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The tiny veterinary office seemed to shrink with every breath, as if the walls themselves could feel the weight of the moment. The low ceiling pressed down, and beneath it, like a ghostly hymn, the fluorescent lamps hummed — their cold, steady light fell on everything around, tinting reality with shades of pain and farewell. […]

— “What’s all this noise? What’s going on here?” The low, drowsy voice of Sergey Romanovich, the on-duty surgeon, sounded like an echo in the stillness of the late night. He slowly rose from the creaking couch in the duty room, stretching like a lazy lion after its afternoon nap. Squinting his tired yet piercing […]

Oh, what an incredible portrait you chose… An oak frame, with carved edges, as if taken from an ancient castle. Must have cost a fortune.” Oleg’s voice—my husband, father of my children, the man I had shared a bed, dreams, and years with—came from the tiny laptop speaker, seeping into the room with a faint […]

The grass beneath his feet cracked like fragile glass shattered under the weight of time, and the morning air, saturated with moisture and the scent of damp earth, seemed to breathe the very essence of life—wet, dark, yet alive. The sun was just beginning to break through the mist that spread across the field like […]

Tatiana was dusting the dresser in the living room when she heard the familiar sound of keys in the lock. Her husband came home from work an hour earlier than usual, and that could mean only one thing — news again about his sister Marina. “Tanechka,” Igor called from the hallway, “we’re going to have […]

— And just imagine, this cleaning lady left dirty streaks on the huge windows! Such negligence is intolerable! — Ninell Bronislavovna, the mother of Denis’s future bride, exclaimed indignantly, her voice sharply cutting through the silence of the upscale restaurant. The chandeliers, sparkling like ice, reflected in the crystal glasses, the violin played a quiet […]

The darkness that lives in a house doesn’t always hide behind tightly drawn curtains. Sometimes it’s in trembling hands, in a face twisted with rage, in a smell that seeps into the walls, the furniture, the skin. The hand that shot up into the air like lightning before a storm didn’t catch Mark off guard. […]

Ekaterina Borisovna, despite being 65 years old, looked as if time simply passed her by. It seemed the years held no power over her — not a single wrinkle, not a hint of fading. Her skin glowed with health, her hair was styled with impeccable precision, and her eyes still sparkled with youthful energy and […]