Get to work, how long can you sit on my neck?! I work like a damn slave every day, and you’re just resting at home! And don’t tell me you’re looking after the children! Your mom helps you, the older one is about to go to school soon, there’s no need to watch him anymore. […]
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Olesya and Vyacheslav got married recently. After finishing college, Olesya got a job as a hairdresser, but she planned to take clients at home to earn more. At that time, Vyacheslav was working in a factory and, after his shifts, he also worked part-time as a welder in an advertising company. The couple lived without […]
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— «This is just some slop!» Nina Ivanovna slammed her spoon down on the table. Her daughter-in-law, Nastya, blushed and ran out from the table. — «And under which fence did you find this ugly duck?!» Nina Ivanovna looked at her son, Sergey. — «She’s not an ugly duck, she’s my wife,» Sergey calmly replied. […]
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Anna was stunned. What she accidentally overheard today, having arrived unannounced at her mother-in-law’s place, was terrible. She couldn’t leave it like this. She needed to act, and swiftly and decisively at that! «How could it be? Could I have been so wrong for all these years? Did I really trust a scoundrel and a […]
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— Zinaida Andreyevna, you always defend your grandson so actively. Maybe Stepan was a good boy in childhood, but times change. What has he become? Why doesn’t he visit you now and help out? Has he completely forgotten about his grandmother? – Antonina Fyodorovna asked her neighbor. Zinaida Andreyevna was like a second mother to […]
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If Oksana had known what would happen, she would have thought twice before going to the village that summer. She would have surely convinced her parents to go to the Black Sea instead, but she couldn’t. Oksana deeply loved her grandmother Varya. Varvara Alekseyevna also missed her granddaughter and had prepared a jar of strawberry […]
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Don’t play dumb! You found out I’m selling the apartment and decided to grab some money. Well, know this: you won’t get anything! This is my apartment, and I won’t give you a penny!» her mother glared maliciously at Yulia and pointed towards the door. Yulia had always felt that something was off with her […]
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Roman entered the apartment and, as usual, stopped at the threshold. Voices could be heard in the hallway—his mother and wife were discussing something, and as always, it wasn’t about anything joyful. He sighed, feeling the weight of the entire day gathering in his chest—it had been heavy. Work, colleagues, a phone about to burst […]
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On a warm May evening, the windows of «Coffee House» melted into the background. Lena twirled a cup of cooled cappuccino in her hands, trying to gather her thoughts. A ring with a single diamond sparkled on her ring finger, which Maxim had slipped on a week ago. Now he sat opposite her, his brown […]
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The morning began as usual. Oleg and I were sitting in the kitchen, drinking coffee. I was browsing the news on my phone, and he was reading the newspaper, as he always did on weekends. Everything was calm, nothing foreshadowed that this day would become a turning point in our relationship. «Alena, I wanted to […]
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