Pe ecran, \u00een col\u021bul din dreapta sus, ap\u0103rea ora 02:17.
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\nAm privit cum u\u0219a blocului se deschidea \u0219i un b\u0103rbat intra \u00een hol. Purta geaca bleumarin a so\u021bului meu, avea aceea\u0219i constitu\u021bie \u0219i mergea cu pa\u0219ii aceia u\u0219or gr\u0103bi\u021bi pe care \u00eei cuno\u0219team de cincisprezece ani.
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\n\u2014 Acesta este so\u021bul dumneavoastr\u0103? m-a \u00eentrebat inspectorul.
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\n\u2014 Da. Cel pu\u021bin a\u0219a am crezut.
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\nInspectorul Adrian Pavel a oprit \u00eenregistrarea.
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\n\u2014 Corpul g\u0103sit azi-noapte a fost descoperit la ora 01:40. Medicul legist estimeaz\u0103 c\u0103 decesul s-a produs \u00eenainte de miezul nop\u021bii.
\n\u2800
\nAm sim\u021bit c\u0103 mi se usuc\u0103 gura.
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\n\u2014 Atunci cine a intrat \u00een casa mea?
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\n\u2014 Tocmai asta \u00eencerc\u0103m s\u0103 afl\u0103m.
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\nM\u0103 numesc Irina, am treizeci \u0219i nou\u0103 de ani, iar so\u021bul meu, Mihai, era inginer constructor. Sau cel pu\u021bin asta \u0219tiam despre el.
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\n\u00cen diminea\u021ba aceea plecasem de acas\u0103 spun\u00e2ndu-i c\u0103 merg la cump\u0103r\u0103turi. \u00cen realitate, venisem direct la poli\u021bie.
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\nB\u0103rbatul care dormise l\u00e2ng\u0103 mine r\u0103m\u0103sese \u00een apartament.
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\nInspectorul a derulat \u00eenregistrarea \u00eenc\u0103 o dat\u0103.
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\nLa 02:17, b\u0103rbatul se apropiase de interfon, dar nu folosise cartela de acces. Tastase codul.
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\n\u2014 Cunoa\u0219te codul nostru, am spus.
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\n\u2014 Cine mai are acces la apartament?
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\n\u2014 Nimeni. Doar noi doi.
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\nInspectorul \u0219i-a \u00eempreunat m\u00e2inile.
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\n\u2014 Doamn\u0103, trebuie s\u0103 v\u0103 \u00eentreb ceva. So\u021bul dumneavoastr\u0103 avea un frate?
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\n\u2014 Nu. Era singur la p\u0103rin\u021bi.
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\n\u2014 Sunte\u021bi sigur\u0103?
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\n\u00centrebarea m-a iritat.
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\n\u2014 Suntem c\u0103s\u0103tori\u021bi de cincisprezece ani. Cred c\u0103 a\u0219 \u0219ti.
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\nEl a scos o fotografie dintr-un dosar.
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\nEra veche, probabil f\u0103cut\u0103 la sf\u00e2r\u0219itul anilor optzeci. Doi b\u0103ie\u021bi identici st\u0103teau \u00een fa\u021ba unei case, \u021bin\u00e2ndu-se de umeri.
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\nPe spatele fotografiei scria: \u201eMihai \u0219i Cristian, august 1989\u201d.
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\nNu am putut spune nimic.
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\n\u2014 Am g\u0103sit fotografia \u00eentr-un dosar mai vechi, dup\u0103 ce am verificat datele familiei. So\u021bul dumneavoastr\u0103 avea un frate geam\u0103n.
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\n\u2014 Nu se poate.
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\n\u2014 Cristian a fost declarat disp\u0103rut \u00een urm\u0103 cu dou\u0103zeci \u0219i doi de ani. Avea \u0219aptesprezece ani.
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\nMi-am amintit atunci ceva.
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\nCu mul\u021bi ani \u00een urm\u0103, c\u00e2nd soacra mea \u00eenc\u0103 tr\u0103ia, g\u0103sisem \u00eentr-un sertar dou\u0103 certificate de na\u0219tere. Mihai \u00eemi spusese c\u0103 unul era al unui v\u0103r mort \u00een copil\u0103rie.
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\nNu \u00eel \u00eentrebasem mai mult.
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\n\u2014 \u0218i cicatricea? am \u0219optit. Am\u00e2ndoi au aceea\u0219i cicatrice pe abdomen.
