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
Christina placed the cup on the table and calmly said: — I’m leaving, Alyosha. Silence fell in the room. Even the TV, which usually hummed in the background, seemed to go quiet, sensing the tension. Alexey slowly turned around, as if in slow motion. — Have you lost your mind? Who’s going to cook? — … 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
I still remember that day — as if it collided with my life forever. The doctor was holding the X-rays, quickly speaking about abnormalities, areas of damage, and functional deviations. The words flew through me like wind through an empty window. I sat there, unwilling to understand. I couldn’t. But one sentence pierced my heart … Read more
— What is this? — Maria whispered, freezing at the threshold of her own home. The bundle lay right at her feet. A blue romper, rosy cheeks, and a frightened gaze. A child, a little girl wrapped in an old scarf with a faded pattern. Silent, only looking with teary eyes. Maria looked around. A … Read more
— What did you bring? — Lidiya Ivanovna looked at the package of cottage cheese with disgust. — Olga, can’t you buy a decent one? — Decent? — Olga put the bags on the table. — This is the nine-percent one, just as you asked. — I asked for the fat-free! — her mother-in-law’s voice … Read more