What is this garbage you’ve made?! No taste at all!» Viktor threw his fork on the table, demonstratively pushing his plate away. His wife Nina had a severe cold, and her sense of smell was temporarily dulled due to the illness. She couldn’t distinguish tastes and even failed to sense salt and pepper, so she … Read more
Entering the apartment, Dasha froze in place. She had expected her husband to greet her after a long business trip, but there was no one in the hallway. “Maxim? Are you home?” In the dark, Darya reached for the light switch, but suddenly someone touched her hands. “Don’t, don’t turn on the light,” came … Read more
“Is he alive? Is he really alive?” Stephanie asked, trying to see the newborn behind the backs of the doctors. “Yes,” replied Dr. Hilary Rumez. “He is alive. But he is… unusual.” When Stephanie and her husband Duke Crudz were leaving the maternity ward with two girls in their arms, no one — neither the … Read more
Mashenka, be a dear and pour us some tea,” asked my mother-in-law, not even looking up from the phone screen when I entered the living room after a long day at work. Her friends had already settled on the couch, like three crows on a wire. Something was gleaming on the coffee table. I froze—it … Read more
The evening light reluctantly filtered through the tulle on the windows when Mikhail threw open the apartment door with such force that it slammed against the wall. Anna flinched, not tearing her eyes away from the laptop screen where she was once again rereading the technical assignment from a client in Moscow. The woman had … Read more
You want to ruin my meeting and sabotage the contract?! You… You’ve just been tormenting me lately! You do everything against me, just to spite me!” Pavel yelled at his wife, who could barely stand on her feet. Lately, Pavel couldn’t be around his wife. He didn’t recognize her. Instead of the bright, cheerful Polina … Read more
– Mom, Oksana and I decided to rent an apartment, – Igor said, looking at his mother with restrained eyes, – a small room, something modest. We don’t need much. Raissa Grigoryevna, who was putting laundry in the wardrobe, turned sharply, pressing a towel to her chest. – What’s with these expenses?! – she exclaimed. … Read more
– Are you sure? – Dmitry looked at his wife intently. – This is the same mother-in-law who ruined your life. – The very same, – Yana sat down beside her husband on the couch. – I have to do this. Not for her – for myself. – I’m coming, I’m coming, oh, this is … Read more
They lay in the very bottom drawer of the desk—hidden under a stack of old folders, wedged between a worn leather notebook and a pen he hadn’t used in ten years. Like dust. Like a time capsule, holding the breath of another era. Outside, snow was falling—quiet, indifferent. The city was silent. The phone, too. … Read more
When it seemed like everything was lost, she appeared…” The small hospital room was dimly lit. The faint glow of the nightlight barely illuminated the face of the teenager. She had just turned fifteen, but fate had already given her trials that would have broken even an adult. Katya was left without parents after a … Read more