“If you hadn’t been wandering around aimlessly, your husband would still be alive!” — her mother-in-law’s voice came sharply from the room when Angelina arrived at the dacha to collect her things.
Angelina ran without paying attention to the road but was too late. She stood by the fresh grave, sobbing, unable to hold back the pain: “Why?! Why was he buried without me?!” Her mother-in-law glanced at her coldly and sharply snapped: “You had no business wandering around God knows where! If you had stayed home, … Read more