Who ran into the cafeteria again and stole a loaf of bread?” Lidia Fedorovna, the caretaker, scolded as she opened the door to the children’s room. “Not me!” yelled one of the kids. The others echoed him. Sasha said the same, but his response seemed unnatural. “So it was you?” Lidia Fedorovna grabbed him by … Read more
Ivan Viktorovich shouted in complete bewilderment: — How can it be — she can’t be found anywhere?! Did she just disappear? The bewildered nanny tried to justify herself: — I really can’t imagine how this happened. I was only distracted for a moment… And then this dog, people started to scatter. I turned around to … Read more
Are you bringing your fiancée for New Year’s?” Valeriya Ivanovna frowned. She didn’t want her son, Lyonya, to marry so young, especially not to some newcomer from the provinces. She wasn’t acquainted with Tanya and didn’t plan to be. But she didn’t want to tell her son that. Valeriya Ivanovna was a cunning woman and … Read more
Mom, what are you doing?” Pavel stood in the doorway, holding Vera Nikolaevna’s hand as she determinedly headed for the cupboard with the dishes. “I’m helping your wife with the table setting. Fifteen people—it’s no joke. Everything needs to be beautifully organized,” the mother-in-law attempted to free her hand. “Fifteen people?” Alina froze with a … Read more
I’ve gone home, Denis! I don’t want to listen to your mother’s complaints anymore!” Nina replied to her husband, putting on her shoes at the doorway. “Nin, she didn’t really say anything bad! She was just pointing out your mistakes! If I were you, I’d listen and try not to repeat them!” The man stood … Read more
An elderly woman in an old woolen coat walked down an empty evening street, struggling to move her legs from fatigue. Her brown hair, prematurely silvered, had escaped from under an out-of-fashion beret. A heavy bag, as old and worn as her overall appearance, habitually shifted from one hand to the other. Boys at the … Read more
Why did you come home so early?!” the husband exclaimed in fright, instinctively closing the door in his wife’s face. “What do you mean?” Svetlana managed to wedge her bag in the doorway to stop the door from slamming shut. The situation resembled a cheap joke. Only, in this anecdote, the role of the ‘traveling … Read more
When I heard the lawyer’s words, it felt like the floor disappeared under my feet. ‘Your father left you an inheritance.’ I stared blankly at the man in the formal suit sitting across from me. My father had passed away more than twenty years ago, when I was just a little girl. How could he … Read more
Today was a big day for Ksenia – a meeting with the company’s management. She took a deep breath, trying to calm down. For the past few months, she had worked tirelessly on a new project, and now the moment of truth had arrived. The meeting went by in a blur. Ksenia could hardly believe … Read more
Impossible! It can’t be!” Nadezhda thought, looking at a photograph where a young pregnant girl was hugging her husband’s neck, sitting on his lap and smiling joyfully. Twenty-five years of marriage… was it all going to the dogs now? Her heart painfully clenched as she stared at the photo, forgetting that she had logged into … Read more