Day: June 13, 2026

— We’re putting the country house in my mother’s name. You don’t need it anyway, — her husband announced. Alexandra did not answer at once. She stood at the edge of the table in her own kitchen, looking not at Kirill, but at the papers he had spread out in front of him with such […]

“You’ll get used to it anyway, Vika. The first few days will be noisy, then it’ll be fine,” Pavel said without taking off his jacket. Victoria stood by the kitchen table, looking not at her husband, but at his hands. He was gripping the bunch of keys so tightly that his knuckles had turned white. […]

“Give me ten more minutes, Kostya. I feel like my insides are being torn apart,” Alina’s muffled, exhausted voice barely made it through the heavy bathroom door and the steady hum of the extractor fan. The sounds of violent cramps left no doubt that she was truly suffering. “I physically can’t get up from the […]

“Again with this cheap sausage. Couldn’t you buy normal ham? I asked you yesterday. This stuff is impossible to chew. It tastes like pressed cardboard with spices.” Igor hooked a pale pink slice covered in tomato sauce with his fork and lifted it with disgust, turning it in front of his face as if he […]