— Sveta, here’s the thing. Mom needs help: the balcony windows have to be washed — she can’t manage it herself anymore. And groceries need to be bought for the week, the list is quite long. Can you go today? Kirill entered the kitchen wearing casual sweatpants and a crumpled T-shirt, radiating that relaxed weekend […]
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— Who’s crying out there? Stepan, can you hear? In such dismal weather, someone is crying! — Probably it’s just the wind howling, Katyusha. What tears could there be on a night like this… I ran out onto the porch without even grabbing my scarf. The autumn rain whipped against my cheeks, yet I kept […]
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Sometimes relatives think they can just walk all over you simply because you’re related by blood. That’s exactly what my sister Veronika decided — since I was lucky enough to get a summer house (which, by the way, I worked my butt off for five years without any vacations to afford!), now this summer house […]
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