\u2014 \u201eDa, dragul meu, totul merge conform planului\u201d, spunea Grace la telefon, cu o voce lin\u0103, de parc\u0103 recita o poezie. \u201eAvocatul mi-a spus c\u0103, dac\u0103 moare \u00eenainte de finalul lunii, primesc totul. Restaurantele, casa din Sinaia, p\u00e2n\u0103 \u0219i cabana din Apuseni…\u201d<\/p>\n
James \u00eencremeni.<\/p>\n
Fiecare cuv\u00e2nt era un cui b\u0103tut \u00een sicriul \u00eencrederii sale. Cu greu \u00ee\u0219i putea mi\u0219ca degetele, dar sufletul i se zb\u0103tea ca un leu \u00een cu\u0219c\u0103. \u0218tia c\u0103 nu poate riposta \u00eenc\u0103 \u2014 nu c\u00e2nd era prins \u00eentre via\u021b\u0103 \u0219i moarte, conectat la fire, cu o perfuzie \u00een fiecare ven\u0103.<\/p>\n
Grace continu\u0103, f\u0103r\u0103 s\u0103 \u0219tie c\u0103 James o auzea.<\/p>\n
\u2014 \u201eL-am uns deja pe Vlad ca director executiv. \u0218tiu, e un prost, dar e al meu. Sau, mai bine zis, al nostru<\/em>, nu-i a\u0219a?\u201d, chicoti ea. \u201eP\u00e2n\u0103 s\u0103pt\u0103m\u00e2na viitoare, James va fi \u2018mort\u2019, iar noi liberi.\u201d<\/p>\n C\u00e2nd a \u00eenchis telefonul, s-a aplecat asupra lui \u0219i i-a \u0219optit la ureche:<\/p>\n \u2014 \u201eDormi lini\u0219tit, dragul meu. \u00cen cur\u00e2nd vei fi eliberat\u2026\u201d<\/p>\n \u00cen clipa aceea, James a \u00een\u021beles c\u0103 trebuie s\u0103 ac\u021bioneze. C\u00e2nd asistenta a venit s\u0103-i verifice semnele vitale, a reu\u0219it cu un efort supraomenesc s\u0103-i str\u00e2ng\u0103 m\u00e2na.<\/p>\n A fost suficient.<\/p>\n Au urmat zile de planuri \u00een t\u0103cere. Cu ajutorul unui medic de \u00eencredere, James a fost \u201emutat\u201d la morg\u0103 \u00eentr-un sac, iar \u00een acea noapte, \u00een secret, dus \u00eentr-o clinic\u0103 izolat\u0103 din mun\u021bi. Acolo, s-a recuperat, \u00een timp ce \u00een lume se anun\u021ba cu durere moartea lui James Williams.<\/p>\n La \u00eenmorm\u00e2ntare, Grace pl\u00e2ngea teatral, \u00eembr\u0103cat\u0103 \u00eentr-o rochie neagr\u0103 perfect mulat\u0103, iar Vlad st\u0103tea l\u00e2ng\u0103 ea, cu z\u00e2mbetul ascuns \u00een col\u021bul gurii.<\/p>\n Dar n-au \u0219tiut niciun moment c\u0103 erau urm\u0103ri\u021bi. James, \u00eembr\u0103cat \u00een haine simple, st\u0103tea \u00een ma\u0219in\u0103, la o distan\u021b\u0103 sigur\u0103, cu o camer\u0103 video \u00een m\u00e2n\u0103.<\/p>\n A urmat o anchet\u0103, apoi un proces care a zguduit presa. \u00cenregistr\u0103rile, intercept\u0103rile, documentele falsificate \u2014 toate au ie\u0219it la lumin\u0103.<\/p>\n Grace \u0219i Vlad au fost condamna\u021bi pentru tentativ\u0103 de omor \u0219i fraud\u0103. Iar James?<\/p>\n S-a \u00eentors la via\u021b\u0103, dar nu la cea pe care o avea \u00eenainte.<\/p>\n A v\u00e2ndut restaurantele, \u0219i-a mutat casa \u00eentr-un sat mic de l\u00e2ng\u0103 Bra\u0219ov \u0219i s-a apucat de apicultur\u0103. C\u00e2nd oamenii \u00eel \u00eentreab\u0103 de ce a f\u0103cut schimbarea, z\u00e2mbe\u0219te \u0219i spune:<\/p>\n \u2014 \u201eMi-am dat seama c\u0103, \u00een via\u021b\u0103, adev\u0103rata dulcea\u021b\u0103 vine doar din lucrurile curate. Iar mierea… n-are nevoie de manipul\u0103ri ca s\u0103 fie bun\u0103.\u201d<\/p>\n Pentru c\u0103 uneori, trebuie s\u0103 mori \u00een ochii lumii… ca s\u0103 \u00eenve\u021bi s\u0103 tr\u0103ie\u0219ti cu adev\u0103rat.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" \u2014 \u201eDa, dragul meu, totul merge conform planului\u201d, spunea Grace la telefon, cu o voce lin\u0103, de parc\u0103 recita o poezie. \u201eAvocatul mi-a spus c\u0103, dac\u0103 moare \u00eenainte de finalul lunii, primesc totul. Restaurantele, casa din Sinaia, p\u00e2n\u0103 \u0219i cabana din Apuseni…\u201d James \u00eencremeni. Fiecare cuv\u00e2nt era un cui b\u0103tut \u00een sicriul \u00eencrederii sale. Cu […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1590,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[18],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1589","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\/1589","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=1589"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/bumzi.ro\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1589\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1591,"href":"https:\/\/bumzi.ro\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1589\/revisions\/1591"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bumzi.ro\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/1590"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/bumzi.ro\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1589"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bumzi.ro\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1589"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bumzi.ro\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1589"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}