C\u00e2nd a primit telefonul de la un pescar din zon\u0103, Maria tocmai se \u00eentorcea de la pia\u021b\u0103, cu dou\u0103 plase pline. Vocea b\u0103rbatului era tulbure, de parc\u0103 \u00eencerca s\u0103 g\u0103seasc\u0103 cuvintele potrivite, dar nu exista nicio formulare care s\u0103 nu doar\u0103. I-a spus doar at\u00e2t:<\/p>\n
\u201eDoamn\u0103\u2026 am g\u0103sit ceva. Trebuie s\u0103 veni\u021bi.\u201d<\/p>\n
Maria a sim\u021bit cum i se \u00eenmoaie genunchii. De doisprezece ani, fiecare veste o lovea ca un tr\u0103snet. Dar ceva \u00een glasul acelui om o f\u0103cea s\u0103 cread\u0103 c\u0103, de data asta, nu era doar o alarm\u0103 fals\u0103.<\/p>\n
A ajuns la micu\u021bul debarcader \u00eenainte s\u0103 apuce s\u0103-\u0219i dea seama cum. Pescarul, un b\u0103rbat cu m\u00e2ini aspre \u0219i ochi obosi\u021bi, \u021binea \u00een m\u00e2n\u0103 un obiect \u00eenvelit \u00eentr-un prosop ud.<\/p>\n
L-a desf\u0103cut \u00eencet.<\/p>\n
Era jurnalul de bord lips\u0103. Fila smuls\u0103 fusese pus\u0103 la loc, lipit\u0103 st\u00e2ngaci cu band\u0103 adeziv\u0103. Pielea copertei era umflat\u0103 de ap\u0103, dar scrisul\u2026 scrisul se vedea.<\/p>\n
Maria a sim\u021bit cum o taie respira\u021bia.<\/p>\n
\u2014 Unde l-a\u021bi g\u0103sit? a \u00eentrebat ea cu vocea sub\u021bire, abia auzit\u0103.<\/p>\n
\u2014 \u00centr-un golfule\u021b, prins \u00eentre ni\u0219te st\u00e2nci. Dar asta nu e tot\u2026<\/p>\n
A dus-o c\u00e2\u021biva pa\u0219i mai \u00eencolo, p\u00e2n\u0103 la o cutie de plastic transparent\u0103. \u00cen\u0103untru era un obiect mic, str\u0103lucind palid \u00een lumina dimine\u021bii.<\/p>\n
Br\u0103\u021bara Laurei. Cea cu m\u0103rgele albastre, pe care o purta mereu.<\/p>\n
Maria \u0219i-a dus m\u00e2inile la gur\u0103 \u0219i a izbucnit \u00een pl\u00e2ns. Nu pentru c\u0103 g\u0103sise ceva, ci pentru c\u0103, pentru prima oar\u0103 \u00een doisprezece ani, ceva nu era doar amintire. Era dovad\u0103. Urm\u0103. Realitate.<\/p>\n
A deschis jurnalul, cu m\u00e2inile tremur\u00e2nd. Cuvintele erau scrise cu stiloul lui C\u0103t\u0103lin, inconfundabile, cu litere mari \u0219i gr\u0103bite. Pagina rupt\u0103 era un mesaj. Unul scurt. Unul care \u00eei \u00eenghe\u021ba s\u00e2ngele \u00een vene:<\/p>\n
\u201eDac\u0103 g\u0103se\u0219te cineva asta\u2026 nu a fost accident. Nu suntem singuri pe mare.\u201d<\/p>\n
Maria a \u00eenchis ochii, sim\u021bind c\u0103 tot aerul i se str\u00e2nge \u00een piept. Pescarul a f\u0103cut un pas \u00een spate, ca \u0219i cum voia s\u0103-i lase loc durerii.<\/p>\n
Dar Maria nu mai era femeia fr\u00e2nt\u0103 din anii trecu\u021bi. Ceva \u00een ea se aprinsese. Un fel de furie amestecat\u0103 cu curaj. A privit din nou spre marea care \u00eei luase totul \u0219i \u0219i-a \u0219ters lacrimile.<\/p>\n
\u2014 Vreau s\u0103 mergem acolo, a spus ea hot\u0103r\u00e2t. La locul unde l-a\u021bi g\u0103sit.<\/p>\n
Pescarul a clipit surprins, dar nu a contrazis-o. Au pornit \u00eempreun\u0103 pe ap\u0103, iar Maria privea valurile cu o aten\u021bie pe care nu o mai avusese niciodat\u0103. Fiecare urm\u0103, fiecare strop p\u0103rea s\u0103 ascund\u0103 un r\u0103spuns.<\/p>\n
C\u00e2nd au ajuns \u00een golf, lumina era ciudat de alb\u0103, iar v\u00e2ntul b\u0103tea u\u0219or, de parc\u0103 nu voia s\u0103 deranjeze t\u0103cerea locului. Sub st\u00e2ncile \u00eenalte, apa era limpede, aproape nemi\u0219cat\u0103. Acolo, \u00een lini\u0219tea aceea ap\u0103s\u0103toare, Maria a sim\u021bit ceva ce nu mai sim\u021bise niciodat\u0103:<\/p>\n
C\u0103 adev\u0103rul era aproape. At\u00e2t de aproape, \u00eenc\u00e2t putea s\u0103-l ating\u0103.<\/p>\n
A privit marea \u0219i a murmurat doar at\u00e2t:<\/p>\n
\u2014 C\u0103t\u0103lin\u2026 Laura\u2026 v\u0103 promit c\u0103 aflu tot.<\/p>\n
\u0218i \u00een momentul acela, pentru prima oar\u0103 dup\u0103 doisprezece ani, nu a mai sim\u021bit doar durere.<\/p>\n
A sim\u021bit direc\u021bie.<\/p>\n
Iar direc\u021bia aceea avea s\u0103 o duc\u0103 spre un adev\u0103r capabil s\u0103 zdruncine tot ce crezuse vreodat\u0103 despre so\u021bul ei, despre dispari\u021bia lor \u0219i despre lini\u0219tea aparent\u0103 a acelui ora\u0219 de pe malul m\u0103rii.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
C\u00e2nd a primit telefonul de la un pescar din zon\u0103, Maria tocmai se \u00eentorcea de la pia\u021b\u0103, cu dou\u0103 plase pline. Vocea b\u0103rbatului era tulbure, de parc\u0103 \u00eencerca s\u0103 g\u0103seasc\u0103 cuvintele potrivite, dar nu exista nicio formulare care s\u0103 nu doar\u0103. I-a spus doar at\u00e2t: \u201eDoamn\u0103\u2026 am g\u0103sit ceva. Trebuie s\u0103 veni\u021bi.\u201d Maria a sim\u021bit […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":12890,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[18],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-12889","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\/12889","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=12889"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/bumzi.ro\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12889\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":12891,"href":"https:\/\/bumzi.ro\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12889\/revisions\/12891"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bumzi.ro\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/12890"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/bumzi.ro\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=12889"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bumzi.ro\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=12889"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bumzi.ro\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=12889"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}