— Who’s crying out there? Stepan, can you hear? In such dismal weather, someone is crying! — Probably it’s just the wind howling, Katyusha. What tears could there be on a night like this… I ran out onto the porch without even grabbing my scarf. The autumn rain whipped against my cheeks, yet I kept […]
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Alexey stopped the car. How many times had he planned, intended to come, but never found the time? While his mother was alive, he wasn’t around—and after she was gone, it was no different. The memories filled him with disgust toward himself. All it took was a little shake for him to realize that the […]
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I was just dusting the shelf in the living room when a loud knock came at the door – so sudden that the vase on the windowsill trembled and nearly fell off. I sighed, knowing that this sound was no good omen. Volodya peeked out from the kitchen, where he was washing a cup after […]
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— I’m here! As soon as Marina stepped over the threshold of the apartment, she immediately heard Polina Olegovna’s dissatisfied voice: “— You took forever climbing the stairs.” A stool creaked, and her mother-in-law, leaving the kitchen, went to look at her daughter-in-law. “— Yes, yes, you took forever climbing up,” agreed Aunt Zina, who […]
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