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— Mommy, are we going to live here now? — Lisa’s small voice trembled like an autumn leaf in the wind. Svetlana hugged her daughter by the shoulders and looked at the little house. It was crooked, old, with peeling window frames, resembling a tired person whose eyes had long stopped marveling at the world. […]

The phone suddenly trembled in the silence — like a frightened creature coming to life amid the calm. Zinaida Alekseevna flinched in sync with it, as if an invisible connection linked her to that sound. Straining, she reached toward the edge of the table, grabbed the receiver, and pressed it to her ear, as if […]

Valentina sat staring at one spot, unable to look away. No, this simply couldn’t be! And with her too — this should not be happening. She kept rereading the message her husband had obviously sent to the wrong woman by mistake. The text was short but painfully clear. Fyodor was explaining to his mistress that […]

The call came on Saturday morning when Yulia was still lying in bed with a cup of coffee. The screen showed the name of her mother-in-law — Valentina Petrovna. Usually, that didn’t bode well. “Yulechka, dear,” came the syrupy sweet voice, “how are you? How’s your mood?” “Fine,” Yulia answered cautiously. When her mother-in-law started […]

Lera turned off her phone and leaned back in the armchair in her friend’s living room. Outside, the July sun blazed, but inside something was slowly tearing apart. I don’t know how else to explain this feeling… It was as if she had been living with a stranger all these months. Artyom changed so gradually […]

Irina and Grigory divorced when their daughter Anya turned two years old. Grigory simply couldn’t live with his wife. She was always dissatisfied, angry. Sometimes she complained that Grisha earned too little, sometimes that he spent too little time at home and didn’t help her with the child at all. Grisha really tried to please […]

“Larisa, just a little more… Come on, dear, you can do it!” She barely moved her legs. Every step was taken with tremendous effort, as if heavy weights were strapped to her feet. “I want to take a shower…” Larisa whispered, feeling her strength finally leaving her. “Gleb, I can’t anymore. Honestly, I can’t!” Her […]

Alla Sergeyevna slowly came to herself, feeling the heavy weight of fatigue settling on her shoulders. Her head was pounding, her eyelids felt like lead. She heard the children closing the door—carefully, trying not to make noise. It was strange because usually they came and went loudly, as if deliberately emphasizing their presence. But today […]