“The apartment was bought for me, but your relatives are living in it! How am I supposed to understand that?” I asked my husband
Nadezhda stood at the window of their rented apartment, watching the rain wash over the dull gray courtyard. For five years, she and Igor had been renting this tiny one-bedroom on the outskirts. Every month, more than half of their combined income went to the landlady—an elderly woman who arrived on the first like clockwork, … Read more