— You always forgave me everything! So what have you done now? — Ignat shouted at her with an unfamiliar expression.

— You always forgave me for everything! So what have you done now? — Ignat shouted at her with a stranger’s face. — Forgave? No. I trusted you… — Nastya whispered with one lip, watching in confusion as the slender stranger slowly pulled a short dress—more like a T-shirt—over her flexible body.   Nastya stopped … Read more

You will live with the child in the shed, and I will hand the house over entirely to my sister!” declared the husband as he stepped over the threshold of the house.

— Do you really think I built all of this only to hand it over to strangers?” Alexey scanned the room as if only now noticing every little detail in the house we had built together. “— I never imagined our home would become a battleground for quarrels,” I replied softly, shrugging my shoulders. The … Read more

— You’re completely out of your mind, transfer the apartment to me, — the husband told his pregnant wife.

Her head was spinning; she was on the verge of believing in the existence of magic, but everything turned out to be much more prosaic. Nastya stood by the bookcase, holding a large school album filled with photographs from those years, and she gazed at each picture with tender admiration. For half an hour, the … Read more

— The old grandpa should go to a nursing home, and the house must be sold. We already have buyers

Hello?” Tatiana picked up the phone. An unfamiliar number appeared on the screen. “Tatyana Vasilyevna Kuznetsova?” “Yes… It’s me.” “Your mother, Elvira Stanislavovna Kuznetsova, has passed away. Come to Moscow. The funeral will be next week,” the voice on the other end was cold and emotionless. Tatiana froze. She definitely did not expect such news. … Read more

Remaining at the summer house, the daughter-in-law caught her husband and mother-in-law in a conversation after which she filed for divorce.

The day turned out to be extraordinarily quiet. Marina sat on the veranda of the summer cottage, sorting through herbs for drying. Her entire life had been measured like the ticking of a clock in a hospital corridor—second after second, day after day. Twenty years of marriage with Andrey had turned into a habit, like … Read more

You’ve been repulsive to me for a long time already—I’m filing for divorce, leave the apartment.” He had left, thinking I would dissolve into tears. But that wasn’t going to happen

The Underhanded Mathematics of Family Life: Squeezing the Most Out of the Least Investment. Waiting for the Last Mortgage Payment. Getting Rid of Unnecessary Ballast. Claiming One’s Share. But then an Unpredictable Variable Appeared in the Equation. Lizaveta held in her hand the receipt for the final mortgage payment and could hardly believe it – … Read more

Unbeknownst to him that his wife was hanging damp laundry on the balcony, the man boasted to his mother about a plan to deprive her of her rights to the apartment.

— Listen to me carefully: this apartment must be registered only in our names! Do you understand, you loafer? Only then will you be able to keep your stubborn wife under control and prevent her from getting out of your grasp!” the mother-in-law grumbled irritably. Not long before that… “— Oh, it’s so cold! It … Read more

Marina stopped the car by an acquaintance’s little gate and sat for several seconds, gazing at her well-tended garden.

Marina stopped her car by an acquaintance’s gate and sat for several seconds, examining her well-tended garden. The June sun generously flooded the plot, its rays playing across the veranda’s windows. She adored that summer house with all her heart – every lilac bush had been planted by her own hands, every flowerbed crafted with … Read more