Elena \u00ee\u0219i lu\u0103 haina \u0219i cobor\u00ee \u00eencet.
Restaurantul se afla chiar la parterul cl\u0103dirii, un loc exclusivist, cu mese din lemn masiv, fe\u021be de mas\u0103 albe \u0219i oameni care vorbeau \u00eencet, ca \u0219i cum lini\u0219tea costa bani.<\/p>\n
Pr\u00e2nzul cu Matei Ionescu era o formalitate.
Un partener vechi, cifre, semn\u0103turi, c\u00e2teva milioane de lei mutate dintr-un cont \u00een altul.
Totul mergea ca uns.<\/p>\n
P\u00e2n\u0103 c\u00e2nd u\u0219a restaurantului se deschise brusc.<\/p>\n
O feti\u021b\u0103 murdar\u0103, cu p\u0103rul \u00eenc\u00e2lcit \u0219i o jachet\u0103 prea sub\u021bire pentru vremea de afar\u0103, p\u0103\u0219i timid \u00een\u0103untru.
Chelnerul se ridic\u0103 imediat, deranjat.<\/p>\n
\u2014 Ie\u0219i afar\u0103, nu ai ce c\u0103uta aici!<\/p>\n
Feti\u021ba nu-l asculta.
Ochii ei se oprir\u0103 pe m\u00e2na Elenei.<\/p>\n
\u2014 Doamn\u0103\u2026 \u0219opti ea. Mama mea are inelul \u0103sta.<\/p>\n
Elena sim\u021bi cum i se taie respira\u021bia.
\u00cencet, \u00ee\u0219i cobor\u00ee privirea.
Inelul.<\/p>\n
\u2014 Ce ai spus? \u00eentreb\u0103 ea, cu voce joas\u0103.<\/p>\n
\u2014 Mama mea are unul la fel. \u00cel poart\u0103 mereu. Zice c\u0103 e norocul ei.<\/p>\n
Matei r\u00e2se st\u00e2njenit.
\u2014 Copiii spun multe prostii.<\/p>\n
Dar Elena se ridicase deja \u00een picioare.<\/p>\n
\u2014 Cum o cheam\u0103 pe mama ta? \u00eentreb\u0103, cu inima bubuind.<\/p>\n
\u2014 Maria, r\u0103spunse feti\u021ba simplu.<\/p>\n
Lumea din jur se opri.
Sunetele se estompar\u0103.
Maria.<\/p>\n
\u2014 Unde locui\u021bi?<\/p>\n
\u2014 La marginea ora\u0219ului\u2026 \u00eentr-o cas\u0103 veche. Mama spune c\u0103 nu avem bani de chirie.<\/p>\n
Elena nu mai g\u00e2ndea limpede.
Pl\u0103ti nota f\u0103r\u0103 s\u0103 se uite \u0219i ie\u0219i cu feti\u021ba \u00een frig.<\/p>\n
Dou\u0103zeci de minute mai t\u00e2rziu, ma\u0219ina se opri pe o strad\u0103 \u00eengust\u0103, cu asfalt cr\u0103pat \u0219i garduri ruginite.
O cas\u0103 mic\u0103, cu ferestre sparte, st\u0103tea coco\u0219at\u0103 \u00eentre alte ruine.<\/p>\n
U\u0219a se deschise.<\/p>\n
O femeie sl\u0103bit\u0103, cu fa\u021ba obosit\u0103, ie\u0219i \u00een prag.
Pe degetul ei\u2026 inelul.<\/p>\n
Elena c\u0103zu \u00een genunchi.<\/p>\n
\u2014 Maria\u2026<\/p>\n
Femeia \u00ee\u0219i duse m\u00e2na la gur\u0103.
\u2014 Mam\u0103\u2026<\/p>\n
Anii pierdu\u021bi se pr\u0103bu\u0219ir\u0103 \u00eentr-o clip\u0103.
Pl\u00e2nsete.
\u00cembr\u0103\u021bi\u0219\u0103ri.
T\u0103ceri grele.<\/p>\n
Maria povesti totul.
Cum fugise atunci, r\u0103nit\u0103 \u0219i furioas\u0103.
Cum fusese \u00een\u0219elat\u0103, jefuit\u0103, l\u0103sat\u0103 f\u0103r\u0103 acte.
Cum ru\u0219inea o \u021binuse departe.<\/p>\n
\u2014 Am vrut s\u0103 m\u0103 \u00eentorc\u2026 dar mi-a fost team\u0103, \u0219opti ea.<\/p>\n
Elena o str\u00e2nse la piept.<\/p>\n
\u2014 Sunt aici. \u0218i nu mai plec nic\u0103ieri.<\/p>\n
\u00cen acea sear\u0103, Elena Popescu l\u0103s\u0103 imperiul s\u0103 a\u0219tepte.
Pentru prima dat\u0103 dup\u0103 13 ani, inima ei era \u00eentreag\u0103.<\/p>\n
Iar feti\u021ba, \u021binut\u0103 str\u00e2ns de m\u00e2n\u0103, nu mai cer\u0219ea.
Z\u00e2mbea.<\/p>\n
Acas\u0103.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Elena \u00ee\u0219i lu\u0103 haina \u0219i cobor\u00ee \u00eencet.Restaurantul se afla chiar la parterul cl\u0103dirii, un loc exclusivist, cu mese din lemn masiv, fe\u021be de mas\u0103 albe \u0219i oameni care vorbeau \u00eencet, ca \u0219i cum lini\u0219tea costa bani. Pr\u00e2nzul cu Matei Ionescu era o formalitate.Un partener vechi, cifre, semn\u0103turi, c\u00e2teva milioane de lei mutate dintr-un cont \u00een […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":17698,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[18],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-17697","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\/17697","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=17697"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/bumzi.ro\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17697\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":17699,"href":"https:\/\/bumzi.ro\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17697\/revisions\/17699"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bumzi.ro\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/17698"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/bumzi.ro\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=17697"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bumzi.ro\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=17697"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bumzi.ro\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=17697"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}