“Be careful, baby! That’s our wedding china!” Artyom caught the box that was slipping from my hands. I couldn’t help but smile. It had only been a couple of weeks since our wedding, and already we were like newlyweds migrating to his parents’ place while our own house was being renovated. The house greeted us […]
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Andrey had been carrying the same thought inside him for several months — he wanted to end his marriage. Quietly, without scandals or dramatic scenes. Just leave. Silently, as if one day he walked out of the house and never came back. He and Maria had lived together for seven years. No children, no loud […]
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Rushing home along the street, she literally rushed into the bus and, barely catching her breath, gave up her seat to an elderly woman wearing a headscarf. The woman nodded gratefully and carefully sat down, slightly brushing the girl’s hand. At that very moment, a gallery of images seemed to explode before her eyes: a […]
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Nina stood by the window, watching children play in the yard. The apartment had been inherited from her grandmother three years ago, and after the wedding, her husband Sergey moved in with her. A spacious three-room flat in an old building, with high ceilings, parquet floors creaking underfoot — just like in childhood. Only now […]
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Tatiana woke up exactly at 6:45. The daily alarm clock ringing cut through the early morning silence every time — loud, sudden, merciless. She didn’t jump up or plunge immediately into the day’s reality. She simply opened her eyes and lay there for a while, staring at the ceiling, gray from age and constant dampness. […]
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