Cei trei au p\u0103\u0219it \u00eencet, de parc\u0103 fiecare pas ar fi fost o cerere \u00een plus. Elvira a luat trei farfurii, nu una. Le-a umplut cu ciorb\u0103 cald\u0103, a mai pus o felie de p\u00e2ine l\u00e2ng\u0103 fiecare \u0219i le-a \u00eempins spre marginea tarabei.<\/p>\n
\u2014 Sta\u021bi jos aici, pe l\u0103di\u021b\u0103, s\u0103 nu m\u00e2nca\u021bi \u00een picioare ca ni\u0219te c\u00e2ini, a spus ea, pe un ton bl\u00e2nd, dar hot\u0103r\u00e2t.<\/p>\n
Copiii s-au a\u0219ezat. Au m\u00e2ncat \u00een t\u0103cere la \u00eenceput. Apoi mai repede. Apoi cu o grab\u0103 care tr\u0103da zile \u00eentregi de stomac gol. Elvira se uita la ei f\u0103r\u0103 s\u0103 \u00eei fixeze, a\u0219a cum se uit\u0103 oamenii care au \u00eenv\u0103\u021bat c\u0103 uneori cea mai mare mil\u0103 e s\u0103 nu faci din mil\u0103 un spectacol.<\/p>\n
\u2014 Cum v\u0103 cheam\u0103? a \u00eentrebat ea, \u0219terg\u00e2nd marginea tarabei cu o c\u00e2rp\u0103.<\/p>\n
\u2014 Andrei.
\n\u2014 Matei.
\n\u2014 Radu.<\/p>\n
Triple\u021bi. Aveau nou\u0103 ani. Dormeau pe unde apucau. C\u00e2nd la gar\u0103, c\u00e2nd \u00eentr-un subsol p\u0103r\u0103sit. Tat\u0103l disp\u0103ruse demult. Mama murise. Sistemul \u00eei plimbase pu\u021bin, apoi \u00eei sc\u0103pase.<\/p>\n
Din ziua aia, Elvira le-a pus deoparte c\u00e2te o por\u021bie \u00een fiecare sear\u0103. Uneori mai mic\u0103, alteori mai mare. C\u00e2nd nu avea ciorb\u0103, avea m\u0103car p\u00e2ine cu ceva cald deasupra. N-a spus nim\u0103nui. N-a cerut nimic. Nici m\u0103car un \u201emul\u021bumesc\u201d.<\/p>\n
Au trecut luni. Apoi ani.<\/p>\n
Copiii au crescut. Au \u00eenceput s\u0103 vin\u0103 mai rar. Apoi deloc. Elvira a r\u0103mas la tarab\u0103. Cu spatele mai \u00eencovoiat. Cu m\u00e2inile mai cr\u0103pate. Cu aceea\u0219i inim\u0103 \u00eenc\u0103p\u0103\u021b\u00e2nat\u0103.<\/p>\n
\u00centr-o diminea\u021b\u0103, pia\u021ba s-a oprit.<\/p>\n
Trei ma\u0219ini galbene, joase, lucioase, au intrat una dup\u0103 alta pe strada \u00eengust\u0103. Oamenii s-au \u00eentors. Unii au scos telefoanele. Al\u021bii au r\u00e2s ne\u00eencrez\u0103tori.<\/p>\n
Lamborghini.<\/p>\n
Au fr\u00e2nat fix \u00een fa\u021ba tarabei.<\/p>\n
Din ele au cobor\u00e2t trei b\u0103rba\u021bi \u00eembr\u0103ca\u021bi simplu. Scump, dar simplu. S-au apropiat. Elvira i-a privit cu suspiciune. O via\u021b\u0103 \u00eentreag\u0103 \u00eenve\u021bi c\u0103 lucrurile frumoase nu se opresc la tine.<\/p>\n
Cel din mijloc a z\u00e2mbit.<\/p>\n
\u2014 M\u0103tu\u0219\u0103\u2026 ave\u021bi ceva ce nu se mai vinde?<\/p>\n
Polonicul i-a tremurat \u00een m\u00e2n\u0103.<\/p>\n
\u2014 Andrei? a \u0219optit ea.
\n\u2014 Matei.
\n\u2014 Radu.<\/p>\n
Au scos un plic. Apoi altul. Apoi o cheie.<\/p>\n
\u2014 N-am uitat niciodat\u0103 ciorba aia, a spus unul.
\n\u2014 Nici p\u00e2inea.
\n\u2014 Nici felul \u00een care ne-a\u021bi spus s\u0103 st\u0103m jos.<\/p>\n
I-au cump\u0103rat taraba. I-au pl\u0103tit chiria pe zece ani. I-au pus o pl\u0103cu\u021b\u0103 mic\u0103, din lemn, scris\u0103 simplu:<\/p>\n
\u201eLa M\u0103tu\u0219a Elvira \u2013 aici nimeni nu pleac\u0103 fl\u0103m\u00e2nd.\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n Elvira a pl\u00e2ns pu\u021bin. Doar pu\u021bin. Pentru c\u0103 z\u00e2mbetele ei, ca \u00eentotdeauna, nu \u021bineau mult.<\/p>\n Dar \u00een ziua aia, pia\u021ba \u00eentreag\u0103 a t\u0103cut.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Cei trei au p\u0103\u0219it \u00eencet, de parc\u0103 fiecare pas ar fi fost o cerere \u00een plus. Elvira a luat trei farfurii, nu una. Le-a umplut cu ciorb\u0103 cald\u0103, a mai pus o felie de p\u00e2ine l\u00e2ng\u0103 fiecare \u0219i le-a \u00eempins spre marginea tarabei. \u2014 Sta\u021bi jos aici, pe l\u0103di\u021b\u0103, s\u0103 nu m\u00e2nca\u021bi \u00een picioare ca […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":16320,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[18],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-16319","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\/16319","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=16319"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/bumzi.ro\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16319\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":16321,"href":"https:\/\/bumzi.ro\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16319\/revisions\/16321"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bumzi.ro\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/16320"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/bumzi.ro\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=16319"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bumzi.ro\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=16319"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bumzi.ro\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=16319"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}