Durerea l-a lovit pe Pavel ca un tr\u0103snet. Nu era o simpl\u0103 arsur\u0103. Era foc curat. Ochii i s-au umezit, respira sacadat, iar m\u00e2na \u00eei tremura pe mas\u0103.<\/p>\n
\u2014 Ce-ai pus \u00een ele?! \u2014 a reu\u0219it s\u0103 bolboroseasc\u0103, cu voce stins\u0103.<\/p>\n
Elena nu s-a ridicat imediat. L-a privit calm, f\u0103r\u0103 grab\u0103, cu aceea\u0219i lini\u0219te pe care o \u00eenv\u0103\u021base \u00een anul acela greu. S-a ridicat \u00eencet, a turnat un pahar cu ap\u0103 rece \u0219i l-a pus \u00een fa\u021ba lui.<\/p>\n
\u2014 Ia, bea, \u2014 a spus simplu. \u2014 Te ajut\u0103.<\/p>\n
Pavel a b\u0103ut cu nesa\u021b, dar arsurile nu disp\u0103reau. Pl\u0103cinta nu era stricat\u0103. Era f\u0103cut\u0103 exact ca alt\u0103dat\u0103. Doar c\u0103 \u00een\u0103untru, printre carne \u0219i ceap\u0103, Elena pusese ardei iute, mu\u0219tar de cas\u0103 \u0219i un strop de hrean.<\/p>\n
\u2014 Tu \u0219tiai foarte bine c\u0103 mie \u00eemi place picant, \u2014 a continuat ea, lini\u0219tit\u0103. \u2014 Doar c\u0103 \u00eenainte, c\u00e2nd eram \u00eempreun\u0103, nu m-ai \u00eentrebat niciodat\u0103 ce-mi place mie.<\/p>\n
Cuvintele au lovit mai tare dec\u00e2t pl\u0103cinta. Pavel a t\u0103cut. Buc\u0103t\u0103ria mic\u0103, dintr-un apartament de bloc din Ploie\u0219ti, p\u0103rea brusc prea str\u00e2mt\u0103 pentru orgoliul lui.<\/p>\n
\u2014 M-am \u00eentors, Elena\u2026 am gre\u0219it, \u2014 a \u00eencercat el. \u2014 A fost doar o r\u0103t\u0103cire.<\/p>\n
Elena a z\u00e2mbit, dar nu era z\u00e2mbetul acela \u00eendr\u0103gostit de alt\u0103dat\u0103. Era un z\u00e2mbet matur, dureros de clar.<\/p>\n
\u2014 \u0218tii ce-am \u00eenv\u0103\u021bat eu \u00een anul \u0103sta? \u2014 a spus ea. \u2014 C\u0103 oamenii nu sunt pl\u0103cinte. Nu \u00eei la\u0219i pe raft, nu pleci, apoi te \u00eentorci c\u00e2nd \u021bi-e foame.<\/p>\n
S-a dus la dulap, a scos o pung\u0103 cu f\u0103in\u0103 \u0219i a pus-o pe mas\u0103.<\/p>\n
\u2014 Vezi asta? Am fr\u0103m\u00e2ntat singur\u0103. Am pl\u00e2ns deasupra aluatului. Am muncit dublu, am pus bani deoparte, leu cu leu. Am pl\u0103tit rate, facturi, am dus gunoiul, am reparat robinete. Singur\u0103.<\/p>\n
Pavel se uita la ea \u0219i parc\u0103 o vedea pentru prima dat\u0103. Nu mai era femeia care \u00eel a\u0219tepta cu masa pus\u0103 \u0219i sufletul deschis.<\/p>\n
\u2014 Pl\u0103cintele astea nu sunt r\u0103zbunare, \u2014 a continuat ea. \u2014 Sunt adev\u0103rul. Dulci la \u00eenceput, apoi ustur\u0103. Exact cum a fost iubirea noastr\u0103.<\/p>\n
El a \u00eencercat s\u0103 se ridice, dar s-a a\u0219ezat la loc. \u00cel durea obrazul, \u00eel durea m\u00e2ndria, \u00eel durea ceva mai ad\u00e2nc.<\/p>\n
\u2014 \u0218i acum? \u2014 a \u00eentrebat \u00eencet.<\/p>\n
Elena a deschis u\u0219a de la intrare. Pe hol era lumin\u0103. Aer curat. Libertate.<\/p>\n
\u2014 Acum pleci, Pavel. \u0218i nu te mai \u00eentorci.<\/p>\n
\u0218i-a scos \u0219or\u021bul, l-a pus pe sp\u0103tarul scaunului \u0219i a r\u0103mas dreapt\u0103, sigur\u0103.<\/p>\n
Pavel a plecat f\u0103r\u0103 s\u0103 mai spun\u0103 nimic.<\/p>\n
Elena s-a \u00eentors \u00een buc\u0103t\u0103rie, a scos pl\u0103cintele r\u0103mase din cuptor \u0219i a mu\u0219cat dintr-una. Era bun\u0103. Exact cum trebuia.<\/p>\n
Pentru prima dat\u0103 dup\u0103 mult timp, nu pentru el.
Pentru ea.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Durerea l-a lovit pe Pavel ca un tr\u0103snet. Nu era o simpl\u0103 arsur\u0103. Era foc curat. Ochii i s-au umezit, respira sacadat, iar m\u00e2na \u00eei tremura pe mas\u0103. \u2014 Ce-ai pus \u00een ele?! \u2014 a reu\u0219it s\u0103 bolboroseasc\u0103, cu voce stins\u0103. Elena nu s-a ridicat imediat. L-a privit calm, f\u0103r\u0103 grab\u0103, cu aceea\u0219i lini\u0219te pe […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":17797,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[18],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-17796","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\/17796","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=17796"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/bumzi.ro\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17796\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":17798,"href":"https:\/\/bumzi.ro\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17796\/revisions\/17798"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bumzi.ro\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/17797"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/bumzi.ro\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=17796"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bumzi.ro\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=17796"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bumzi.ro\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=17796"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}