I cleaned this apartment to a shine for three days! Didn’t sleep a wink for three nights, got everything perfectly ready… How could they trash the new place in just one evening?

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— I spent three days cleaning like a cursed woman! — Maria Olegovna spoke indignantly, not hiding her resentment. — Three sleepless nights, but I did everything: scrubbed the floors, dusted, washed all the dishes. And them… they trashed the apartment in an hour! How can you ruin a brand-new home like that? You weren’t … Read more

My husband left me for another woman, abandoning me with four children and a mountain of debt. But soon, fate gave me a gift I never even dared to dream of.

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I can’t live like this anymore, Anya,” Sergey threw his keys on the table, and flour scattered like snow across the surface. I froze, clutching the dough in my hands. The children in the other room fell silent, as if sensing the oncoming storm. I tried to breathe evenly, though my heart was pounding in … Read more

Nine years ago, my beloved left this world—and yesterday, he suddenly appeared and described what he had seen.

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I miss you so much,” Maria whispered, shuddering at the sound of her own voice in the silence of the room. Her fingers froze above an old photo album. In the faded photograph, Sasha was smiling, holding little Artyom on his shoulders. Maria gently ran her fingertips over his image. Nine years had passed, but … Read more

No, dear mother-in-law, I bought this apartment before the marriage, so pack your things,” I made it clear that her behavior was unacceptable to me.

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Polina scrutinized the new curtains. Light blue, with a small floral pattern—exactly what she wanted for the living room. She carefully adjusted the pleats, stepped back a couple of paces, and smiled. — Sergey, how do you like it? — Polina turned to her husband, who was sitting in an armchair, absorbed in his phone. … Read more

Surgeons refused to operate on the orphan. But when the nurse entered the operating room, the entire staff cried when they saw what she had done.

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When it seemed like everything was lost, she appeared…” The small hospital room was dimly lit. The faint glow of the nightlight barely illuminated the face of the teenager. She had just turned fifteen, but fate had already given her trials that would have broken even an adult. Katya was left without parents after a … Read more

The sister-in-law came with boxes and announced: “Mom said, you’re moving out.

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The sun was barely breaking through the kitchen window when Olga was already bustling around the house. The morning greeted her with the usual silence, only interrupted by the mumbling of the television from her mother-in-law’s room. Olga straightened the tablecloth, brushed off invisible crumbs from the table, and opened the fridge. Eggs, milk, cottage … Read more

— This house is mine, and the money is mine! — Yana exclaimed. — Let your mom not expect any freebies

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Yana stared at the laptop screen, double-checking the numbers in the table. The last payment on the loan had been sent. Three years of monthly payments, strict budgeting, and constant side jobs had come to an end. The house was officially hers—fully paid off, with no encumbrances. Outside, the maple leaves rustled, gently swaying in … Read more

Are you going to the sea on my money?” I raised an eyebrow. “Doesn’t it seem to you, Zinaida Petrovna, that the road to the bus stop is the most you deserve?

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Two years. Exactly two years since he’s no longer with us. Sveta stood by the window, gazing at the gray industrial landscape. The factory pipes released plumes of smoke into the sky, just like they did that day — the day everything collapsed. When the world turned upside down and split into “before” and “after.” … Read more