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— You’re nothing to me, — said her husband. He had no idea that tomorrow he would show up at my office, asking for a job.

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Anna sat on the edge of the sofa, in the half-light of the living room, listening to the washing machine purring quietly behind the wall. The evening stretched on endlessly, reminiscent of hundreds of similar evenings over the past two years. Andrey wasn’t in any hurry to come home. She knew that soon he would … Read more

Darling, the apartment doesn’t belong to me—it’s Mom’s, so you can file for divorce,” Yana said calmly to Dima.

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Are you sure?” the realtor reviewed the documents once more. “A deed of gift is serious. It will be difficult to reverse later.” “I’m sure,” Yana signed. Her hand did not tremble—she had decided everything. The May morning bathed the notary office in sunlight. The air conditioner hummed peacefully on the windowsill, and the reception … Read more

The wife fell ill, and the husband took her away to die somewhere far off. A year later, he went to check if she was still alive.

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Mom, how am I supposed to explain this to her?” Roman sighed. “You know how hard it is to confess something like this when your heart drops to your feet from fear.” Elena Ivanovna sat down on the chair opposite her son. “Let’s think it through. Vika isn’t going to recover. Everyone in her family … Read more

The mother-in-law humiliated her daughter-in-law on her birthday while visiting. But she didn’t know how it would end.

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Mom will arrive on Saturday!” Alexey exclaimed joyfully. But Anna did not share his enthusiasm at all. She already sensed more reproaches and mockery coming her way. An unpleasant memory from her birthday resurfaced immediately – when Margarita Sergeyevna had managed to ruin the celebration. The guests had already gathered, and the mother-in-law’s reaction was … Read more

— I got laid off, and now, to pay off my debts, we’re going to have to sell your apartment, — Oleg said, pressing his lips together.

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— No, Oleg. Understand one thing: I’m not selling the apartment. — But… — No “buts”! — I felt everything boiling inside. I could hardly breathe from the rage. — This is MY apartment! My only inheritance! And you want me to sell it to cover YOUR debts?! Debts you didn’t even tell me about?! … Read more

I’m not your girl!” Nastya declared to her mother-in-law, father-in-law, and husband. “And take care of your own old lady yourselves.

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Provincial,’ that’s the first word Nastya heard from her future mother-in-law. Yes, she was from a small town, but that didn’t mean it was a backward area. There were excellent schools, even an institute and a university – it wasn’t a province at all, just a small peripheral town. Galina Viktorovna had been watching the … Read more

A modest girl was dressed in a wedding gown for her final journey. What happened at the farewell ceremony made the entire village gasp.

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Marina had always been an ordinary girl, not particularly standing out among her peers. In school and play, she kept pace with everyone else. Her dreams changed with age: in kindergarten she fantasized about a beautiful doll, in the early grades—a fancy dress like her friend’s, and in the later years—about a handsome prince and … Read more

After the divorce, the dishwoman took her daughter to work at the restaurant. And as soon as the girl approached the foreign founders and sang a song in their native language.

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Rita began to clear an impressive pile of grimy crockery, her mood very sour. There were indeed few reasons for joy. How had she come to be in such a murky place in life? Where had her sanity gone? At first, her mental faculties were completely paralyzed by the romantic feeling that had suddenly overwhelmed … Read more