Nina was sorting laundry in the basket, automatically separating light from dark, when Andrey peeked into the bathroom. Her husband’s face looked guilty, like a schoolboy who had forgotten his homework. “Nina, I’ve got a bit of bad news,” he began, leaning against the doorframe. “They’ve delayed our salaries again at work. We definitely won’t […]
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“Well, what do you say, Sveta?” mother-in-law Tamara Ivanovna gently stirred her tea with a spoon, not taking her eyes off her daughter-in-law. “Our Olechka has launched a new project. She’s got her own advertising agency now.” Svetlana forced a smile as she kept slicing tomatoes for the salad. Every movement of the knife seemed […]
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Svetlana felt like the happiest woman alive. In just a single year, her world had transformed beyond recognition. Only twelve months earlier, she had lived under the same roof as her aunt, who treated her less like a niece and more like a servant. The woman never lifted a finger around the house or garden—she […]
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“Just take her and run, you understand? Right now…” “But why me? What makes me so special?” Thirty years have passed, yet those words still echo in my mind as if whispered only yesterday. That evening forever altered the course of my life. And now, looking back through the prism of time, I see it […]
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Maria’s white dress flowed over her figure in waves of expensive silk. She stood before the mirror, unable to believe her happiness. Today she was marrying Ivan. The very same Vanya who, three years ago, had literally saved her from loneliness. “Mashechka, are you ready?” her mother peeked into the room, her eyes glistening suspiciously. […]
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Alice stood at the stove, stirring buckwheat in a pot. The same dish for the third day in a row. The fridge was empty, payday was still a week away, and the last of her money had gone to rent. “Buckwheat again?” Yaroslav walked into the kitchen and grimaced in displeasure. “Are we completely broke […]
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A message like that came to her husband’s phone. Tatyana, seeing the note from her sister-in-law, boldly opened it and decided to read. But after learning what her husband’s sister had written, she didn’t even know how to react. The relatives’ audacity was off the charts. “Again? Just like that? She simply states it as […]
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— “And what’s this?” Igor carelessly tossed a crumpled scrap of paper onto the kitchen table in front of Sveta. A receipt from a cosmetics store. He held it between two fingers as if it were too filthy to touch—a piece of damning evidence proving a monstrous crime. His voice was calm, even tired, which […]
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The evening in the surgical ward dragged on unbearably long, as if time had slowed and the air had become thick and heavy, saturated with the smell of antiseptics and medicine. In the corner of the dimly lit nurses’ room, under the glow of a weak lamp, sat Ekaterina Sokolova—slender, with bright eyes and tousled […]
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“Seriozha, for heaven’s sake, what is she wearing?” Tamara Pavlovna’s voice rang with a venomous sweetness she made no attempt to conceal. “That dress is from a flea market. I saw one just like it last Saturday at a reseller’s stall. At most — five hundred.” I quietly adjusted the collar of my blue dress […]
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