— “Let your mother look over the documents first before she opens her mouth,” Nadezhda said. “The apartment is registered in my name.”

Nadezhda was sitting in the kitchen, looking out the window and watching the neighbor’s dog wander around the courtyard. Behind her came the clinking of dishes—she was washing cups after dinner. Sergey appeared in the doorway with his phone in his hand. “Mom’s coming tomorrow,” he announced. Nadezhda flinched and turned around. “Again?” “Oh come […]

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— “Oksana, don’t make it complicated. Dad and I are moving in with you, and your sister and her husband will take our two-room apartment. That’s more convenient for everyone,” her mother said confidently.

Oksana stood by the panoramic window of her living room and looked down at the city spread out below. Thirty-five years old, a successful career at an IT company, her own three-room apartment in a new building. She had earned it all herself, without anyone’s help. The road hadn’t been easy. After university she worked […]

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