Month: May 2025

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

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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.

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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

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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.

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— 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.

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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

You signed, and now the property belongs to me.” The husband smirked arrogantly, confident that he had outsmarted his wife.

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The twilight of October gently enveloped the city as I set the table for dinner. The familiar cups with worn edges, the old embroidered tablecloth — everything in this kitchen had remained unchanged for the past three decades. Viktor entered, carefully closing the door behind him. The warm October evening prompted him to roll up … Read more