I still remember that day — as if it collided with my life forever. The doctor was holding the X-rays, quickly speaking about abnormalities, areas of damage, and functional deviations. The words flew through me like wind through an empty window. I sat there, unwilling to understand. I couldn’t. But one sentence pierced my heart […]
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Anastasia, bake me some cabbage pies for tomorrow. They turn out so wonderful when you make them.» Viktor, having finished a hearty bowl of broth, was in a good mood and decided to joke with his wife and praise her, something he rarely did. However, Anastasia wasn’t in the mood to listen to his compliments […]
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Vika heard the shouting from her apartment even on the landing. It was so familiar, and it had gotten so tiresome! «You miserable drunk, when will your throat finally tear!» shouted Lyudmila Alexeyevna at her husband, Vika’s father. The girl quickly slipped into her room, surprised: «Wow! It’s just lunchtime, and Dad’s already drunk. Every […]
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Natasha stroked the wooden wall with her palm, feeling the roughness of the old log. This house had witnessed her first steps, first tears, and first joys. A strong, albeit old, village house with a carved porch and a small but well-kept garden had been her sanctuary since childhood. After the death of her grandmother […]
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Marina and Fyodor were both doctors at the same hospital, loving parents to their five-year-old son, Yura. Their family seemed strong, and their relationship stable. But fate had other plans. Fyodor began to notice a young woman — the daughter of the hospital’s chief physician. She was beautiful, well-connected, and had an influential father… and, […]
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How wonderfully life is arranged! Yulia was born in this city; it was here that her childhood unfolded. It had been somewhat clouded by her parents’ divorce, and yet the girl had felt happy. Her relationship with her father was good, and her mother, Natalya, did everything for her daughter’s comfort. Yulia remembered that she […]
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The doorbell broke the silence, persistent and demanding. Lyudmila Nikolaevna set the pot on the stove, wiped her hands on the old kitchen towel, and went to the door. It was getting dark outside. She had just come back from work, her back ached, and her head too. She longed for silence, a hot bath, […]
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They had been married for twenty years. Their twin sons, Egor and Matvei, enrolled in a military academy, and for the first time in many years, they were alone. And with that, all excuses for her husband ran out. When they had first married, her husband used to call her «swallow» and would slip little […]
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The white tiles on the ceiling blurred in front of her eyes as if they had been washed away by water. The light was too harsh—like a spotlight shining directly in her face. Rita tried to move, but her body didn’t respond. Her eyelids felt incredibly heavy, like curtains made of lead. She blinked—once, twice, […]
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I’m filing for divorce.» Artyom stood in the doorway of the office, his hands shoved into the pockets of his fashionable pants, looking somewhere above Ksenia’s head. His eyes, usually warm and glowing, now appeared cold as ice. Ksenia put down her planner and slowly raised her head. Her husband’s words hit her like a […]
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