PEOPLE

Valentina Ivanovna woke up early, as usual. Time was relentlessly moving forward, and she had to get up, despite the fatigue. She looked around her small

Kriszti struggled to get off the bus. She had arrived in the town where Lajos, her fiancé, came from. The whole ride she had silently wiped away her tears.

— I didn’t come here to argue. Let’s just talk. Tanya looked at Vadim and could barely recognize him. He had left for another woman before, full of confidence

She attended the meeting and elegantly put everyone in their place. As usual, Olya was putting her daughter, Oksana, to bed. The girl tossed and turned

Oleg slammed the refrigerator door so hard that the contents of the shelves inside trembled. One of the magnets decorating its surface fell to the floor

When my husband left for a younger woman, the children took his side — after all, he was a respected man, the director of a large company.

— Boris, you have to understand — I’m not saying this just like that! — Svetlana Davidovna placed a steaming bowl of solyanka in front of her son.

And upon returning from the sanatorium, she was stunned by the truth. Alina struggled to squeeze into the overcrowded bus. She hadn’

Yesenia worked as an accountant in a modest construction company. An ordinary office building on the outskirts of the capital. An average income.

My name is Lily, and for as long as I could remember, I had always dreamed of having a fairy-tale wedding. I envisioned walking down the aisle in a beautiful