A warm, golden autumn evening wrapped the city in a soft glow, as if the heavens themselves had decided to add a drop of magic to the day. The air was thick with the scent of wet leaves soaked by rain and the lingering warmth of the departing summer, with the smell of freshly baked […]
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The thin winter wind cut to the bone, curling around the city’s old streets as if reminding them of a time when people here still had warm hearts and honest eyes. Against the gray walls and peeling signs stood an elderly woman whose face was traced with a web of fine wrinkles—as though each line […]
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“Mommy, we love you so much!” Alina leaned across the table and squeezed my hand. Her palm was cool, and her perfectly manicured nails dug into my skin a little harder than daughterly tenderness required. “We love you very much,” echoed Stas, her brother, lazily poking at his salad with a fork. “We worry about […]
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“Be patient, Mom, until Sveta pays off the whole mortgage,” Vladimir replied calmly. “Then I’ll divorce her and we’ll split the apartment evenly. She won’t be able to prove anything anyway. Everything’s set up the way it should be. Half will be mine.” Svetlana met Vladimir five years ago. They both had jobs, but no […]
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