“Katya, please try to understand me. It’s very hard for me to carry this burden alone. What if we split the loan payments fifty-fifty? From our shared budget. That way it won’t be so difficult for me, and we’ll be able to pay it off faster. And Mom will somehow compensate us later… maybe.” Family […]
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Svetlana had always known what she wanted from life, and she had never looked for easy paths. At twenty-eight, she was carrying a tremendous burden—one that would have made many people give up. During the day, she studied at medical university, stubbornly pushing her way toward her cherished diploma as a pediatrician. At night and […]
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— Nastyukha! Where do you think you’re sneaking off to? The fun is just getting started! — he awkwardly tried to grab her by the arm. — Come over to my place! Or let’s hit some club! Remember the old days, huh? Anastasia’s life resembled a smooth, evenly paved road without a single bump, sharp […]
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“And what if she figures it out?” my mother-in-law asked doubtfully. “Women have intuition, you know. What if she realizes you’ve been transferring the money from your bonuses into my account?” My familiar loneliness behind the monitor had become my comfort zone, the one place where I could control the plot, grant happiness to my […]
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Zinaida Ivanovna, hello. Could you please explain to us what is going on here? Where is Grandma’s house? And why is there a potato field on our plot?!” Marina always remembered her grandmother Elena Petrovna’s dacha with a special, bright sadness. In childhood, the place had seemed to her like a real fairy-tale kingdom. The […]
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With all due respect to Oksana and her family, this apartment is my personal inheritance. My grandfather left it specifically to me. I am not planning to sell it, and certainly not to divide it into pieces. Through the cloudy glass washed by a long autumn rain, Anna looked out at the empty playground. In […]
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“You don’t have a penny to your name! And most importantly, you didn’t even consult me! You decided to have a child without asking his mother whether this was the right time, whether I’d be able to help?! How dare you make such decisions behind my back?!” Svetlana Petrovna sincerely believed that she possessed impeccable […]
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“Who do you think you are? You couldn’t even carry a child to term! If it weren’t for my son, you’d still be sitting in your little one-room apartment and keeping your mouth shut. So from now on, you’ll live by my rules, understood?” Outside the window, a dull rain was drizzling, running down the […]
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“You think he bought this apartment himself?! If his father and I hadn’t sold our dacha and given him two million for the down payment, he’d still be wandering from one rented dump to another until retirement! This apartment belongs to his father and me! And we will not allow some penniless nobody to come […]
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— We’re talking about fairness! Don’t you understand? How did you even manage to build your business in the first place? It would be right and honest if you gave Oksana a share. Made her your full partner and co-owner. You’ve been lucky enough as it is—you only have Sonya, while she has three children […]
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