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\n\u2014 Au fost opera\u021bi \u00een copil\u0103rie, dup\u0103 un accident de ma\u0219in\u0103. Am g\u0103sit men\u021biunea \u00een documentele medicale.
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\nM-am sprijinit de marginea biroului.
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\nB\u0103rbatul de acas\u0103 nu era so\u021bul meu.
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\nEra fratele lui.
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\nInspectorul m-a rugat s\u0103 nu m\u0103 \u00eentorc singur\u0103 \u00een apartament. Poli\u021bi\u0219tii urmau s\u0103 \u00eel identifice \u0219i s\u0103 \u00eel audieze.
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\nAm sunat-o pe sora mea, Laura, \u0219i am rugat-o s\u0103 m\u0103 a\u0219tepte la ea.
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\nLa ora dou\u0103 dup\u0103-amiaza, inspectorul m-a contactat din nou.
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\n\u2014 L-am g\u0103sit. A recunoscut c\u0103 este Cristian.
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\n\u2014 Unde e acum?
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\n\u2014 La sec\u021bie. A acceptat s\u0103 dea o declara\u021bie.
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\nAm \u00eentrebat dac\u0103 Mihai fusese ucis.
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\n\u2014 \u00cenc\u0103 nu avem toate rezultatele. Dar exist\u0103 lucruri pe care trebuie s\u0103 le l\u0103murim.
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\nAbia seara am aflat adev\u0103rul.
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\nCristian se \u00eentorsese \u00een Rom\u00e2nia cu trei luni \u00eenainte. Dup\u0103 ani petrecu\u021bi prin str\u0103in\u0103tate, \u00ee\u0219i c\u0103utase fratele. Se \u00eent\u00e2lniser\u0103 de c\u00e2teva ori, f\u0103r\u0103 ca eu s\u0103 \u0219tiu.
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\n\u00cen noaptea aceea, Mihai \u00eel chemase la un depozit pe care firma lui \u00eel folosea pentru materiale.
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\nSe certaser\u0103.
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\nCristian sus\u021binea c\u0103 Mihai \u00eei promisese bani pentru a-\u0219i pl\u0103ti ni\u0219te datorii, apoi se r\u0103zg\u00e2ndise.
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\n\u00cen timpul discu\u021biei, Mihai se pr\u0103bu\u0219ise.
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\n\u2014 Spune c\u0103 fratele lui a acuzat o durere puternic\u0103 \u00een piept, mi-a explicat inspectorul. \u00cen loc s\u0103 cheme ambulan\u021ba, s-a speriat.
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\nCristian \u00eei luase telefonul, portofelul \u0219i cheile. Mai t\u00e2rziu, le l\u0103sase l\u00e2ng\u0103 trup, dar p\u0103strase cheia apartamentului.
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\nVerigheta r\u0103m\u0103sese pe degetul lui Mihai.
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\n\u2014 De ce a venit la mine?
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\nInspectorul a oftat.
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\n\u2014 Spune c\u0103 voia s\u0103 v\u0103 anun\u021be personal, dar c\u00e2nd a ajuns acas\u0103 \u0219i dumneavoastr\u0103 l-a\u021bi confundat cu so\u021bul, nu a mai avut curaj s\u0103 spun\u0103 adev\u0103rul.
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\nMi-am amintit cum m\u0103 s\u0103rutase pe frunte \u00eenainte s\u0103 adorm.
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\nCum \u00eemi spusese c\u0103 este obosit.
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\nCum r\u0103m\u0103sese nemi\u0219cat c\u00e2nd telefonul sunase la trei diminea\u021ba.
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\n\u0218tiuse.
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\n\u0218tiuse c\u0103 poli\u021bia g\u0103sise trupul fratelui s\u0103u.
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\n\u0218i continuase s\u0103 joace rolul lui Mihai.
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\n\u2014 Nu \u00een\u021beleg de ce nu mi-a spus imediat, am murmurat.
\n\u2800
\n\u2014 Nici noi nu avem \u00eenc\u0103 toate r\u0103spunsurile.
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\nAncheta a durat c\u00e2teva luni. Expertiza medico-legal\u0103 a stabilit c\u0103 Mihai murise \u00een urma unui infarct. Nu existau dovezi c\u0103 fratele s\u0103u \u00eel agresase fizic.
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\nCristian a fost cercetat pentru faptele comise dup\u0103 deces, inclusiv pentru bunurile luate \u0219i pentru \u00eemprejur\u0103rile \u00een care intrase \u00een locuin\u021ba noastr\u0103.
