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Marina came home at around eight in the evening. Her legs ached, and blood throbbed heavily in her temples. The kitchen light was on, and Dmitry was sitting at the table with his phone in his hands, staring blankly into space. “What’s wrong with you?” she asked, putting the kettle on the stove. “Did something […]

Marina came home at around eight in the evening. Her legs ached, and blood throbbed heavily in her temples. The kitchen light was on, and Dmitry was sitting at the table with his phone in his hands, staring blankly into space. “What’s wrong with you?” she asked, putting the kettle on the stove. “Did something […]

The doorbell rang early on Saturday morning, before Tatyana Sergeyevna had even finished her coffee. She threw on a robe, shuffled down the hallway, and opened the door without looking through the peephole. A tall, fit man stood on the threshold in a neat coat, with closely cropped gray hair and surprisingly lively brown eyes. […]

Galina Petrovna paced the clinic corridor as though every step could somehow stop time. Kirill sat on a hard bench, leaning his back against the wall. He was only sixteen, but right now he looked twenty-five. “Mom, stop pacing,” Kirill asked quietly. “Watching you go back and forth is making me dizzy.” “Please, don’t talk,” […]

Egor entered the room first, followed by Raisa Pavlovna, her lips pressed tightly together. From the way they stood side by side, shoulder to shoulder, Yaroslava immediately understood: they had rehearsed this. “Just look at this,” Egor said loudly, as though the room were packed with spectators. “I showed her that catalog for a whole […]

Two months ago, Artyom got down on one knee in the middle of the courtyard, gravel crunching beneath his feet, and Vika said “yes” before he had even finished the sentence. A week later, he arrived with a suitcase, set it down in the hallway, and looked around the two-room apartment as though he had […]

“What if one day I just pack my things and disappear?” Andrei’s voice was calm, almost indifferent. Victoria looked up from her salad and frowned. “You’re starting this again?” she hissed through clenched teeth. “You’ve got a shift tomorrow, or is this another evening performance for an audience?” Andrei did not hurry to answer. He […]

Tatiana graduated from medical academy with honors, but she never ended up putting on a white coat. During her final year, she worked part-time as a caregiver for an elderly woman, and the woman paid her so well that her classmates, who had already found jobs at clinics, were green with envy. Then there were […]