Timur noticed a young cleaning lady sitting in the corner with a tear-stained face. “Excuse me, can I help? What happened? Did someone hurt you?” he asked quietly. The girl flinched, quickly wiped her tears, and spoke: “Sorry for the trouble. Everything’s fine.” “No need to apologize. Are you sure you’re okay?” Timur continued with […]
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Milana had long wanted to buy a small house in the countryside. She searched extensively for the perfect place, one near a river, surrounded by forests, and blessed with magnificent nature. Mila had spent her entire life in what she called the “concrete jungles” of her city. “When will I fulfill my dream?” she thought […]
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Innochka, my granddaughter, why are you crying?” Ekaterina Andreevna asked her twenty-four-year-old granddaughter. “I am needed by no one!” the girl said bitterly. “Everyone just looks out for their own benefit, and no one cares about me!” “How can you say you are not needed? What about me? Your mom and dad? From what I […]
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Ol, your husband is on a business trip again?” Pavel, a colleague, caught up with Olga as she headed to the bus stop. “Maybe we can sit in the café? Have your favorite cocoa, talk a bit, since it’s always just ‘hi’ and ‘bye’.” “Sorry, Pash, I can’t today. Ignat promised he’d be home early, […]
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Denis resolutely pushed the plate of borscht away from him and, with an indifferent, careless tone, as if even solemnly, declared: “Sveta, I’m leaving you!” The forty-five-year-old woman, stunned by such unexpected words, dropped the cup she was holding, which shattered into pieces upon hitting the tiled floor. Sveta looked at her husband and, seeing […]
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Again that smell. Cinnamon with vanilla. I’m checking the cheesecake recipe for the hundredth time, though I know it by heart. My hands tremble as I take the form out of the oven. Please let everything be perfect this time. “Masha, did you fall asleep there?” Andrei’s voice comes from the living room. “The […]
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