— 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

— “No need, son,” begged the unfamiliar old woman, whom Artem was rushing to take to the hospital. “They won’t accept me there anyway..

Don’t, son,” begged the elderly stranger whom Artem was hurrying to get to the hospital. “They won’t accept me there anyway. I’ve been there many times with complaints… It seems my time has come… Leave me, son!” Artem carefully wound the wire onto a reel and loaded it into the van. His partner, sitting at … Read more

Grief-stricken, the mother-in-law no longer wished to live after her son’s death. But one chance encounter turned her world upside down.

— Lyudmila Sergeyevna, please at least eat something,” the young woman said softly, looking at her mother-in-law with worry. “I just can’t, Ninochka, truly I can’t. Just the thought of food makes me feel ill,” the elderly woman sighed, shaking her head. Nina sat down beside her mother-in-law on the sofa.     “You can’t … Read more

— She quickly got up and made me scrambled eggs, — ordered the mother-in-law, but the daughter-in-law quickly put her in her place.

Strange, why did she choose me?” Olesya pondered. Maria Aleksandrovna had three daughters-in-law, but she disliked the youngest the most. Perhaps it was because she was “always nearby” — after all, the other daughters-in-law had chosen to move to neighboring cities, far away from the meddlesome mother-in-law. Or maybe it was some personal antipathy. In … Read more

After quarrelling with her suitor over the inheritance, the granddaughter drove in tears to her late grandfather’s country house—and it turned out, not in vain…

The gentle rays of the morning sun wrapped the earth in soft waves of warmth, painting everything around in golden hues, yet Yana did not notice this beauty. Her thoughts were consumed by something else entirely. Today, neither the sunbeams dancing along the path like little bunnies, nor the curious sparrows searching for crumbs in … Read more

After the mother’s departure, the son decided to clean out the closet and found a letter there. After reading it, he turned pale.

— Arina is complaining about her husband again. He earns so little, and your sister is really struggling. I didn’t sleep all night; I was so upset after she arrived,” Mom said as she began to sob into the phone once more. “— Mom, I understand, but no one dragged her into this marriage on … Read more