From the very morning, Anfisa was out of sorts. And that was putting it mildly. She had already berated herself a hundred times for giving in to her husband Maxim’s persuasion. “Fool, spineless fool!” she scolded herself. The worst thing was that nothing could be changed now. Once she had agreed, there was no going […]
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Are you serious? Is that all you’re capable of?» Andrey greeted Olga in the hallway, waving a sheet of paper. «I found the perfect car, and you won’t even discuss it?» Olga carefully placed her bag on the floor, shaking the raindrops off her coat. Andrey’s eyes burned with an unusual fire, which immediately put […]
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— Natasha, dear, where do you plan to live now? — Angelica Viktorovna, Natasha’s mother-in-law, approached her daughter-in-law. Natasha had not yet recovered from her husband’s funeral, so she did not immediately understand the question. She mechanically packed the leftover candies from the wake into a container. — Excuse me, what? — Where do you […]
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Anna Georgievna was busily setting the table while her husband, Sergey Viktorovich, spoke on the phone. «Everything’s just great, Igorek,» the man reported. «Exactly as we planned, it all worked out. So don’t worry, we’re in chocolate.» «Say hello to him,» Anna Georgievna chirped, finishing the table setting. «Hello from mom,» Sergey Viktorovich said into […]
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Are you seriously deciding to kick me out of the house right now? Right before New Year’s, Ksyusha?!» Slava couldn’t believe what his wife had just told him. «And how much longer should I wait for you to change? For you to find a job? For you to become the man I married?» she responded […]
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Vera! — she heard her husband’s voice from the hallway. The door cracked under a heavy blow. Vera flinched, huddled in the corner of the kitchen. The clock showed two in the morning. Stepan had returned earlier than usual. Verka! — a drunken roar echoed again from the hallway. — Where are you, leech? The […]
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Mom, what are you doing?» Pavel stood in the doorway, holding Vera Nikolaevna’s hand as she decisively headed towards the cupboard with dishes. «I’m helping your wife with the table setting. Fifteen people is no joke. Everything needs to be beautifully organized,» the mother-in-law tried to free her hand. «Fifteen people?» Alina froze with a […]
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— Do you live here? — Her thin lips barely curved into a smirk. — Yes, dear. And what surprises you about that? — I replied with a gentle smile, watching as her immaculate fingers nervously fiddled with the strap of a fake Prada bag. They say that life stops after your husband’s death. But […]
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—Why are you like this with her, Pete? What has she done to you? Can’t you treat a child properly at least sometimes? Praise her, for instance? —And what’s there to praise her for? What has she done to deserve it? I grew up without being praised. And look, I turned out fine! Maria was […]
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Vadim is lying to us,» Mom said as she placed the grocery bag on the chair. «I saw Katya with the children. It’s good that we live in the same district, otherwise I wouldn’t have known anything.» «Are the boys healthy?» Dad asked. «What did she say?» «They’re all right, but as for our boy, […]
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