Vladimir climbed out of the car that had stopped right at the doorstep of his childhood home — the very place where he had grown up, where his first words were spoken, where he first learned to balance on two feet. He slowly lifted his eyes and looked at the windows. Warm light filtered through […]
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“Divorce,” I said thoughtfully, looking out the window. “What?!” came a sharp voice behind me. I slowly turned around and smiled at my stunned husband. “I want a divorce, Maksim.” He shifted his gaze to his mother. Tatyana Stepanovna, who had been eavesdropping by the door, immediately clutched her chest and dramatically collapsed onto the […]
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“Katya, where is my blue tie?” Dmitry shouted from the bedroom. Ekaterina was standing in the kitchen, stirring oatmeal. Seven years of marriage, and every morning felt like Groundhog Day. He rushed off to the office chasing success and money, while she stayed between the stove and the washing machine. “In the closet on the […]
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Mikhail was walking down a narrow, shady alley, holding the phone to his ear and breaking into a broad, almost boyish smile. The sun slipped between the trees, caressing his face, while something warm and familiar sang inside his soul—as if time had taken a step back, and he was once again that carefree age […]
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Fyodor Petrovich had long dreamed of going to the cemetery — to visit his son. For a long time, his health had not allowed him to do so. But today he woke up feeling a little better. The paint for the fence had been bought in advance, all the tools prepared. After breakfast, the man […]
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— If your wife doesn’t learn to talk to me properly, I’ll pull all her hair out, son! The voice on the phone rang with barely concealed anger — so sharp and fierce that it even drowned out the monotonous background noise of the office. Maxim instinctively pressed the phone to his ear and turned […]
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Liza hit the airbags with a dull thud as they deployed at the last moment. She struggled to stay conscious and couldn’t take her eyes off the person she had buried just a week ago. Could it really be true? Or was she dying and passing into some other world where they were together again? […]
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“Anya, this place is simply wonderful!” Marina exclaimed as the friends looked at photos of the new restaurant on the phone. “And you say you already booked a table?” “Yes, for seven in the evening,” Anya couldn’t hide her joyful excitement. “Five years of married life is no joke. I want to celebrate it somehow […]
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The Apartment Issue Alesya stood in the hallway, unable to believe her ears. Her mother-in-law, Svetlana Sergeevna, had just declared that the apartment of the late grandmother Zoya would go not to her, but to Lena — the wife of the younger son. “Svetlana Sergeevna, but you promised,” Alesya’s voice trembled with hurt. “You yourself […]
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Lidiya Viktorovna woke up in the silence of the early morning, wrapped in an inexplicable feeling of anxiety—dull and muted, just like every year when spring awakened from its winter slumber. This feeling accompanied her every spring for twenty-three years now. It came with the first rays of light, as if warning that this day […]
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