— Yulka, it’s no use running from me. You’re going to be mine anyway—whether you like it or not. — Oh, come off it! Do you really think that just because your dad works in the police everything’s allowed for you? The law is the same for everyone. Just try it—and you’ll end up behind […]
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Marina sat on the windowsill, pondering the imminent end of school and an uncertain future. The options seemed elusive: there was no point in studying anywhere, and dreaming of sudden wealth was meaningless. Her father was drinking himself into oblivion, and her mother barely made ends meet on a disability pension by taking on extra […]
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Chapter 1. The Shadow Player Kira had learned to be inconspicuous. Her wardrobe consisted of simple items – beige sweaters, modest trousers, and minimalist earrings. She didn’t mind when her husband disdainfully introduced her as his “unemployed but thrifty” wife. She didn’t argue when he declared before his friends that “women were not made for […]
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The relationship between Masha and her mother-in-law was doomed from the start. At their very first meeting, Lidiya Ivanovna had decided that the future daughter-in-law was not her kind of person. She never missed an opportunity to convince her son of the mistake he was making: — Vitya, explain to me exactly what you saw […]
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