The house stood on the outskirts of the city—two stories, with a wide veranda and a garden. Aunt Valentina left it to Alisa in her will. At the time, many were surprised. The niece wasn’t a favorite, but the inheritance had been arranged in advance. Alisa, after receiving the keys, stood for a long time … Read more
Zina stopped in front of the display with upholstered furniture and smiled dreamily: «Slavik, look at this sofa! Can you imagine how it will look in the living room of our new apartment? Leather, comfortable. Let’s at least sit down and try it?» Vyacheslav shrugged irritably: «Zin, how much longer? We just came to buy … Read more
The doorbell broke the silence, persistent and demanding. Lyudmila Nikolaevna set the pot on the stove, wiped her hands on the old kitchen towel, and went to the door. It was getting dark outside. She had just come back from work, her back ached, and her head too. She longed for silence, a hot bath, … Read more
The white tiles on the ceiling blurred in front of her eyes as if they had been washed away by water. The light was too harsh—like a spotlight shining directly in her face. Rita tried to move, but her body didn’t respond. Her eyelids felt incredibly heavy, like curtains made of lead. She blinked—once, twice, … Read more
It seemed that Kirill had calculated everything: fake bankruptcy, divorce, secret accounts. But he forgot that Anya was not just a «modest housewife.» Behind the borscht and baby diapers hid a woman capable of turning his lies into financial ruin. When the last illusions crumbled, only one question remained: what was worse—losing the business or … Read more
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
— 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
— 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
If I ever had questions about my place in the family, they were answered the moment I stumbled upon the will. I was in the family apartment—the very same one where I grew up and for which I had been paying the bills for the past five years: utilities, groceries, roof repairs, cleaning help. I … Read more
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