\u2014 Nu cer sarea pentru mine, mam\u0103\u2026 a spus \u00eencet, cu glasul tremurat.<\/p>\n
Am r\u0103mas nemi\u0219cat\u0103, cu m\u00e2na pe clan\u021b\u0103. Maria s-a apropiat de mine \u0219i mi-a prins degetele.<\/p>\n
\u2014 Stau singur\u0103, a continuat tanti Elena. B\u0103rbatul meu a murit acum zece ani. Copiii\u2026 sunt pleca\u021bi de mult, fiecare cu via\u021ba lui. Unul \u00een Spania, unul \u00een Germania. La telefon suntem bine, dar u\u0219a nu-mi bate nimeni.<\/p>\n
A \u00eenghi\u021bit \u00een sec.<\/p>\n
\u2014 Sarea e doar un pretext. Adev\u0103rul e c\u0103 mi-e fric\u0103 s\u0103 stau singur\u0103 seara. Mi-e fric\u0103 s\u0103 nu mor \u0219i s\u0103 nu \u0219tie nimeni. C\u00e2nd bat la u\u0219a ta \u0219i aud o voce, parc\u0103 mi se mai lini\u0219te\u0219te inima.<\/p>\n
M-a lovit ca un pumn \u00een stomac.<\/p>\n
\u00cen capul meu \u00eenc\u0103 r\u0103sunau vorbele pe care i le aruncasem, pline de oboseal\u0103 \u0219i nervi. M-am uitat la ea: mic\u0103, cu m\u00e2inile cr\u0103pate de munc\u0103, cu ochii umezi \u0219i ru\u0219ina\u021bi.<\/p>\n
\u2014 \u00cemi pare r\u0103u\u2026 am \u0219optit. Chiar \u00eemi pare r\u0103u.<\/p>\n
A dat din cap, f\u0103r\u0103 s\u0103 spun\u0103 nimic.<\/p>\n
Am deschis u\u0219a larg.<\/p>\n
\u2014 Intra\u021bi, tanti Elena. Sta\u021bi pu\u021bin.<\/p>\n
A intrat cu pa\u0219i mici, ca \u0219i cum se temea s\u0103 nu deranjeze. Maria s-a dus direct la ea.<\/p>\n
\u2014 Bunica, vrei un ceai? a \u00eentrebat senin\u0103.<\/p>\n
Tanti Elena a z\u00e2mbit pentru prima dat\u0103.<\/p>\n
Ne-am a\u0219ezat la mas\u0103. Am pus ap\u0103 la fiert, am scos ni\u0219te biscui\u021bi ieftini, din cei lua\u021bi la ofert\u0103. Nimic special. Dar lini\u0219tea dintre noi nu mai era ap\u0103s\u0103toare.<\/p>\n
Mi-a povestit despre via\u021ba ei: despre cum fusese croitoreas\u0103, despre serile \u00een care \u00ee\u0219i a\u0219tepta b\u0103rbatul de la schimbul doi, despre blocul care alt\u0103dat\u0103 era plin de copii \u0219i g\u0103l\u0103gie.<\/p>\n
\u2014 Acum, seara, aud doar televizorul vecinului de jos, a spus. \u0218i at\u00e2t.<\/p>\n
\u00cen zilele urm\u0103toare, n-a mai cerut sare.<\/p>\n
A b\u0103tut, dar de data asta \u00eentreba dac\u0103 suntem bine. Sau dac\u0103 vreau s\u0103-i las Mariei o pl\u0103cint\u0103 cu mere. Sau dac\u0103 am nevoie de ceva de la pia\u021b\u0103.<\/p>\n
\u00cencet, f\u0103r\u0103 s\u0103 ne d\u0103m seama, ne-am apropiat.<\/p>\n
C\u00e2nd Maria era bolnav\u0103 \u0219i eu nu puteam lipsi de la munc\u0103, tanti Elena st\u0103tea cu ea. C\u00e2nd eu luam salariul minim \u0219i nu-mi ajungeau banii, ea \u00eemi l\u0103sa, \u201edin gre\u0219eal\u0103\u201d, c\u00e2te o bancnot\u0103 de 50 de lei sub fa\u021ba de mas\u0103.<\/p>\n
\u2014 Ai sc\u0103pat-o, mam\u0103, spunea ea.<\/p>\n
\u0218tiam c\u0103 nu era o gre\u0219eal\u0103.<\/p>\n
\u00centr-o sear\u0103, i-am spus adev\u0103rul.<\/p>\n
\u2014 \u0218ti\u021bi\u2026 sunt zile \u00een care simt c\u0103 nu mai pot.<\/p>\n
M-a privit cu bl\u00e2nde\u021be.<\/p>\n
\u2014 To\u021bi avem zile din astea. Important e s\u0103 nu fim singuri \u00een ele.<\/p>\n
Au trecut anii.<\/p>\n
Maria a crescut. Eu am prins un serviciu mai bun. Am schimbat apartamentul, dar nu \u0219i leg\u0103tura cu tanti Elena. \u00cen fiecare duminic\u0103 mergeam la ea. Cafea, pove\u0219ti, r\u00e2sete.<\/p>\n
\u00centr-o diminea\u021b\u0103 de prim\u0103var\u0103, n-a mai b\u0103tut nimeni la u\u0219a ei.<\/p>\n
Am \u0219tiut.<\/p>\n
C\u00e2nd am intrat \u00een apartament, era lini\u0219te. Pe mas\u0103, un bile\u021bel.<\/p>\n
\u201eMul\u021bumesc c\u0103 mi-ai deschis u\u0219a.\u201d<\/p>\n
At\u00e2t.<\/p>\n
La \u00eenmorm\u00e2ntare, au venit pu\u021bini oameni. Dar eu \u0219i Maria eram acolo, \u021bin\u00e2ndu-ne de m\u00e2n\u0103.<\/p>\n
\u00cen ziua aceea am \u00een\u021beles ceva simplu \u0219i dureros: uneori, oamenii nu cer sare. Cer s\u0103 fie v\u0103zu\u021bi. S\u0103 fie auzi\u021bi. S\u0103 \u0219tie c\u0103 exist\u0103 pentru cineva.<\/p>\n
De atunci, c\u00e2nd cineva bate la u\u0219a mea, deschid.<\/p>\n
Chiar \u0219i atunci c\u00e2nd sunt obosit\u0103.<\/p>\n
Mai ales atunci.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
\u2014 Nu cer sarea pentru mine, mam\u0103\u2026 a spus \u00eencet, cu glasul tremurat. Am r\u0103mas nemi\u0219cat\u0103, cu m\u00e2na pe clan\u021b\u0103. Maria s-a apropiat de mine \u0219i mi-a prins degetele. \u2014 Stau singur\u0103, a continuat tanti Elena. B\u0103rbatul meu a murit acum zece ani. Copiii\u2026 sunt pleca\u021bi de mult, fiecare cu via\u021ba lui. Unul \u00een Spania, […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":19006,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[18],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-19005","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\/19005","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=19005"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/bumzi.ro\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19005\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":19007,"href":"https:\/\/bumzi.ro\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19005\/revisions\/19007"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bumzi.ro\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/19006"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/bumzi.ro\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=19005"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bumzi.ro\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=19005"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bumzi.ro\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=19005"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}