— Enjoying the free ride? Now pay up, Mom, — Yulia said, handing over the bill for the “vacation” at their summer house.

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 […]

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Kisul, did he forget to tell you? This is my husband’s premarital apartment” — the wife’s husband’s mistress didn’t expect a catch

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 […]

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Irina and Grigory divorced when their daughter Anya turned two years old. Grigory simply couldn’t live with his wife.

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 […]

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The son tied up his elderly mother and took her to the forest to quickly get the inheritance. But he forgot that not only silence lives among these trees…

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 […]

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The governess found a beaten girl under the fence — a month later the owners didn’t recognize their own home

“Svetlana Alekseevna, don’t be lonely! We’ll be back in two weeks,” Darya Andreevna said with a warm smile, standing at the doorway. The housekeeper nodded; a slight worry flashed in her eyes, but she only sighed and, as always, tried to keep composed: “Oh, I’m no child. Rest well, don’t worry about anything. Everything will […]

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