She’s not my son’s wife! Just a dame with money, nothing more!” I heard that as I eavesdropped on my mother-in-law’s conversation.
Sofya set a vase of flowers on the table and critically examined the result. Everything was perfect. A pristine white tablecloth, crystal glasses, expensive champagne in a silver bucket with ice. In the kitchen, a duck with apples was baking in the oven, and in the refrigerator sat desserts from the city’s best patisserie. And … Read more