U\u0219a biroului s-a \u00eenchis \u00eencet \u00een urma ei. Elena st\u0103tea pe scaun, cu palmele transpirate, privind biroul masiv din lemn. Directorul general, un b\u0103rbat trecut de cincizeci de ani, o privea lung, de parc\u0103 \u00eencerca s\u0103 decid\u0103 c\u00e2t adev\u0103r putea suporta.<\/p>\n
\u2013 Ion Ghi\u021b\u0103 nu este doar buc\u0103tarul nostru, a spus el rar. E fondatorul holdingului \u201eTitan\u201d.<\/p>\n
Elena a sim\u021bit cum \u00eei fuge p\u0103m\u00e2ntul de sub picioare.
\u2013 Cum adic\u0103\u2026 fondatorul?<\/p>\n
\u2013 Tat\u0103l meu a fost doar director executiv. Ion a pornit totul acum treizeci de ani. Dup\u0103 moartea so\u021biei, a l\u0103sat func\u021biile oficiale \u0219i s-a retras. A cerut s\u0103 lucreze \u00een cantin\u0103. A vrut lini\u0219te.<\/p>\n
Cuvintele \u00eei loveau mintea una c\u00e2te una. \u00ce\u0219i amintea de \u0219or\u021bul lui simplu, de m\u00e2inile b\u0103t\u0103torite, de vocea calm\u0103. Nu fusese nimic fals. Doar ea nu \u0219tiuse adev\u0103rul.<\/p>\n
A ie\u0219it din cl\u0103dire ca \u00eentr-o cea\u021b\u0103. L-a g\u0103sit pe Ion \u00een fa\u021ba cantinei, fum\u00e2nd o \u021bigar\u0103, cu privirea pierdut\u0103.<\/p>\n
\u2013 De ce nu mi-ai spus? a \u00eentrebat ea, cu vocea tremurat\u0103.<\/p>\n
Ion a stins \u021bigara.
\u2013 Pentru c\u0103 nu conteaz\u0103. Eu sunt tot omul \u0103la cu care ai vorbit asear\u0103. Dac\u0103 ai venit s\u0103 pleci, \u00een\u021beleg.<\/p>\n
Elena a t\u0103cut. Pentru prima dat\u0103 \u00een via\u021b\u0103, nu se g\u00e2ndea la carier\u0103, la ce vor spune al\u021bii, la planuri. Se g\u00e2ndea la cum o ascultase f\u0103r\u0103 s\u0103 o judece. La cum nu \u00eei promisese nimic.<\/p>\n
Au plecat \u00eempreun\u0103 acas\u0103, \u00eentr-un apartament modest, cu mobil\u0103 veche, dar curat. Acolo, Ion i-a f\u0103cut ceai \u0219i i-a spus povestea lui. Despre sat, despre munca de jos, despre cum construise \u201eTitan\u201d pas cu pas. Despre so\u021bia pierdut\u0103 \u0219i t\u0103cerea care \u00eel urmase ani \u00eentregi.<\/p>\n
Zilele urm\u0103toare au fost grele. \u00cen firm\u0103, zvonurile fierbeau. Unii o priveau cu invidie, al\u021bii cu dispre\u021b. Mama a sunat-o pl\u00e2ng\u00e2nd, convins\u0103 c\u0103 fata ei \u201ea pus m\u00e2na pe un bog\u0103ta\u0219\u201d.<\/p>\n
Dar Elena \u0219tia adev\u0103rul. Ion nu cump\u0103rase nimic. Nu promisese nimic.<\/p>\n
Au trecut luni. Elena a refuzat promovarea oferit\u0103 din \u201erespect\u201d. A cerut s\u0103 fie tratat\u0103 la fel. Ion a r\u0103mas \u00een cantin\u0103.<\/p>\n
Seara, m\u00e2ncau \u00eempreun\u0103, vorbeau pu\u021bin, r\u00e2deau mult. Au renovat \u00eencet apartamentul. Cu lei pu\u0219i deoparte, nu cu fi\u021be.<\/p>\n
\u00centr-o duminic\u0103, au mers \u00een sat. Mama Elenei l-a privit sceptic, apoi l-a v\u0103zut repar\u00e2nd gardul, vorbind cu vecinii, ajut\u00e2nd f\u0103r\u0103 s\u0103 se laude. La plecare, i-a pus \u00een traist\u0103 pl\u0103cinte.<\/p>\n
Dup\u0103 un an, Elena a \u00een\u021beles ceva simplu: nu func\u021bia, nu ma\u0219ina, nu banii o f\u0103cuser\u0103 fericit\u0103. Ci lini\u0219tea.<\/p>\n
Ion nu fusese o gre\u0219eal\u0103. Fusese exact omul de care avea nevoie.<\/p>\n
\u0218i pentru prima dat\u0103, nu mai conta cine era el \u00een acte. Ci cine era l\u00e2ng\u0103 ea, zi de zi.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
U\u0219a biroului s-a \u00eenchis \u00eencet \u00een urma ei. Elena st\u0103tea pe scaun, cu palmele transpirate, privind biroul masiv din lemn. Directorul general, un b\u0103rbat trecut de cincizeci de ani, o privea lung, de parc\u0103 \u00eencerca s\u0103 decid\u0103 c\u00e2t adev\u0103r putea suporta. \u2013 Ion Ghi\u021b\u0103 nu este doar buc\u0103tarul nostru, a spus el rar. E fondatorul […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":16307,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[18],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-16306","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\/16306","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=16306"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/bumzi.ro\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16306\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":16308,"href":"https:\/\/bumzi.ro\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16306\/revisions\/16308"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bumzi.ro\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/16307"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/bumzi.ro\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=16306"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bumzi.ro\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=16306"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bumzi.ro\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=16306"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}