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Nika—that’s what everyone called her, although her real name was Veronika—was just heading to her table in the café to finally have a quiet bite to eat. At that moment, she suddenly turned around—someone called her by her old nickname. Here, at the company office where she had worked for five years, no one addressed […]

“— Miss, may I help you?” he called to the woman, noticing how she was struggling to carry two heavy bags. “— Sorry to approach so suddenly, but it looks like the bags are about to slip from your hands. Let me carry them for you.” “— Oh, really? Are you sure? Aren’t they too […]

The court was scheduled for Tuesday. Ulyana didn’t say a word about it, but Kostya could see she was nervous: she fiddled with the beads on her bracelet, bit her thin chapped lips, drank too much coffee. She didn’t ask him for anything, so it was pointless when her mother said Ulyana was using him […]

She had to grow up early — at twelve years, six months, and three days. Not on the day her mother died, but earlier: her mother was hospitalized, and her father said that Yana was now the eldest. That she must take her brothers to kindergarten, pick them up, cook lunch, and generally do everything […]

Tamara Petrovna was carefully wiping an old porcelain cup — a gift from her late husband. Every movement, every swipe of the cloth was like a ritual. The house smelled of pies, and that familiar aroma seemed to confirm: everything here was hers, everything rightfully belonged to her. Sixty-seven years of life, forty of them […]

Outside the windows of the houses, warm lights of garlands were glowing, Christmas trees were reflected in the glass, and sounds of New Year’s melodies could be heard. And beyond these walls—there reigned a white silence. Snow fell in thick flakes, as if someone invisible was endlessly sprinkling it from the sky. The silence was […]

An elderly man entered a small barbershop that proudly called itself a beauty salon. He was dressed simply, without any extravagance, and looked somewhat distant — not because of neglect or poverty, but rather as if his eyes held an inner world full of contemplation. A friendly but cautious smile played across his face. The […]

I didn’t really want to get married a second time. The first experience—five years of emotional rollercoaster—ended in the usual way: mutual boiling irritation. We broke up but remained friends. We even texted occasionally—about work, the weather, and former mutual acquaintances. With Anton, everything was different from the start. No butterflies, no fireworks, no sweet […]