LIFE
For a long time, I lied to myself. Pretended that everything in my life was the same — the usual routine, no changes, like it had all been a bad dream.
“Miss, may I help you?” he called out to the woman when he noticed her struggling with two heavy bags. “Sorry to approach so suddenly
“You’re going to tell us where those damn documents are anyway!” the man hissed through his teeth. Olga was trembling all over.
Lena shook out her umbrella, flinging off the raindrops, and stepped into the warmth of the restaurant, leaving the October storm behind her.
Nikita tried his hardest to be someone he was not. He knew that sooner or later Yulia would learn the truth: he lived outside the city, in harsh conditions
But soon something happened… something that froze him in fear and made him stop in his tracks. Just one second of carelessness. One careless elbow.
Lilya lay in the quiet bedroom, silently watching out the window as the spring city awoke. In just a few days, the warmth had melted the winter away —
“Zinaida Nikitishna, there are barely any mushrooms left!” “So what? Maybe there are still some hidden somewhere! Come on, get ready, we’ll be quick!
The mother left her one-year-old child alone in the room for just a few seconds — and in that moment, something happened that would be etched in her memory forever.
When Valentina married Artyom, she was only twenty-two. Young, bright, with big eyes and a dream of a home that smelled of fresh pies, children’









