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Victoria Petrovna entered the newly opened hair salon in her neighborhood and shook her head in surprise. “How cozy and beautiful it is here!” she thought, looking around. The walls were adorned with paintings of beautiful model girls with various hairstyles, mirrors sparkled with cleanliness, and comfortable, expensive chairs invited one to sit down and … Read more

Mom, you’re just a pauper!” Pashka yelled, slamming the door of his room. Larisa froze in the hallway, clutching her son’s unironed T-shirt to her chest. His words hit harder than a slap. She leaned against the wall, feeling her knees tremble treacherously. Such scenes had been happening more frequently lately. “Pash,” she called quietly, … Read more

He just used me. It’s like my eyes have finally opened. Why didn’t I notice anything before? I guess I was too naive. Trusted people too much. Now I’ll be more cautious. I somehow thought that this could happen to anyone, but not to me. But no, it turns out no one is immune. Until … Read more

Can we just have a Saturday without cleaning today? Let’s not do anything useful!” Oksana looked hopefully at her husband. “Let’s have a lazy day! Because… I’m starting to quietly hate the weekends.” Vyacheslav, without getting up from the bed, groped for his phone and, squinting, looked at the screen. Almost twelve o’clock. “We sure … Read more

Nikita fell in love with the devout Serafima while still in school. He would meet her at the entrance of her building every morning and follow her to school. After classes, he would do the same. Sima would hide in the entrance of her building, and Nikita just stood there. He didn’t want to go … Read more

Finally, Nastya got lucky with a man!” Varvara Andreevna, Nastya’s mother, gushed as she looked at her daughter’s wedding photo. “She always ended up with some poor suitors before! Now that’s a businessman for you!” Varvara’s husband, Ilya Petrovich, silently finished his modest breakfast, nodding his head as Varvara continued to muse: “Finally, we can … Read more

Ninka, are you up to your tricks again? They’ll put you in solitary!” her friend cast a reproachful glance at the girl. “So what? At least I’ll get to play soccer, and if they lock me up for a week, so be it—better away from those matrons,” Nina shrugged and smiled slyly. Looking around, she … Read more

Anya, open up, it’s cold out here!” a voice called from behind the door, drowning out the howling wind in the hallway. Anna, standing in the hallway with a towel in her hands, froze. She expected to see her neighbor Ira, who always dropped by for some salt or advice. But the voice was unfamiliar. … Read more

In the city, there was a stifling heat, it seemed even the asphalt was melting, with temperatures soaring above thirty degrees Celsius. In a residential area, a young pregnant woman wandered confusedly through the courtyards of apartment buildings. She carefully looked for numbers on the corners of the houses but couldn’t find the address she … Read more

You know, sometimes fate presents such surprises that you spend your whole life marveling at how everything turned out? I still remember that chilly October day when I was returning from the market in the neighboring village. Back then, buses came once in a blue moon, and I had to trudge home on foot, cursing … Read more