I struggled to wipe away the tears from my eyes as I looked at my reflection in the mirror. No, I wouldn’t allow myself to crumble. Not now. After all, this is my apartment, and no one has the right to kick me out. Who would have thought that six years of marriage with Pavel […]
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Olga irritably ran her finger over the smartphone screen, ending the call. Her heart pounded wildly, and her ears still echoed with her mother’s words. She knew that tone all too well – outwardly calm, yet laced with a hidden threat. «That means you don’t really want it…» The phrase came not just as a […]
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You see, I can take you on, but only on a probationary period. Even for a position that’s, let’s say, not the most prestigious,” the elderly doctor said, looking at Marina with a tired but attentive gaze. “Of course, I understand everything. Thank you very much. Elsewhere, they even refused me on probation.” He thoughtfully […]
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Lyudmila, a self-assured woman just over forty, accidentally learned of her husband’s plans. It turned out he had invited his parents, his sister Tatyana, her husband, and children over for March 8th—and he did so without her consent. Lyudmila was shocked and outraged. What hurt her most was how deftly Gennady had managed her time […]
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Are you aware that some girl has been coming to see you? A young one, tall? “— What girl?” Alena stopped on the landing. “I hardly ever come to this apartment—I only drop by for the bills.” “— Oh, but she comes regularly. With different men,” the neighbor whispered. “I thought maybe you were renting […]
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Polina, tomorrow mom is coming over—do a deep clean of the apartment. She’s very picky. — Will she nitpick my apartment? — We’re family—she’s coming to us, not just you. Let’s not fight today; work is stressful enough. Polina put her phone in her purse and trudged home. She had been planning to clean the […]
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Vera? You’re early today…” Albert stopped short when he saw his wife in the doorway. She stood there like an unpleasant surprise he hadn’t expected at all. “They let me off work; I finished everything. Did something happen? Are you going on another business trip?” Albert glanced at the open suitcase. This was the last […]
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For a long time, Elena and Vasily’s married life passed without any major upheavals. Fortunately, the mother-in-law kept her distance from the couple, much to the delight of the young wife. Zhanna Mikhailovna possessed a rather authoritarian character, having become accustomed to commanding her son and considering him her personal assistant. However, once Vasily decided […]
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Yulia stopped the car a block away from her mother-in-law’s house. The clock read 5:45 PM – she had arrived earlier than scheduled. “Maybe she’ll finally appreciate my punctuality,” she thought as she smoothed out the wrinkles in her new dress. The gift was carefully wrapped on the back seat – an antique brooch she had […]
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Marina froze in the middle of the kitchen, unable to believe her ears. The words her husband had carelessly tossed out a minute ago simply wouldn’t register in her mind. They rang with such blatant disdain, such certainty in his own rightness, that for an instant she thought it must be a bad dream. Surely […]
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