! Don’t wait up if you go to bed!» Ivan shouted from the hallway to his wife. «Stop right there!» Lena shouted back. She came out of the bathroom with a towel on her head. «Why are you going to be late today? Did the office schedule change, or did […]
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Dima, I asked you to at least buy some apples for Vanya. He’s just a little boy, he needs fruits, don’t you understand?» I asked my husband, who had brought bags from the store. «Have you seen the prices? He’ll survive without apples. People used to give birth in the fields and grew up strong […]
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Nina, I’m home!» Nikolai shouted, barely crossing the threshold of his apartment. There was no response, which surprised him greatly. He took off his shoes and walked through the rooms, but his wife was nowhere to be found. «I don’t understand…» It was Saturday morning, so Nina couldn’t have gone to work. She had no […]
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— «But we’re husband and wife. You’ve always told me you dream of having a family!» I tried to reason with my husband. — «In my understanding, a family is just you and me, at least while we’re still young. Lida, we’re both 20. What children are you talking about? I don’t have a steady […]
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Rita froze in place. Before her was the very café her grandmother had talked about. It had opened recently, and the staff was not yet fully complete. Perhaps there would be a job for her as well. Taking a deep breath, she pushed the door open. Once, many years ago—although it seemed an eternity to […]
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I want a divorce,» Katya said quietly, averting her gaze from her husband’s eyes. Sasha’s face instantly turned pale. A silent question hung in the air. «I’m letting you go to the one you truly love,» the girl said, realizing that the main woman in his life had always been his mother. «I no […]
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Larisa pondered for a long time what to give her husband for his birthday. Unable to decide, she asked him. And he blurted out: «A gym membership.» «But you don’t like sports?» she was surprised. «I don’t need it! Buy it for yourself. You’ve really let yourself go. It’s embarrassing in front of friends.» Larisa […]
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In the chemistry classroom, a tense silence reigned. The seventh graders watched breathlessly as Anna confidently wrote the formula for a complex reaction on the board. The chalk left clear white lines, and the teacher watched approvingly as her favorite student successfully tackled the task. «Well done, Annechka. An A plus!» Valentina Sergeevna looked at […]
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