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Galina woke up before the alarm clock. Dawn was already breaking outside the window, the first rays of the May sun filtering through the sheer curtains. She silently slipped out from under the blanket, trying not to wake her husband. Stepping on the cool floor, she crept to the kitchen and turned on the kettle, […]

Valeria stood by the door of her parents’ apartment, examining a bunch of keys, one of which, darkened by time with a deep scratch on its side, she recognized immediately. Once, her mother had tied a red ribbon to it so it wouldn’t get mixed up with the others. The ribbon had long since frayed […]

Right after graduation, Liza submitted her university application. She was confident she would get in — her Unified State Exam scores were high, even above the average passing score from last year. The summer turned out to be hot. A friend suggested spending a couple of weeks in Gelendzhik at her aunt’s place. The thought […]

Dmitry’s shouts echoed through the beauty salon “Aphrodite.” The receptionist, pressed fearfully against the counter, held her breath, and the client who was just having a manicure flinched in surprise — the fresh nail polish was ruined. Nina stood nearby, arms crossed, her face stone-cold as she watched the eruption of male anger. “How could […]

Marina had always understood one simple truth: in the Berezkin family, she would always remain an outsider. Not because Alyosha didn’t love her—he adored his wife, saw in her his support and the meaning of his life. But behind that love stood an invisible yet strong wall, built over the years by Valentina Petrovna—his mother […]

— Where’s the soup I made yesterday? — Sveta asked indignantly. — I threw it out, — her mother-in-law replied briskly, stirring something in the pan. — It was too watery. I made a new one — richer and thicker. A man needs to be well fed! Sveta and Lesha lived in a small but […]

— Alena! What kind of circus is this? Why did Kirill come back to me with a suitcase? Did you kick him out? — First of all, there was no suitcase. I gave him garbage bags. Secondly — yes, I did kick him out, — Alena said calmly, trying not to raise her voice. — […]

After leaving the orphanage, seventeen-year-old Lida inherited something strange — a little house in the wilderness, passed down from her long-deceased grandmother. The half-collapsed building stood apart from everything — on the edge of the forest, as if forgotten by time. No one was waiting for her, nothing tied her to the past — and […]