My apartment is given to your brother. Now your father and I will live with you!” — my mother “cheered” me up.

Tatiana adjusted the pillow behind her back and pressed the phone to her ear with a smile. Outside the window of her spacious three-room apartment, the sun was setting, painting the living room walls in warm orange tones. “Marin, I’m leaning towards Turkey,” Tatiana said, flipping through a glossy catalog. “Five-star hotel, all inclusive.” “Tanya, […]

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— Sir, today is my mom’s birthday… I want to buy flowers, but I don’t have enough money… I bought the boy a bouquet. And some time later, when I came to the grave, I saw this bouquet there.

When Pasha was not even five years old, his world collapsed. His mother was gone. He stood in the corner of the room, stunned by confusion — what was happening? Why was the house filled with strangers? Who were they? Why was everyone so quiet, so strange, speaking in whispers and avoiding eye contact? The […]

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The mother-in-law was admitted to the hospital, and the daughter-in-law went to water the garden. Approaching the well, she nearly lost consciousness.

Hello,” Katya answered in a trembling voice. She couldn’t stand nighttime calls from unknown numbers — she always sensed something bad in them. Such calls had come only twice in her life: the first time when her mother died, the second when her husband, Nikita, passed away. “Ekaterina?” A wave of ice swept through her […]

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He’s not going to make it anyway,” the wife said in a cold, unfamiliar voice. “You come yourself and talk to the doctor if you don’t believe me.

He’s not going to make it anyway,” the wife said in a cold, distant voice. “You come yourself and talk to the doctor if you don’t believe me. They have nurses there, all the conditions for him will be met. Well, that’s why they invented palliative care, everyone does it…” Ilya was born two months […]

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Valya found out by accident that her husband had another woman — she went to the dry cleaner to pick up his suit, and along with the suit, they handed her a huge colorful dress.

Valya found out by accident that her husband had another woman — she went to the dry cleaner’s to pick up his suit, and along with the suit they gave her a huge floral dress. She said it was a mistake, but the girl with strict glasses pointed with her manicured finger to the logbook. […]

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