Ha-ha… Decided to marry a kikimora?” — his friends mocked him, but when they showed up at the wedding, they shut their mouths.

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One morning, Lesha woke up with the feeling that something had to change drastically. Otherwise, he simply wouldn’t be able to endure it. He was afraid to think about how things would end if he continued living with this woman. His wife. The mother of his children. The revelation came early — within the first … Read more

He drove his wife out of his life, but after a few years, he came crawling back to her on his knees, begging for her to give him a job.

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I’m filing for divorce.” Artyom stood in the doorway of the office, his hands shoved into the pockets of his fashionable pants, looking somewhere above Ksenia’s head. His eyes, usually warm and glowing, now appeared cold as ice. Ksenia put down her planner and slowly raised her head. Her husband’s words hit her like a … Read more

He announced to his wife that he had gone bankrupt and demanded that they sell the apartment, but in reality, he wanted only one thing.

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It seemed that Kirill had thought of everything: fictitious bankruptcy, divorce, secret accounts. But he had forgotten that Anya was not just a «modest housewife.» Behind the borscht and baby blankets was a woman capable of turning his lies into financial ruin. When the last illusions collapsed, there remained only one question: what was scarier—losing … Read more

The rich man gave a farm to the first person he met. When he lost his business, he went to ask for a place to stay, to see how they would repay his kindness.

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– Well, where do you think you’re going?! Semyon, of course, understood that he wasn’t perfect either, but he couldn’t help thinking about it. But what was it with her, walking on the road like that? Crossing the street at the wrong place, and holding a child of about five by the hand – that … Read more

Lena found out about her husband’s departure by accident. She came home earlier and caught her husband engaged in an unusual activity

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Lena found out about her husband’s departure by accident. She came home early and caught her husband in an unusual activity: for the first time, he was packing his own bag. Elena entered the room and quietly watched for a few seconds as he struggled to fold a t-shirt and shorts. He was failing miserably, … Read more

At night, a former prisoner climbed through the window to the paralyzed old woman whom the doctors had already “written off.” And in the morning, for the first time in years, she got out of bed.

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Grandma Lyuba struggled to lift the bucket of icy water from the pump and, heavily shifting her feet, walked along the well-trodden path to the house. The frost tickled her face, her fingers slipped uncontrollably on the rusty handle. Right at the door, she stopped to catch her breath: she placed one bucket on the … Read more