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“Tomorrow is my milestone birthday. The guests will come to your place! You’ll set the tables—there’ll be room for everyone!” the mother-in-law ordered.

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Irina straightened the kitchen curtains and looked around her creation with satisfaction. The small rented two-room flat in an old building had been transformed thanks to her efforts. Fresh flowers on the windowsill, handmade cushions on the sofa, neatly arranged knickknacks—all of it turned an ordinary space into a cozy home. “How beautifully you’ve arranged […]

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— “It’s MINE!” Nastya slammed her palm on the table. “My apartment. My parents registered it under my name. You moved into it as my husband. That’s it!”

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Nastya and the Other “Lady of the House” The Door That Won’t Close Nastya was tired. Not so much from work, or the renovation, or daily routine, but from this invisible intrusion that had gone on far too long. In her own apartment she felt like a guest—and all because of one person. Or rather, […]

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“Hello, honey! I’ve got a big surprise for you! Make your signature dish for dinner!” “What happened?” Svetlana asked warily.

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Hello, darling! I’ve got a big surprise for you! Make your signature dish for dinner tonight! “What happened?” Svetlana grew uneasy. “Everything’s wonderful! I’ll tell you this evening!” The call ended, and the woman looked doubtfully out the window. It was a raw, damp October. Her husband’s call didn’t lift her spirits—over twenty-five years of […]

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“‘My new wife and I have nowhere to live—let us stay at the dacha,’ my ex asked. I let them. Then I called the police and filed a breaking-and-entering report.”

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“Recognize me?” — the voice on the line was nauseatingly familiar. Soft, insinuating — the very one that once promised forever. I stayed silent, staring at the frost patterns on the windowpane. A call from my ex-husband, Dmitry, after two years of almost complete oblivion — that’s never a good sign. It’s always the prelude […]

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— “…I can’t take it anymore, Sveta! My wife’s already living on nothing but pasta, and you’re asking for even more money!” Maxim mumbled to his sister.

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Maksim slammed the refrigerator door and turned to his wife with a disgruntled look. “Yelena, what are these sausages for three hundred rubles a kilo? Have you lost your mind?” Yelena froze by the stove, continuing to stir the contents of the frying pan. Her fingers gripped the wooden spatula more tightly. “Maksim, there weren’t […]

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Everything we acquired in marriage is in my mother’s name, so we won’t be dividing anything,” he said, not imagining what lay ahead.

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When Fyodor and Tasya got their marriage registered, there was nothing special about their life. No wealthy relatives, no dowry—just a tiny one-room apartment with peeling wallpaper and a creaky sofa that barely fit the two of them. But to Tasya, all that seemed like funny little trifles. She believed—they had everything ahead of them. […]

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Maria spent three days scrubbing every corner of the house, as if her enemy weren’t dust but time itself—the time that had separated her from her son.

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Three days Maria scrubbed every corner of the house, as if her enemy weren’t dust but time itself—the time that had separated her from her son. She woke before dawn, even though the bus wouldn’t arrive in the village until after lunch. She still couldn’t sleep. Andrei was coming home after five years in Germany. […]

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— “You’re no longer my daughter. Who he is and where he’s from—no one knows. I’m ashamed of you. Move into your grandmother’s log house and start living like an adult. Feel responsible for your actions.”

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“You’re no longer my daughter. No one knows who he is or where he came from. I’m ashamed of you. Move into your grandmother’s hut and live like an adult. Feel the responsibility for your actions.” “Olya, did you hear? They sent people here on a business trip to help ours. Let’s go to the […]

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