Seventeen thousand had just hit Anna’s bank card. She was walking home in high spirits. “Usually it’s less, but this time, with the advance included, it came to over thirty thousand. And my boss even added a two-thousand bonus. Well, I did work two double shifts in a row at the end of the month…” […]
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“I’ve got two things to tell you,” Yura began with a mysterious smile. “One is great news, and the other… well, it’s not bad either, just with a catch. Which one do you want first?” “Start with the good one,” Lida replied calmly, without taking her eyes off her husband. “My mother is coming to […]
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Natalya Petrovna came home and, the moment she opened the apartment door, stopped in shock. Her daughter was standing on the doorstep, crying uncontrollably. “Sveta, what happened?” she asked in alarm. “Mom… the wedding is off! Roman’s parents told him he’s not allowed to see me anymore…” “Is that so?” Natalya Petrovna said, startled. “They […]
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“I’ve already spent three nights sleeping at the station… I have nowhere to go, and I don’t even know how I’m supposed to give birth now. He said this baby had ruined his life… and he simply threw me out.” I first noticed the young woman on Friday, when I was hurrying to catch a […]
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The Kyiv evening dragged in damp and heavy, laced with the smell of exhaust fumes. Galina Petrovna stood by the window of her old Khrushchyovka apartment in Nyvky, clutching an official envelope in both hands. The sheet inside, stamped with the logo of the large logistics company she had given twenty years of her life […]
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“Ma’am, could you tell me if the bus has already gone?” a breathless man called out as he hurried up to the stop. He looked about fifty: an old jacket, stretched-out trousers, and a battered bag hanging from his shoulder. His face was plain, and he wore a mustache. Larisa Andreyevna couldn’t stand mustaches, so […]
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