— School? Seriously? — Valentina Sergeevna grimaced as if from a toothache. — Artyom could have found a more decent wife. I silently poured tea into the porcelain cups, trying not to spill. My hands trembled with anger, but I couldn’t show it to my mother-in-law. Three months of marriage had taught me one thing […]
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Anton tapped his fingers irritably on the steering wheel, watching the endless stream of pedestrians crossing the street. “When will this ever end?” he ground out through clenched teeth. “The whole city’s clogged with some poor souls without cars.” Bored in the traffic jam, he started looking around. To his left, a luxury SUV pulled […]
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— Mish, we’ve been living together for three years now—maybe we should get ourselves a kitten? Julia turned to her boyfriend, who was slouched on the sofa, absentmindedly flipping TV channels with a blank expression. He turned to her and frowned. — What else are you dreaming up? Shall we get a piglet next? And […]
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— How are you doing, dear? Did you earn all the money or what? — Tatiana’s mother, Nina, asked with an unpleasant chuckle over the phone. — You can’t earn all the money. But I work not only for that. — Oh? And what else for? — For pleasure. I love my job, mom. — […]
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The pancakes were frying, as always, on autopilot — the frying pan was old, its coating had died back in 2014, but Maria refused to replace it on principle. The pan had character. Unlike most of the inhabitants of this apartment. The kitchen smelled of smoke — Maria didn’t smoke, but yesterday the neighbor Ira […]
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“Kseniya Nikolaevna, I talked it over with Kolya, and we decided not to give Dasha money as a gift.” “What?” — the mother-in-law’s eyebrows shot up. “The girl is turning twenty! Money is the best gift at that age!” “We want to give her some kind of keepsake instead.” “To hell with your keepsake! We […]
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Old Anna Petrovna regularly came to the cemetery to visit the grave of her daughter Marina—the only person she had lost too soon. This day was no different from the others: a gray autumn haze hung over the earth, a cool wind blew, and the silence was broken only by the rustling of falling leaves. […]
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“Sokolova? Marina Sokolova?! Did you really come after all?” Igor Valentinov stretched his lips into a smile, but his eyes remained cold. “Guys, look who showed up!” Marina stopped at the restaurant door. Fifteen years had passed, but his voice still carried the same mocking tone familiar from their student days. She took a deep […]
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— You’ll all be cleaning staff! Just know this — I’ll fire you to hell!” Vladimir barked, slamming the door to his office loudly. “Those freeloaders have really gotten cheeky,” he muttered to himself. “They don’t want to work but expect to get paid! Meanwhile, the company is on the edge, losing money!” Deep down, […]
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Nika hadn’t been herself lately. Serious cracks had appeared in her relationship with her husband, and she didn’t know how to handle this painful situation. It all started with small things — as it usually does. After work, Tolya began to notice her with venomous remarks. His jokes were full of anger, every word hurt […]
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