Elena a ajuns pe trotuar \u0219i s-a \u00eentors instinctiv, ca \u0219i cum ar fi sim\u021bit privirea aceea arz\u0103toare. Privirile li s-au \u00eent\u00e2lnit pentru o frac\u021biune de secund\u0103. At\u00e2t. Dar a fost suficient.<\/p>\n
Andrei a sim\u021bit cum i se str\u00e2nge stomacul. Nu mai era niciun dubiu. Era ea. Mai slab\u0103, poate mai obosit\u0103, dar cu aceea\u0219i lumin\u0103 \u00eenc\u0103p\u0103\u021b\u00e2nat\u0103 \u00een ochi. Lumina pe care o iubise \u0219i de care fugise.<\/p>\n
Claxoanele din spate l-au smuls din amor\u021beal\u0103. A ap\u0103sat accelera\u021bia mecanic \u0219i a trecut intersec\u021bia, dar m\u00e2inile \u00eei tremurau pe volan.<\/p>\n
\u2014 Cine era? a \u00eentrebat Casandra, cu un z\u00e2mbet for\u021bat.<\/p>\n
\u2014 Nimeni, a min\u021bit el prost.<\/p>\n
Cina a fost un e\u0219ec. Lum\u00e2n\u0103rile, vinul scump, restaurantul de fi\u021be din Her\u0103str\u0103u \u2014 toate p\u0103reau decor de carton. Andrei abia gusta m\u00e2ncarea. Imaginea Elenei cu gemenii nu-i ie\u0219ea din cap.<\/p>\n
\u00cen noaptea aceea, n-a dormit. Diminea\u021ba, a sunat la singurul om care \u0219tia adev\u0103rul.<\/p>\n
\u2014 \u0218tiai? a \u00eentrebat direct.<\/p>\n
La cel\u0103lalt cap\u0103t al firului, t\u0103cere.<\/p>\n
\u2014 \u0218tiai c\u0103 e \u00eens\u0103rcinat\u0103? C\u0103 are copii?<\/p>\n
\u2014 A vrut s\u0103-\u021bi spun\u0103\u2026 a venit r\u0103spunsul stins. Dar ai plecat atunci. Ai spus c\u0103 nu vrei complica\u021bii.<\/p>\n
Complica\u021bii. A\u0219a numise el o femeie care-l iubea \u0219i doi copii care \u00eei purtau s\u00e2ngele.<\/p>\n
Dup\u0103 dou\u0103 zile, Andrei a g\u0103sit curajul s\u0103 mearg\u0103 la adresa veche. Blocul cenu\u0219iu din Drumul Taberei. Etajul patru. F\u0103r\u0103 lift.<\/p>\n
Elena i-a deschis u\u0219a cu gemenii \u00een bra\u021be. N-a p\u0103rut surprins\u0103.<\/p>\n
\u2014 \u0218tiam c\u0103 vei veni, a spus simplu.<\/p>\n
Apartamentul era mic, dar curat. Juc\u0103rii ieftine, haine puse la uscat, miros de lapte praf \u0219i cafea rece.<\/p>\n
\u2014 Sunt ai mei? a \u00eentrebat el, cu vocea spart\u0103.<\/p>\n
Elena a \u00eencuviin\u021bat.<\/p>\n
\u2014 N-am cerut nimic. M-am descurcat. Ai ales s\u0103 pleci, Andrei.<\/p>\n
A privit copiii. Un b\u0103iat \u0219i o feti\u021b\u0103. Ochii lui.<\/p>\n
Pentru prima dat\u0103 \u00een via\u021b\u0103, milioanele din conturi nu valorau nimic.<\/p>\n
\u2014 Am gre\u0219it, a spus. \u0218i \u0219tiu c\u0103 nu pot repara totul. Dar vreau s\u0103 fiu aici. Dac\u0103 \u00eemi dai voie.<\/p>\n
Elena l-a privit mult timp. Apoi i-a \u00eentins feti\u021ba.<\/p>\n
\u2014 \u021aine-o.<\/p>\n
M\u00e2inile lui au cuprins trupul mic \u0219i cald. Copila l-a privit c\u00e2teva secunde, apoi a z\u00e2mbit. Un z\u00e2mbet larg, f\u0103r\u0103 fric\u0103.<\/p>\n
Andrei a pl\u00e2ns.<\/p>\n
Au trecut luni. A \u00eenv\u0103\u021bat s\u0103 schimbe scutece, s\u0103 \u00eenc\u0103lzeasc\u0103 laptele, s\u0103 stea nop\u021bile treaz. A v\u00e2ndut ma\u0219ina de lux. S-a mutat aproape. A \u00een\u021beles ce \u00eenseamn\u0103 oboseala adev\u0103rat\u0103 \u0219i fericirea simpl\u0103.<\/p>\n
Casandra a plecat din via\u021ba lui f\u0103r\u0103 scandal. Era o poveste care nu fusese niciodat\u0103 real\u0103.<\/p>\n
\u00centr-o sear\u0103, st\u0103teau to\u021bi patru pe o banc\u0103 \u00een parc. Copiii dormeau \u00een c\u0103rucior. Elena privea copacii.<\/p>\n
\u2014 Dac\u0103 semaforul n-ar fi fost ro\u0219u, a spus ea \u00eencet\u2026<\/p>\n
\u2014 Atunci a\u0219 fi r\u0103mas orb, a r\u0103spuns el.<\/p>\n
A str\u00e2ns-o de m\u00e2n\u0103.<\/p>\n
Uneori, via\u021ba nu te pedepse\u0219te. Te opre\u0219te exact la timp.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Elena a ajuns pe trotuar \u0219i s-a \u00eentors instinctiv, ca \u0219i cum ar fi sim\u021bit privirea aceea arz\u0103toare. Privirile li s-au \u00eent\u00e2lnit pentru o frac\u021biune de secund\u0103. At\u00e2t. Dar a fost suficient. Andrei a sim\u021bit cum i se str\u00e2nge stomacul. Nu mai era niciun dubiu. Era ea. Mai slab\u0103, poate mai obosit\u0103, dar cu aceea\u0219i […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":16558,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[18],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-16557","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\/16557","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=16557"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/bumzi.ro\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16557\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":16559,"href":"https:\/\/bumzi.ro\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16557\/revisions\/16559"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bumzi.ro\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/16558"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/bumzi.ro\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=16557"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bumzi.ro\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=16557"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bumzi.ro\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=16557"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}