A sudden phone ring shattered the morning silence, disrupting the peace of the bedroom. Marina, with great difficulty, forced herself to open her sticky eyes and reached for the nightstand. The name «Aunt Zina» lit up on the screen. Her heart involuntarily tightened – their last conversation had taken place more than a year ago, […]
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Frankly, I didn’t understand how my husband grew up in a family where his mother and sister exploited others, including him. Those women amazed me because my Stepa was nothing like them. And what happened recently only reinforced my opinion of his family. Stepa and I were no longer that young—it had been 7 years […]
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My husband looked at me with childlike directness, and I barely held back from slapping him across the face. All this time, my nerves had been stretched to the limit and finally snapped. When I was in college, my classmates and I often went to a small cozy bar where live music played on Fridays. […]
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Ritonya, sunshine, have some more salad,» Polina Kirillovna pushed the crystal bowl towards her daughter-in-law. «I made it especially for you, using my mom’s recipe.» Rita smiled mechanically and took a full spoonful. Her mother-in-law nodded in satisfaction and turned to the other guests: «Now, my dears, I have a surprise for everyone! In honor […]
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Mom, stop pressuring me, stop saying the same thing over and over! How much longer can this go on?,» Irina Andreevna’s son, Alexander, protested. «Do you even have any other topics of conversation? Anything at all, just as long as it’s not about Alina?» «Sash, stop defending her already!» the mother calmly replied to the […]
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Vita hadn’t left the apartment for three years, two months, and twelve days. She kept track—each morning, she would mark a cross in a thick black notebook. She also wrote down phrases from books and inserted magazine cutouts—pictures of beautiful places and sometimes actors, especially Tom Hardy. Actually, living without leaving home isn’t hard at […]
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— I just don’t understand what you do for a living – Nina grumbled as they, wrapped in a gray, fluffy blanket, watched a series on an old laptop. — I told you – I’m a sysadmin – the young man smiled. — For me, a sysadmin is someone who fixes printers in offices – […]
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— If you touch it again, I’ll break your fingers! Never, you hear me, never dare to touch my phone again! — Vadim angrily snatched the phone from his wife’s hands. — Oh God, what does he have there anyway? — Katya’s heart pounded with fear. After six months of relationship, she saw her husband […]
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— Mariya, hello! It’s been so long since we’ve seen each other. How are you? — Hello! Emma? Marina didn’t recognize her cousin’s voice right away. The last time they visited was about five years ago with Aunt Zoya. They rarely called, only when they needed something. That’s why the unexpected call made Marina wary. […]
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My brother is straight out of a fairy tale. You know, the one about the goat kid. We rarely see each other, and I’m glad about it. In childhood, I had to spend too much time in his company. And, you know, I’m not as patient and kind as sister Alenushka. Some people tell children […]
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