A scos dintr-o cutie un recipient metalic ciudat, cu un furtun lung \u0219i c\u00e2teva sticle negre, f\u0103r\u0103 etichet\u0103. L-a pus pe jos, \u00een mijlocul camerei. Apoi a \u00eenceput s\u0103 toarne lichide \u00een el, cu mi\u0219c\u0103ri lente, ritualice. Mi-am \u021binut respira\u021bia.<\/p>\n
\u00cen fundal, o melodie monoton\u0103, aproape \u0219optit\u0103, se auzea din telefonul ei. Era \u00een limba rus\u0103 sau ceva asem\u0103n\u0103tor. \u00cenc\u0103 m\u0103 min\u021beam c\u0103 poate preg\u0103tea vreun tratament pentru mucegai. Dar c\u00e2nd a \u00eenceput s\u0103 deseneze simboluri ciudate cu cret\u0103 ro\u0219ie pe podeaua de ciment, stomacul mi s-a str\u00e2ns.<\/p>\n
Am \u00eenchis aplica\u021bia cu m\u00e2inile tremur\u00e2nde \u0219i m-am dus direct la \u0219ifonierul din dormitor. Am scos din fundul unui sertar agenda \u00een care scriam toate lucrurile ciudate care mi se \u00eent\u00e2mplaser\u0103 \u00een ultima vreme. Coinciden\u021be, am zis mereu. Cheile care disp\u0103reau. Visele cu foc \u0219i \u0219oapte. Frigul din camer\u0103, chiar \u0219i \u00een zilele de var\u0103.<\/p>\n
Am sim\u021bit c\u0103 nu mai pot a\u0219tepta. Am sunat-o pe sora mea, care locuia \u00een acela\u0219i sat. I-am povestit totul pe scurt. Ea mi-a zis ceva care m-a \u00eenfiorat:<\/p>\n
\u2014 Du-te la biseric\u0103. Ia ap\u0103 sfin\u021bit\u0103. \u0218i stai departe de femeia aia p\u00e2n\u0103 m\u00e2ine.<\/p>\n
\u00cen noaptea aceea n-am dormit. Fiul meu a venit \u0219i s-a b\u0103gat l\u00e2ng\u0103 mine \u00een pat. \u00cel sim\u021beam cum tremura. La un moment dat, mi-a \u0219optit:<\/p>\n
\u2014 Mami, e jos. Am auzit pa\u0219ii.<\/p>\n
Am luat sticlu\u021ba de ap\u0103 sfin\u021bit\u0103, am cobor\u00e2t \u00een v\u00e2rful picioarelor \u0219i m-am oprit \u00een fa\u021ba u\u0219ii de la subsol. Luminile erau stinse, dar se vedea o dung\u0103 slab\u0103 de lumin\u0103 ie\u0219ind pe sub u\u0219\u0103.<\/p>\n
Am atins clan\u021ba. Rece ca ghea\u021ba. Apoi am b\u0103tut.<\/p>\n
Un zgomot abrupt. Un sc\u00e2r\u021b\u00e2it. Apoi lini\u0219te.<\/p>\n
\u2014 Doamna Ioana? am zis eu, cu vocea tremurat\u0103. E totul \u00een regul\u0103?<\/p>\n
\u2014 Da, doar cur\u0103\u021b. Plec imediat, r\u0103spunse ea, dar ceva \u00een vocea ei suna… altfel. Strain.<\/p>\n
Am fugit \u00eenapoi \u00een camer\u0103 \u0219i m-am \u00eenchis pe din\u0103untru. Diminea\u021ba, ea nu mai era \u00een cas\u0103. \u0218i nu a mai venit niciodat\u0103.<\/p>\n
Am sunat poli\u021bia. Am predat \u00eenregistr\u0103rile. Dup\u0103 c\u00e2teva zile, au descoperit c\u0103 femeia avea un trecut ascuns: fusese internat\u0103 \u00een tinere\u021be \u00eentr-un spital psihiatric, fugise, \u0219i fusese suspectat\u0103 \u00eentr-un caz nerezolvat cu ritualuri bizare \u00een jude\u021bul vecin.<\/p>\n
Ne-am mutat din cas\u0103 \u00een acea lun\u0103. Dar fiul meu a r\u0103mas eroul meu.<\/p>\n
Uneori, copiii v\u0103d ce noi, adul\u021bii, refuz\u0103m s\u0103 credem.
\u0218i uneori, un simplu \u201epune o camer\u0103\u201d poate salva o via\u021b\u0103. Sau mai multe.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
A scos dintr-o cutie un recipient metalic ciudat, cu un furtun lung \u0219i c\u00e2teva sticle negre, f\u0103r\u0103 etichet\u0103. L-a pus pe jos, \u00een mijlocul camerei. Apoi a \u00eenceput s\u0103 toarne lichide \u00een el, cu mi\u0219c\u0103ri lente, ritualice. Mi-am \u021binut respira\u021bia. \u00cen fundal, o melodie monoton\u0103, aproape \u0219optit\u0103, se auzea din telefonul ei. Era \u00een limba […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2369,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[18],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2368","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\/2368","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=2368"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/bumzi.ro\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2368\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2370,"href":"https:\/\/bumzi.ro\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2368\/revisions\/2370"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bumzi.ro\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/2369"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/bumzi.ro\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=2368"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bumzi.ro\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=2368"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bumzi.ro\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=2368"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}