After spending a week away, I returned to a startling scene at home—my children, Tommy and Alex, were curled up on the chilly hallway floor, sound asleep. My heart raced as I searched for explanations, only to discover my husband was nowhere to be found and peculiar sounds were emanating from the boys’ bedroom. What […]
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«Nina, why all this?» Nina Grigorievna sat down next to her husband and sighed. «Kolya, to be honest, I myself don’t know. It seems all good, but I just don’t trust him, I don’t believe in his sincerity. Obviously, Katya is in love and sees no flaws.» «I understand. I myself have mixed feelings. But […]
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Zoya had spent her entire life as a teacher, and now, due to her small pension, she was forced to sell vegetables at the market. Her son-in-law had brought a new wife to their apartment, and her daughter had returned to live with her mother along with her child. Zoya helped as much as she […]
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Irina stood by the window, mindlessly watching the falling snow in St. Petersburg. The phone conversation with her husband was coming to an end—a typical, unremarkable call like the many they had over fifteen years of marriage. Yura was reporting on his «business trip» in Moscow: all was well, meetings were successful, he would return […]
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