A young administrator, impeccably dressed and neat, blinked in surprise, looking at a man about sixty years old standing at the reception. He wore worn-out clothes with a sharp smell, but smiled kindly and asked: — Miss, please book me a deluxe room. His blue eyes sparkled familiarly — as if Sofia had seen that […]
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“Mom, Dad came here. But he wasn’t alone — he brought some unfamiliar woman. I’ve never seen her before,” called Darya’s eldest daughter from work. “What? I didn’t understand,” the woman was confused. “And who is this woman, Katyusha? A realtor, or what? Are they looking at our house? Tell me, what are they doing?” […]
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Irina endured for a long time. Not because she was weak—on the contrary. She was used to being strong. She was used to holding everything together herself: the home, the job, and her husband. Especially her husband. Sergey always knew how to get himself comfortable. First—in life, then—in marriage. He called it “living wisely,” but […]
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Lilya was only seven years old. But even at such a young age, she already knew that loneliness could be loud like crying, and quiet like rain. Often, sitting with her legs tucked up on the wooden porch, she would look into the distance — where the road disappeared beyond horizons hidden by clouds and […]
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Sorry, but with such a diagnosis, surgery is unavoidable,” the doctor said irritably, throwing up his hands as if Sergey had brought the illness on himself. Sergey felt a boiling rage inside. How many times had he already heard this? How many offices had he visited, hoping to hear something different? And this one — […]
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«— So, are you going to cook today?» Vadim drawled without taking his eyes off the flickering images on the screen. His voice, sluggish and slightly congested, spread through the cramped living room, mixing with the forced laughter from the TV. Kira barely stepped over the threshold when she felt the last remnants of her […]
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Learning that her son was born with disabilities, his mother officially abandoned him eleven years ago. San’ka saw that very document — the official «abandonment» statement — with his own eyes. He stumbled upon it while delivering personal files to the medical station. The nurse handed him the folders and asked him to follow her, […]
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Lera had always imagined her thirtieth birthday differently. As a child, she thought that by thirty she would have everything: a career, children, her own house with a garden and a white picket fence. Reality turned out to be more complicated and, at the same time, simpler. She had Maksim — a husband she had […]
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