“Listen, son-in-law, no beating around the bush,” said my father-in-law, placing a thick stack of bills on the table. He looked me straight in the eye, as if appraising not a person, but a product. “Here is one million rubles. Divorce Alena and disappear from our lives. Forever.” I silently looked back and forth between […]
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An elegant woman in an expensive coat, with a heavy gaze and restrained posture, entered the old building of the city hospital. The air was thick with the smell of medicines, and the walls seemed to hold stories of pain and loss. She slightly wrinkled her nose — not from the smell, but rather from […]
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This year, summer came suddenly. Lyudmila was driving to the dacha in the mood to start the new season, looking forward to digging in the garden beds, planting her favorite flowers, and making fresh vegetable salads for her husband, Andrey. Barely opening the gate, she heard the familiar voice of the neighbor: “Lyuda! Lyuda! You’re […]
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Yulia worked at a sanatorium, which she had to reach by taking the commuter train. The journey was exhausting, but the pay was decent, and the schedule was convenient — she could manage it alongside daycare. During the warm season, it was okay, but in winter it was scary to run to the station: it […]
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— Tanya? Zhanna did not expect to see her ex-husband’s sister at the doorstep. The girl was completely soaked, water streaming down from her long hair. — On the way here, a downpour started. My things got wet, I need to wring them out… Can I come in? — Well… come in. Zhanna understood that […]
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“Oh Lord, at least he didn’t suffer! Such an easy passing. They say those who are so lucky were saints in life. It’s a pity he was so young. He never saw his son grow up,” Nina Semenovna tried to console herself. She needed some way to cope with the loss of her only heir, […]
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