“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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“Would you like some tea? Or do you prefer coffee?” Olga asked, limping. In one hand she held a plate of gingerbread cookies, and with the other, she lightly ran her fingers along the windowsill — as if that could hide the mess. Igor, her husband, was sitting on the floor by the wall next […]
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The airport was plunged into chaos. It lived its own wild life — loud announcements, confusing flight boards, children’s cries, anxious glances at watches, nervous footsteps on the tile floor. All of it created a dense background noise where human voices got lost. Hustle, irritation, fatigue, and hope — everything mixed into one ringing air, […]
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Galina woke up before the alarm clock. Dawn was already breaking outside the window, the first rays of the May sun filtering through the sheer curtains. She silently slipped out from under the blanket, trying not to wake her husband. Stepping on the cool floor, she crept to the kitchen and turned on the kettle, […]
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Valeria stood by the door of her parents’ apartment, examining a bunch of keys, one of which, darkened by time with a deep scratch on its side, she recognized immediately. Once, her mother had tied a red ribbon to it so it wouldn’t get mixed up with the others. The ribbon had long since frayed […]
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Right after graduation, Liza submitted her university application. She was confident she would get in — her Unified State Exam scores were high, even above the average passing score from last year. The summer turned out to be hot. A friend suggested spending a couple of weeks in Gelendzhik at her aunt’s place. The thought […]
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