Division of Property

In the intelligentsia circles, frail children are not uncommon. Verochka was tended to by a star medical council of doctors and a fan collective of dads, moms, and grandmothers. The girl was surrounded by everyone’s attention and care, but above all she loved her grandmother, “Aunt Asya.” The child developed and grew, naively believing that two mothers for one family was the norm. And although the grandmother herself denied such a picture of the world, the parents unanimously confirmed it.

One day, Verochka did recover. A celebratory dinner was given in honor of the event. Drunk on success and on cognac, the council elevated the kindest grandmother to a pedestal for her care-related achievements. The brilliant biological mother faded into the shadows.

Since then, the illusion of family idyll has been quietly crumbling. Anisya Ivanovna was briefly—and delicately—demonized, bringing into the image of a gentle Slavic woman traits of a злого мавра…