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Late evening wrapped the kitchen in thick darkness, as if the walls had absorbed all the sounds and light. The air was so dense and tense that Igor was afraid even to take a deeper breath. He looked at Svetlana — the woman he had lived with for ten years, loving and trusting — and […]

Semyon Petrovich, or simply Petrovich — that’s what everyone who occasionally stopped by this forgotten-by-God place called him — with a strained groan plunged his shovel into the heavy, damp earth. Another day, like hundreds before. He had been working here, at the old village cemetery, for twenty years now, ever since the noisy and […]

Loud applause gradually died down, the glasses of champagne were half emptied, and the guests’ faces glowed with smiles. Fifty years of married life — a golden wedding anniversary. Around the long festive table gathered children, grandchildren, old family friends. They had all come to celebrate not just an anniversary, but a symbol of a […]

Zhenya sat on an old wooden chair in the cramped dorm room, clutching a worn smartphone—a gift from the orphanage, her only reminder of the past and her sole connection to the outside world. Through the fogged-up window, the gray October light seeped in, illuminating the screen where job listings slowly loaded. She needed a […]

Maria carefully arranged the children’s clothes in the wardrobe, gently smoothing each item. Suddenly, voices she knew well came from the hallway. The baby was peacefully sleeping in the stroller, and the woman tried to move as quietly as possible so as not to disturb the child. After three years of living together with Vladimir, […]

The wedding was modest but joyful. Alina, in a white dress bought on sale, radiated happiness, and Dima couldn’t take his eyes off her. Alina’s parents couldn’t come — her father was in the hospital after surgery, and her mother didn’t want to leave him alone. But Dima’s mother, Valentina Petrovna, made a great effort: […]

The call from the notary caught Nastya completely by surprise. She barely had time to grasp what was happening when she heard the word “inheritance.” From her grandfather? The name—Pyotr Danilovich—evoked only vague memories in the girl, faint like the flicker of a distant flame. He was her father’s father, but after her parents’ divorce, […]

Natalya carefully arranged the plates on the table, trying not to make the dishes clatter. The workday had been unusually hard. At the supermarket where she worked as a cashier, the program was acting up again, causing lines to stretch halfway across the hall. Oleg also came home very tired but, as usual, first asked […]