Valentin st\u0103tea pe marginea patului, cu m\u00e2inile sprijinite pe genunchi, privind fix \u00een podea. Lampa de pe noptier\u0103 arunca o lumin\u0103 g\u0103lbuie, iar umbra lui tremura pe perete. Pe noptier\u0103, l\u00e2ng\u0103 telefonul meu, era o sticlu\u021b\u0103 mic\u0103, transparent\u0103, pe jum\u0103tate goal\u0103.<\/p>\n
\u2014 Ce e asta? am \u00eentrebat, sim\u021bind cum inima \u00eemi bate \u00een g\u00e2t.<\/p>\n
A ridicat privirea, \u00eencet, \u0219i un z\u00e2mbet rece i-a trecut pe buze.
\u2014 Doar ceva care trebuia s\u0103 te ajute s\u0103 dormi bine \u00een prima noapte, draga mea.<\/p>\n
Am f\u0103cut un pas \u00eenapoi. \u00cen vocea lui era ceva straniu, un calm for\u021bat, care \u00eemi sporea teama. Am privit din nou sticlu\u021ba. Scrisul de pe etichet\u0103 era aproape \u0219ters, dar am reu\u0219it s\u0103 citesc un singur cuv\u00e2nt: somnifer<\/em>.<\/p>\n \u00cen clipa aceea, imaginea chelnerului mi-a revenit \u00een minte. Tonul acela gr\u0103bit, speriat… El \u0219tia ceva. Mi-a fost clar c\u0103 \u00een paharul acela nu era doar vin.<\/p>\n Am \u00eencercat s\u0103 par lini\u0219tit\u0103. \u2014 Stai, a zis el, ridic\u00e2ndu-se brusc. Te ajut eu.<\/p>\n M-a apucat u\u0219or de bra\u021b. Z\u00e2mbetul \u00eei disp\u0103ruse. Ochii \u00eei erau tulburi, aproape goi. M-am smuls instinctiv \u0219i am fugit spre buc\u0103t\u0103rie. U\u0219a s-a tr\u00e2ntit \u00een urma mea. Mi-am \u021binut respira\u021bia, \u00eencerc\u00e2nd s\u0103 g\u00e2ndesc repede. Pe mas\u0103 era geanta mea. Telefonul! Am apucat repede mobilul \u0219i am sunat la poli\u021bie, cu m\u00e2inile tremur\u00e2nd.<\/p>\n Valentin b\u0103tea \u00een u\u0219\u0103. Glasul lui era disperat, dar \u00een el se sim\u021bea o nebunie care m\u0103 \u00eenfiora. Am \u00eenchis ochii \u0219i am ap\u0103sat butonul de trimitere. C\u00e2teva minute mai t\u00e2rziu, am auzit sirenele \u00een dep\u0103rtare.<\/p>\n C\u00e2nd poli\u021bi\u0219tii au intrat, el st\u0103tea deja pe podea, cu fa\u021ba \u00een m\u00e2ini. \u00cen buzunarul hainei au g\u0103sit o pung\u0103 mic\u0103, cu un praf alb.<\/p>\n \u2014 A zis c\u0103 era doar pentru lini\u0219te, a murmurat unul dintre poli\u021bi\u0219ti.<\/p>\n M-am pr\u0103bu\u0219it pe scaun. \u00cemi tremurau genunchii. \u00cemi d\u0103deam seama c\u0103, la un pas, a\u0219 fi putut fi o \u0219tire trist\u0103 la televizor.<\/p>\n Mai t\u00e2rziu, am aflat c\u0103 Valentin avea datorii uria\u0219e \u0219i o poli\u021b\u0103 de asigurare pe numele meu. Totul fusese planificat.<\/p>\n Au trecut luni de atunci. \u00cenc\u0103 tresar c\u00e2nd aud zgomote nea\u0219teptate. Dar \u0219tiu c\u0103 via\u021ba mi-a mai oferit o \u0219ans\u0103.<\/p>\n C\u00e2teodat\u0103, seara, c\u00e2nd trec pe l\u00e2ng\u0103 acel restaurant, \u00eemi aduc aminte de chelnerul care mi-a salvat via\u021ba cu o simpl\u0103 fraz\u0103. \u0218i \u00een fiecare zi, de atunci, tr\u0103iesc cu o recuno\u0219tin\u021b\u0103 t\u0103cut\u0103… pentru c\u0103 am ascultat acel avertisment \u0219optit.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Valentin st\u0103tea pe marginea patului, cu m\u00e2inile sprijinite pe genunchi, privind fix \u00een podea. Lampa de pe noptier\u0103 arunca o lumin\u0103 g\u0103lbuie, iar umbra lui tremura pe perete. Pe noptier\u0103, l\u00e2ng\u0103 telefonul meu, era o sticlu\u021b\u0103 mic\u0103, transparent\u0103, pe jum\u0103tate goal\u0103. \u2014 Ce e asta? am \u00eentrebat, sim\u021bind cum inima \u00eemi bate \u00een g\u00e2t. A […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":10116,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[18],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-10115","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-povesti"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/bumzi.ro\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10115","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/bumzi.ro\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/bumzi.ro\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bumzi.ro\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bumzi.ro\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=10115"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/bumzi.ro\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10115\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":10117,"href":"https:\/\/bumzi.ro\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10115\/revisions\/10117"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bumzi.ro\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/10116"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/bumzi.ro\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=10115"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bumzi.ro\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=10115"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bumzi.ro\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=10115"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
\u2014 M\u0103 duc s\u0103 iau un pahar cu ap\u0103, am zis, tr\u0103g\u00e2nd de timp.<\/p>\n
\u2014 Deschide, iubito! Te rog… am exagerat pu\u021bin, dar nu voiam s\u0103-\u021bi fac r\u0103u!<\/p>\n
\u2014 V\u0103 rog, nu be\u021bi din paharul din st\u00e2nga.<\/p>\n