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Yulia straightened the tablecloth and moved a plate a couple of centimeters to the right. The eighth time in the last ten minutes. The perfect dinner wasn’t working out. She heard the front door slam. “Pasha, is that you?” she called from the kitchen. “No, it’s the robbers!” her husband chuckled as he walked into […]

Sveta knew for sure—their keys were gone. She had turned the entire entryway upside down, checked the pockets of her jacket and Andrei’s jeans, even looked under the doormat. Nothing. “Andrei! Have you seen our keys?” she shouted nervously, opening yet another drawer. “Which ones exactly?” Her husband appeared in the kitchen doorway with a […]

Anya didn’t even notice when new tenants moved into the apartment of old Baba Katya, who had passed away. She simply bumped into them one morning on the landing. She was locking her door when the neighboring one opened: first a man appeared, followed by a little boy with an enormous backpack hanging off his […]

She walked the dog along the park alley, feeling the tension in her shoulders turn into a dull, aching pain. Duke was lunging forward, nearly yanking the leash from her weakened hands. Every pull echoed inside her with the words of her son and daughter: “selfishness,” “so much time,” “hard to help?” Coming toward her […]

“Mom, did you forget what day it is today?” Tears welled up in Andrei’s eyes, but he held them back. After all, he had just turned twelve. At that age, a boy was ashamed to cry like a little girl. “Wednesday. Why? Do we have a doctor’s appointment or something?” Anzhelika tore her eyes away […]

The SMS from the bank came at 7:15 a.m.: “Debit transaction in the amount of…” I swiped the notification away without opening it. Dima often transferred money for building materials for the dacha. That was normal. The second message arrived a minute later. The third—while I was pouring water into the kettle. The phone vibrated […]

Olesya frowned at the phone screen. A message from Vadim was short: “Filed for divorce. Take the kids and move out by Friday.” “What? Divorce?” She almost dropped her cup of tea. The phone rang immediately. Her mother-in-law’s name lit up on the screen. “Hello, Tamara Petrovna?” “Olesya, you already know, right?” The voice sounded […]

After his birthday, Alexey, while going through the gifts, found a lottery ticket in one of the envelopes. “Pfft, they might as well have put in an advertising flyer,” the birthday man thought. “I’ve never been lucky anyway.” But just for laughs, he decided to check the numbers on the website. When he compared the […]

“What did you even know? That your mother would want a little nature trip, and Aunt Valya would decide to haul half the house to the dacha? And will our family ever have its own plans for the weekend? As soon as summer starts, the circus begins! “Yulya, don’t shout like that. The kids are […]

“I’m not going with you,” Oksana said calmly. “I’ve already made up my mind, and I’m going alone.” “You… what are you going to do? This is a joke, I hope?” “No jokes. I’m already at the stage of buying the ticket.” Oksana and her husband Igor hadn’t been to the sea for several years. […]