After his birthday, Alexey, while going through the gifts, found a lottery ticket in one of the envelopes. “Pfft, they might as well have put in an advertising flyer,” the birthday man thought. “I’ve never been lucky anyway.” But just for laughs, he decided to check the numbers on the website. When he compared the […]
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“What did you even know? That your mother would want a little nature trip, and Aunt Valya would decide to haul half the house to the dacha? And will our family ever have its own plans for the weekend? As soon as summer starts, the circus begins! “Yulya, don’t shout like that. The kids are […]
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“I’m not going with you,” Oksana said calmly. “I’ve already made up my mind, and I’m going alone.” “You… what are you going to do? This is a joke, I hope?” “No jokes. I’m already at the stage of buying the ticket.” Oksana and her husband Igor hadn’t been to the sea for several years. […]
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Marina burst into the apartment, kicked her shoes into a corner, and flopped onto the sofa without bothering to take off her jacket. “Oh God, I nearly died laughing in that meeting!” she gasped. “Can you imagine? They accused you of embezzlement right in front of the whole department! You — a seasoned accountant, audited […]
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Dima had wanted to become a doctor for as long as he could remember. It wasn’t just a childhood fantasy — it felt like his calling. Yet life seemed determined to block his path at every turn. First came the sudden death of his father, shattering the ground beneath his feet. Then his mother’s health […]
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“Why did you decide that your younger son can move into my apartment?” “Come on, we’re family…” “Well then, of course, he can. Rent is seventy thousand a month.” Lyudmila and Andrey had been married for about twenty years. They had an older son, Denis, who had just graduated from school and entered university, and […]
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“Alina,” he began over dinner, “and with what money did you buy gifts for your mother? The dress, the certificate, the photo album… As I understand, with your own?” “Well, yes,” she replied softly. “I saved a little in advance. I ordered the dress two months ago, and I got the spa certificate cheaper thanks […]
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Yulia stepped into the apartment and, the moment she crossed the threshold, felt the weight of exhaustion settle onto her shoulders like a heavy cloak she couldn’t shake off. In her hands she clutched a bag of groceries — ordinary, everyday items, just like this evening, which seemed as though it should have passed in […]
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“— Olechka, you can’t do that—she’s your own mother, after all…” “— Mother?! That word doesn’t suit her at all! Please remember this: I don’t have a mother. I don’t. She died in childbirth.” “— Olya…” gasped Sofya Borisovna. “What terrible things you’re saying!” But Olya was already striding into the hall to go home. […]
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— “Well, we ought to help her!” the husband urged. — “We ought to. Only I honestly don’t feel like it,” Inna said. Her husband Semyon looked reproachfully at his wife but said nothing. He knew his mother and his wife didn’t much like each other; to be frank, they barely tolerated one another, maintaining […]
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