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It all began on a morning that seemed to promise anything but a storm. The sun was just lifting above the rooftops, tinting the sky a tender shade of peach. The air was fresh and clear, and from the fields came the sweet scent of blooming meadow grasses. Anna, as always, had risen before dawn […]

Sergey sat on an old wooden bench in the very heart of the park, watching as autumn leaves—crimson and gold—whirled in the cool air like dancing couples at a forgotten ball. Gusts of wind would catch them, lift them up, and then let them drift gently down onto the damp ground, forming a soft, rustling […]

I found out about the cheating by accident. No, there was no lipstick on the collar or someone else’s perfume—much more banal than that. His phone buzzed on the kitchen table while he was in the shower, and I glanced at the screen without thinking. “Miss you, kitty. When will we see each other?” wrote […]

When I opened the door and saw Valentina Petrovna on the threshold with two enormous bags, my heart sank. My mother-in-law stood there in her unchanging beige trench coat, hair pulled into a tight bun, lips pressed into a thin line. Her gaze slid over me with that all-too-familiar expression—a mix of disapproval and righteous […]

— By the way, I never told you. My folks are coming next week. For about a week. The words fell into the kitchen like heavy, filthy stones into a clear stream. Irina froze, her hand with the milk carton suspended halfway to the fridge. The crinkle of the paper carton on the countertop, the […]

Olga closed the notary’s office door and stepped outside. The autumn wind tugged at her hair, yellow leaves rustled underfoot. In her hands—a folder of documents. Certificates of inheritance. Five apartments. Everything that was left of her mother. Four months had passed since the funeral. Four months of paperwork, running around to different offices, processing […]

October’s evening wrapped the city in early dusk. Olya came home from work exhausted, kicked off her shoes in the hallway, and went to the kitchen, where dinner was already warming. Dmitry sat at the table, scrolling through something on his phone and sighing from time to time. Such sighs had become regular lately, and […]

— Denis, hi! I’ve got amazing news for you! Tamara Viktorovna’s voice on the phone rang with barely restrained excitement, taut as a string. Denis winced and pushed the blueprint away from him. He was sitting in his humming open-space office, and this brassy call from his mother felt like a marching band bursting into […]