Has anyone from my side called you today?» Alexey asked his wife. «They’ve been driving me crazy all day! It’s so annoying!» «I don’t understand! What do they need from you? And why would they need to call me?» Nastya asked her husband. «Not from me, from you!» Alexey smiled. «From me?» the woman was … Read more
The customary, measured, calm life of fifty-two-year-old accountant Lyudmila Borisovna Belkina was fundamentally shattered by an impending disaster: her beloved son Vladik was getting married! Lyudmila and her son had long lived in Mytishchi, near Moscow. After the death of her parents, Lyuda, with little Vladik in tow, moved there, regretlessly selling the large, sturdy, … Read more
Maybe you can give me the keys to your apartment? To not disturb your work process,» the mother-in-law quipped, noticing irritation on her daughter-in-law’s face. «Do you not have your own set?» Nina retorted. Such biting dialogues between them were becoming more frequent. Ksenia Vasilyevna regularly visited the young couple, pretending she had forgotten she … Read more
Aleksey, my husband, and his mother have settled in very well. Until recently, they almost wiped their feet on me, calling me a ‘worthless flower’, but as soon as they learned about my inheritance, they suddenly showed increased interest. But again, not in me, but in the prospects that this inheritance gives. I regretted a … Read more