— So, has your husband returned from his business trip? — the friend asked sarcastically. — Nadya, don’t. You know it wasn’t a business trip. — Okay, sorry. I thought, unlike Olya, you would stubbornly deny it to the end—that your husband isn’t like that and that we’re all lying out of envy. I wanted […]
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— I thought we had discussed everything, Nikita! — Kristina crossed her arms and leaned her hip against the kitchen table. — Your daughter visits, but she does not live with us! — She’ll just stay for a couple of days! — Nikita didn’t look her in the eyes, instead burying his face in his […]
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Alina was reviewing the monthly sales reports. The numbers were pleasing to the eye. The clothing store she had opened three years ago was bringing in a steady income. Alina was proud of her creation—a spacious, bright space in a prime location within the shopping center. “Alina, I’m off. The meeting is early today,” Dmitry […]
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— No, unfortunately, we can’t hire you. But leave your résumé, in case something changes, — the HR manager smiled that particularly polite smile Vera Petrovna had already learned to recognize. That smile meant: “You’re too old, but I’m too polite to say it.” — Of course, — Vera nodded mechanically, smoothing a crease on […]
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Svetlana wiped the sweat from her forehead and looked at the clock. Half past five. There were still thirty minutes left in the workday, but no one was left outside the medical station. The April sun pierced through the blinds, casting striped shadows on the old linoleum. The paramedic stretched, loosening her stiff back. The […]
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The blood froze in my veins when I heard the click of the lock on our front door. It was her again — without warning, without a call, like a ghost from the past materializing in my new life. No matter what I did, no matter how hard I tried to set boundaries — Galina […]
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