Farurile au luminat scurt gardul de lemn din fa\u021ba casei, iar inima Elenei a \u00eenceput s\u0103 bat\u0103 mai repede. Nu se a\u0219tepta la vizite, mai ales la o or\u0103 at\u00e2t de t\u00e2rzie.<\/p>\n
Din duba neagr\u0103 a cobor\u00e2t un b\u0103rbat \u00eembr\u0103cat elegant, cu o umbrel\u0103 mare \u0219i lucioas\u0103. L\u00e2ng\u0103 el, patru tinere, toate \u00eembr\u0103cate frumos, st\u0103teau aliniate, cu ochii umezi.<\/p>\n
Elena a clipit de c\u00e2teva ori, ne\u00een\u021beleg\u00e2nd ce vede. Apoi una dintre fete a alergat spre ea, strig\u00e2nd cu o voce tremurat\u0103:<\/p>\n
\u2014 Mam\u0103 Elena!<\/p>\n
Can\u0103 de ceai i-a alunecat din m\u00e2n\u0103 \u0219i s-a f\u0103cut \u021b\u0103nd\u0103ri pe podea. Lacrimile i-au umplut ochii \u00eenainte s\u0103-\u0219i dea seama c\u0103 \u00een fa\u021ba ei st\u0103teau acelea\u0219i feti\u021be, doar c\u0103 acum erau femei.<\/p>\n
Oana, cea mai mic\u0103, o \u00eembr\u0103\u021bi\u0219ase deja, pl\u00e2ng\u00e2nd \u00een hohote. Larisa, cea cu ochii verzi, a venit imediat l\u00e2ng\u0103 ele, iar Maria \u0219i Andreea au urmat, str\u00e2ng\u00e2nd-o la piept pe femeia care le crescuse.<\/p>\n
Timp de c\u00e2teva minute, nimeni n-a spus nimic. Se auzeau doar sughi\u021burile fetelor \u0219i ploaia care b\u0103tea u\u0219or \u00een acoperi\u0219.<\/p>\n
C\u00e2nd \u00een sf\u00e2r\u0219it s-au desprins una de alta, Elena le-a privit \u00een t\u0103cere, cu m\u00e2inile tremur\u00e2nd.<\/p>\n
\u2014 Fetele mele… dar voi… cum a\u021bi ajuns aici?<\/p>\n
Larisa a z\u00e2mbit printre lacrimi.
\u2014 Am promis c\u0103 ne vom \u00eentoarce, \u021bi-aduci aminte? \u021ai-am zis c\u0103 \u00eentr-o zi o s\u0103-\u021bi cump\u0103r\u0103m o cas\u0103 mare, cu acoperi\u0219 ro\u0219u.<\/p>\n
Elena a r\u00e2s u\u0219or, dar r\u00e2sul i s-a fr\u00e2nt \u00een mijlocul unei lacrimi.
\u2014 Era\u021bi doar ni\u0219te copile atunci…<\/p>\n
B\u0103rbatul din spate a f\u0103cut un pas \u00eenainte.
\u2014 Doamn\u0103 Popescu, \u00eemi pare bine s\u0103 v\u0103 cunosc. Eu sunt avocatul lor. Fetele dumneavoastr\u0103 au crescut \u0219i fiecare are acum o via\u021b\u0103 frumoas\u0103. Una e medic, alta profesoar\u0103, cealalt\u0103 lucreaz\u0103 la banc\u0103, iar cea mic\u0103 are o firm\u0103 de haine. Au venit s\u0103-\u0219i \u021bin\u0103 promisiunea.<\/p>\n
Elena s-a uitat din nou la ele, incapabil\u0103 s\u0103 cread\u0103. Maria i-a \u00eentins un plic alb. \u00cen\u0103untru erau acte \u2014 \u0219i o cheie lucioas\u0103.<\/p>\n
\u2014 E casa ta, Mam\u0103 Elena. E aproape de centru. Are gr\u0103din\u0103, o buc\u0103t\u0103rie mare \u0219i o verand\u0103 unde po\u021bi bea ceaiul t\u0103u \u00een fiecare diminea\u021b\u0103.<\/p>\n
Femeia a dus m\u00e2na la gur\u0103 \u0219i a izbucnit \u00een pl\u00e2ns. Ani de sacrificii, nop\u021bi f\u0103r\u0103 somn, m\u00e2nc\u0103ruri \u00eemp\u0103r\u021bite \u00een cinci p\u0103r\u021bi egale… toate se adunaser\u0103 \u00een clipa aceea.<\/p>\n
Fetele o \u00eenconjurau, iar lacrimile se amestecau cu r\u00e2setele lor. Ploaia s-a oprit, ca \u0219i cum cerul \u00eensu\u0219i se pleca \u00een fa\u021ba acelei revederi.<\/p>\n
\u2014 Nu trebuie s\u0103-mi da\u021bi nimic, a \u0219optit Elena printre suspine. Tot ce mi-am dorit a fost s\u0103 fi\u021bi bine.<\/p>\n
Oana i-a luat m\u00e2na \u0219i a str\u00e2ns-o tare.
\u2014 Tocmai de-asta meri\u021bi totul.<\/p>\n
Diminea\u021ba a prins-o cu z\u00e2mbetul pe buze, privind spre duba care se \u00eendep\u0103rta \u00eencet. \u021ainea cheia casei noi \u00een palm\u0103, ca pe cel mai scump dar din lume.<\/p>\n
Atunci a \u00een\u021beles c\u0103 uneori, cele mai mari recompense vin nu din ce prime\u0219ti, ci din ce d\u0103ruie\u0219ti f\u0103r\u0103 s\u0103 ceri nimic.<\/p>\n
\u0218i pentru prima dat\u0103 dup\u0103 mul\u021bi ani, Elena s-a sim\u021bit bogat\u0103 \u2014 nu \u00een bani, ci \u00een iubire, recuno\u0219tin\u021b\u0103 \u0219i lini\u0219te.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Farurile au luminat scurt gardul de lemn din fa\u021ba casei, iar inima Elenei a \u00eenceput s\u0103 bat\u0103 mai repede. Nu se a\u0219tepta la vizite, mai ales la o or\u0103 at\u00e2t de t\u00e2rzie. Din duba neagr\u0103 a cobor\u00e2t un b\u0103rbat \u00eembr\u0103cat elegant, cu o umbrel\u0103 mare \u0219i lucioas\u0103. L\u00e2ng\u0103 el, patru tinere, toate \u00eembr\u0103cate frumos, st\u0103teau […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":10502,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[18],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-10501","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\/10501","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=10501"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/bumzi.ro\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10501\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":10503,"href":"https:\/\/bumzi.ro\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10501\/revisions\/10503"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bumzi.ro\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/10502"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/bumzi.ro\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=10501"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bumzi.ro\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=10501"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bumzi.ro\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=10501"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}