Valentin carefully parked his car in the only available space near the children’s hospital. As luck would have it, the place was especially crowded today – cars filled every available parking spot. Every day, he came here almost like it was a job: taking care of some business, stopping by his favorite café for a […]
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Listen… I need money,» Lena heard her brother’s slurred voice again on the phone. Oleg had been calling her almost every week with the same request – for money. He said he was starving, but she knew exactly where the money would really go. «I can’t help you right now. There’s still a few days […]
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— Oh, really?! Let him try it! If he so much as lays a finger on me, he’ll be the one sent packing for a couple of years. And you— I’ll throw you out right now so I don’t have to look at that shriveled face of yours. — “How many times have I told […]
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Tanya stood by the door, listening to what was happening in the stairwell. Her mother-in-law had been throwing a tantrum for a solid ten minutes already. «How dare you change the locks?! Give me the key, right now!» shrieked Lidiya Nikolaevna, continuing to pound on the door. Tanya leaned against the wall and closed her […]
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— No, and once again, no! I forbid your mother from even coming near the door of my apartment! — Marina stood in the middle of the kitchen, arms crossed, staring at her husband as if she were facing an opponent. Igor ran his fingers through his hair and let out a heavy sigh. He […]
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— I already told you and I’m not going to repeat myself! Your sister and her boyfriend are not staying with us for a week! — Olesya turned away from her husband and continued arranging plush toys on the shelf in the nursery. — Lesya, why are you being so stone-hearted? — Anton leaned against […]
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