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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So, let’s agree amicably. You give me half of the apartment, and we part ways peacefully,» Stas placed his hands on the table and leaned forward. «Half of grandma’s apartment?» Anita raised her eyebrows. «Are you serious? In thirteen years of marriage, I’ve heard a lot of strange things from you, but this… This is […]
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I’ll have to stay with my mother for the next month,» Tatyana told her husband. «You understand that she will need help after her surgery.» «Okay,» Yuri agreed somewhat easily. «Nastya won’t be able to come to you all the time, she has her own family and job, so you’ll have to manage the household […]
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Mom, can Anya stay with you for a week? Tanya and I need to go to her city to sort out some documents. Maybe we’ll put the apartment up for sale while we’re there.» Nadezhda Ivanovna looked up from her tea cup and stared sternly at her son. «And why don’t you take her with […]
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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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