— Did you buy the meat? After all, we’re not coming to visit you empty-handed, — the relatives brought potatoes for the barbecue.

Marina ran her hand over the freshly painted fence board and smiled. The white paint had gone on smoothly, without drips, and now the plot looked completely different—not like an abandoned grandmother’s dacha, but like a real vacation home. “Alyosh, look how beautiful it turned out!” she called to her husband, who was busy with … Read more

After she inherited the estate, she moved to the most remote countryside, despite the mockery of her ex-husband. And when he found out exactly what she had inherited…

Marina stood by the window of the notary’s office, holding the documents in her hands. Her heart was pounding so hard it felt like it might leap out of her chest, and her fingers trembled slightly. “Sign here,” the notary quietly said. This was not a fantasy or a waking dream — it was really … Read more

Rushing to the farm, the tractor driver handed the house keys to a homeless woman with a child… And when he returned, he cautiously peeked through the window — and froze.

Semyon stood by the window as if rooted to the floor. His heart froze, his breath stopped. Outside the glass, in the dim light of the evening sky, there was a light burning in the house. Not a bright, ordinary one — no. The light was strange, soft, as if a lamp was burning on … Read more

I came for my INHERITANCE at my uncle’s MANSION… But I was met by his own son, whom no one knew about.

When the lawyer said, — You are expected at Viktor Nikolaevich’s estate on Saturday at ten in the morning, — I nodded automatically. The words sounded so ordinary, as if I had just scheduled a business meeting or a doctor’s appointment. But inside, a quiet race of thoughts had already begun. So… an old estate … Read more

Husband declared: “The apartment isn’t yours!” — the notary almost gasped when everything came to light

Raisa Alexandrovna never thought she would have to prove her right to the apartment. She had lived there for thirty-two years. Especially to her husband. And definitely not in a notary’s office, where they had come for a completely different reason. “Do you want to make a gift deed to your son?” the notary asked … Read more

— Where have you been? Are your parents starving? — the husband hissed while I was driving to my parents’ village.

— Do you understand that these are my first days off in two months? — Marina’s voice trembled with exhaustion and indignation. — There was a crazy rush at work, I worked until eleven every night, and you’re telling me I can’t rest? Andrey didn’t lift his head from the phone, lying on the couch … Read more

The apartment is mine!” — the mother-in-law brought the appraiser at 7 a.m. The daughter-in-law’s reply shocked everyone.

Inheritance Seven in the morning. Who the hell could be calling at seven on a Saturday morning? Marina groped for the phone on the nightstand without opening her eyes. — Hello? — Marinushka, dear, it’s me, Valeria Petrovna. Mikhail Semyonovich and I are already on our way up to you. Don’t worry, we have the … Read more

Arriving at the banquet hall earlier than the guests to make sure everything was ready for her son’s wedding, Lidia went pale when she accidentally overheard the conversation of the in-laws.

Leaden clouds hung over the city, as if ready to pour down a thick blanket of snow at any moment. The winter morning was damp and unbearably cold. The air soaked through the skin to the bone, while rare snowflakes slowly twirled in the air, settling on car roofs and pavement tiles. Lidiya Nikolaevna, tightly … Read more

Got too smart for your own good!” — the nurses mocked the very orderly who had dared to burst into the medical consultation…

When Alyona got a job as a ward aide at City Hospital No. 7, she was treated with slight disdain. Young, fragile, wearing a worn-out coat and with big eyes, she seemed out of place in this noisy, tense world of corridors filled with rush and exhausted faces. She always spoke politely, addressing everyone formally, … Read more