Polina married Sergey when her daughter Marina was three years old. She received child support from the father of her child, but her marriage to him had not been registered. And she was waiting for him to return from the military, but he came back with a pregnant wife. Sergey moved into Polina’s parents’ house, […]
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«Andrew, have you seen my blue scarf? The one you gave me last New Year’s?» Marina carefully sifted through the items in the closet, pretending to be very concerned about her search. «Look on the top shelf, behind the boxes,» Andrew called from the kitchen. «You put it there after the last… business trip.» Marina […]
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«Evgenia and her friend Inna had been sitting in the café for a solid hour, staring out the window, afraid to miss an important moment. They had already drunk two cups of coffee each and eaten their fill of pastries, yet nothing was happening on the other side of the glass. Evgenia decisively broke the […]
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«Masha, listen to me. Just wait, don’t cry. Where I’m going, they pay really well. It just turned out this way, but we can’t give up. I’ll earn money, and we’ll start over.» Vanya tried to calm her down. Masha shook her head in despair. «No, Vanya, no. I don’t want to. No money is […]
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«It’s not bad here,» Lyudmila Viktorovna stood in the middle of the living room, awkwardly clutching the handle of a well-worn suitcase. «Spacious.» Katya exchanged glances with her husband. Something was off. The mother-in-law, always ready to criticize every little thing in their house, suddenly says «not bad»? The same woman who complained about their […]
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«Ludmila Lvovna, did you see the notice on the store door?» Zoyka, the local grocery store clerk, was arranging products on the counter for an elderly woman who had come shopping, packing them into the shopper’s backpack. «Be careful around your outlying areas, you can expect anything from those scoundrels,» Zoyka warned. «Which scoundrels?» Ludmila […]
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Olga was in a hurry to get home. There was only one day left until the holiday. And there was still so much to do—clean the house, decorate the Christmas tree, buy the necessary groceries for the table. She rushed out of the office in her light boots with heels. It was slippery, and Olga, […]
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«Maybe we should go tomorrow after all?» Olga looked forlornly at the thermometer outside the window. «It’s so cold.» «It will be even colder tomorrow,» Alexander said as he pulled on his jacket. «Didn’t you hear the forecast? They’re predicting minus thirty. And our fridge is completely empty.» Olga sighed. Indeed, there was no putting […]
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«Well, friends, let’s raise our glasses!» Natalia, dressed in an elegant burgundy dress, looked at her guests with a smile. The Christmas tree behind her twinkled with lights, reflecting golden orbs in the glasses of champagne. «To the health and happiness of our families!» «Let me say this,» suddenly interrupted Sergey, her husband. He rose […]
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The red paw trembled as Muska tried to make herself comfortable on the cold roof of an old five-story building. The wind ruffled her once beautiful, now tangled and dirty fur, which had become matted. But the physical pain was nothing compared to the one that was tearing her little cat heart apart. Every time […]
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