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The door slammed with such a crash that my mother’s favorite porcelain elephant figurine fell off the hall’s mirror shelf. I didn’t even turn around — just gritted my teeth and grabbed the bag my mother clung to as if it were the last thread tying me to this house. “You’re not going anywhere!” Her […]

The phone burst into a ringtone at five in the morning. Ira jerked awake, nearly falling off the bed, and automatically reached for the bedside table. Through the pre-dawn haze in her head, one thought broke through: “Don’t wake Misha.” Her husband was asleep, turned toward the wall, his steady breathing undisturbed—neither war nor flood […]

— When will you give us grandchildren? — my mother-in-law asked with a sneering mockery, as if casually, but clearly intending to hurt me. — How long can we wait? I told Andryusha—you’re not the right match for him! He took a dud, and now he’s suffering, poor thing… Every word she said cut into […]

Denis woke up just as the first rays of the sun began to filter through the gaps between the curtains, and quiet but distinct footsteps were heard on the stairs. In their huge three-story house, every sound seemed to echo off the walls, reminding everyone that even the smallest rustle here would not go unnoticed. […]

A cold, piercing wind played with the hem of her light dress, as if trying to hold it back, to stop it, to bring it back. She stood by the gate, looking around as if expecting someone to call out to her, to stop her, to say: “Don’t go.” But around her there was only […]

“Your money should be useful! Pay for my grandchildren’s education!” — the mother-in-law decided that I would support her elder son’s children. Evgenia stood frozen by the mirror in the hallway. She adjusted the collar of her blouse. Tensed her shoulders. Family dinners at her mother-in-law’s were hard for her. Every time the same thing […]

The gray sky had been pressing down on the city for the third week already. Elizaveta Andreevna stood by the window, watching as ragged clouds clung to the roofs of the high-rises. In the courtyard, among puddles, children were playing, oblivious to the damp chill. Their ringing voices reached the seventh floor in muted echoes. […]

Taya came to her sister not without a reason — she needed to look after Vladik, a smart and lively second-grader, while Albina went to an important corporate event. The very thought of spending the evening alone with a child felt unfamiliar to Taya, but she couldn’t refuse. Her sister’s boss, a strict and uncompromising […]