— Mom, are you serious? I’ve already sent out the invitations! The restaurant is waiting for payment! My wedding is in two weeks! You can’t let me down! — Kira couldn’t believe that her mother’s words were not a nightmare or a prank. — Darling, I understand… — No, you don’t understand! — Kira shouted, […]
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— Hello, Lena! — Angelina saw someone she knew and waved. — Hello, — Lena smiled warmly. — You haven’t come to see us in a long time. — Lots of work, no time for vacation. My daughter is in ninth grade. — Ah… if I remember correctly, you usually went on vacation at the […]
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Varya woke up to the noise coming from the street. Outside the window, the weather was hot and summery; a heavy heat hung in the air, wrapping everything around like a thick blanket. The nurse, noticing that the patient had awakened, slightly opened the window vent, letting a rare gust of fresh air into the […]
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One autumn day, an emergency call came into the ambulance station: “A five-year-old child, high fever, loss of consciousness, possible cardiac arrest.” The team was dispatched to a neighborhood of expensive mansions — not the typical place for ambulance work. Usually, such families prefer private doctors or their own clinics. Doctors Olga and Igor arrived […]
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Lidia stood by the kitchen window, watching the last rays of the October sun paint the maple leaves in golden hues. At that moment, she felt like those leaves — beautiful to look at, but ready to break free from the branch at the slightest gust of wind. Her phone vibrated in her pocket. A […]
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Lera had always imagined her thirtieth birthday differently. As a child, it seemed that by thirty she would have everything: a career, children, her own house with a garden and a white picket fence. Reality turned out to be more complicated and at the same time simpler. She had Maksim — a husband she had […]
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The body seemed to have broken — like a mechanism suddenly stopped working. Like a fragile boat on the border of two worlds: water and air. No breath, no time — only pain that burns from memory even one’s own name. In the fog of consciousness, where dreams intertwine with reality, Alla suddenly realizes: she […]
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— When is Katya going to find a job? — Nadezhda Konstantinovna asked her son once again. — Mom, stop bringing up that topic already, we don’t need that, — Konstantin replied. — A wife should be busy with something. Yours just sits at home and does nothing. I’m the one cleaning all day! — […]
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Anna Vladimirovna sat at the kitchen table, scrolling through photos on her phone. Forty years old — a milestone birthday. She wanted to throw a real celebration, invite friends, colleagues, maybe even order a cake from a bakery. For the first time in a long while, she felt the desire to mark her birthday with […]
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You’re making that sour face again. Maybe you should see a gastroenterologist?” Maria smirked without even turning around. She was chopping onions for the salad, but her hand trembled, and the knife hit the wooden board with a dull thud. “Did you even hear what I said?” Alexey came closer and placed his palms on […]
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