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\nEu am refuzat s\u0103 \u00eel \u00eent\u00e2lnesc.
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\nNu pentru c\u0103 sem\u0103na cu Mihai.
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\nCi pentru c\u0103 \u00eemi folosise \u00eencrederea \u00eentr-un moment \u00een care nici m\u0103car nu \u0219tiam c\u0103 devenisem v\u0103duv\u0103.
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\nLa \u00eenmorm\u00e2ntare, am stat l\u00e2ng\u0103 sicriu aproape o or\u0103 dup\u0103 plecarea celorlal\u021bi.
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\nEram furioas\u0103 pe Mihai pentru secretul p\u0103strat at\u00e2\u021bia ani. \u00cemi era dor de el. \u0218i m\u0103 \u00eentrebam c\u00e2te lucruri din via\u021ba noastr\u0103 fuseser\u0103 construite pe jum\u0103t\u0103\u021bi de adev\u0103r.
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\nC\u00e2teva s\u0103pt\u0103m\u00e2ni mai t\u00e2rziu, Laura m-a ajutat s\u0103 str\u00e2ng hainele lui.
\n\u2800
\n\u00cen buzunarul unei jachete am g\u0103sit o fotografie recent\u0103.
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\nMihai \u0219i Cristian st\u0103teau la o mas\u0103, \u00eentr-o cafenea. Pe spate era scris, cu scrisul so\u021bului meu:
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\n\u201ePoate \u00eentr-o zi o s\u0103 pot s\u0103-i povestesc Irinei.\u201d
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\nAm p\u0103strat fotografia.
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\nNu l-am iertat pe Cristian pentru ce f\u0103cuse \u0219i nici nu am g\u0103sit o explica\u021bie care s\u0103 fac\u0103 secretul lui Mihai mai pu\u021bin dureros.
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\nDar am \u00een\u021beles c\u0103 omul cu care tr\u0103isem cincisprezece ani avusese o parte din via\u021b\u0103 despre care nu reu\u0219ise niciodat\u0103 s\u0103 vorbeasc\u0103.
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\n\u00cen prim\u0103vara urm\u0103toare, am schimbat apartamentul.
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\n\u00cen ultima sear\u0103, \u00eenainte s\u0103 predau cheile, am cobor\u00e2t cu liftul \u0219i m-am uitat la u\u0219a pe care Cristian o \u021binuse deschis\u0103 cu m\u00e2na st\u00e2ng\u0103.
\n\u2800
\nMihai \u00ee\u0219i accidentase grav m\u00e2na st\u00e2ng\u0103 \u00een adolescen\u021b\u0103. De atunci, folosea aproape exclusiv dreapta.
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\nUn gest de c\u00e2teva secunde \u00eemi ar\u0103tase ceea ce ochii mei nu reu\u0219iser\u0103 s\u0103 vad\u0103.
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\nAm ie\u0219it din bloc \u0219i am \u00eenchis u\u0219a \u00een urma mea.
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\nPentru prima dat\u0103 dup\u0103 multe luni, nu m-am mai \u00eentrebat cine fusese b\u0103rbatul care intrase \u00een casa mea la 02:17.
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\n\u0218tiam r\u0103spunsul.
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\n\u00centrebarea cu care trebuia s\u0103 \u00eenv\u0103\u021b s\u0103 tr\u0103iesc era alta: de ce omul pe care \u00eel iubisem at\u00e2t de mult nu avusese \u00eencredere s\u0103-mi spun\u0103 c\u0103 avea un frate?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Pe ecran, \u00een col\u021bul din dreapta sus, ap\u0103rea ora 02:17. \u2800 Am privit cum u\u0219a blocului se deschidea \u0219i un b\u0103rbat intra \u00een hol. Purta geaca bleumarin a so\u021bului meu, avea aceea\u0219i constitu\u021bie \u0219i mergea cu pa\u0219ii aceia u\u0219or gr\u0103bi\u021bi pe care \u00eei cuno\u0219team de cincisprezece ani. \u2800 \u2014 Acesta este so\u021bul dumneavoastr\u0103? m-a \u00eentrebat […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":29249,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-29842","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-diverse"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/bumzi.ro\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/29842","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=29842"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/bumzi.ro\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/29842\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":29843,"href":"https:\/\/bumzi.ro\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/29842\/revisions\/29843"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bumzi.ro\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/29249"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/bumzi.ro\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=29842"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bumzi.ro\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=29842"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bumzi.ro\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=29842"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}