\u2014 Ai adus pistolul jos din dulapul din hol, Howard? strig\u0103 Evelyn, tare \u0219i clar. Sper c\u0103 l-ai \u00eenc\u0103rcat, c\u0103 aud ceva \u00een curte!<\/p>\n
T\u0103cere. Apoi un sunet u\u0219or \u2014 ca pa\u0219ii care se opresc \u00een iarb\u0103. Evelyn a continuat:<\/p>\n
\u2014 Dac\u0103 intr\u0103 cineva \u00een cas\u0103, nu ezita. \u021ainte\u0219te direct! N-am crescut la \u021bar\u0103 degeaba!<\/p>\n
\u00cen afara casei, cei doi b\u0103rba\u021bi s-au oprit brusc. Se uitau unul la altul \u00een \u00eentuneric, confuzi. Unul dintre ei \u0219opti:<\/p>\n
\u2014 Credeam c\u0103 e singur\u0103…<\/p>\n
\u2014 Poate a venit cineva la ea, r\u0103spunse cel\u0103lalt.<\/p>\n
Dar nu era nimeni. Evelyn era singur\u0103. Singur\u0103 \u0219i genial\u0103. \u00cen buc\u0103t\u0103rie, a ap\u0103sat discret pe butonul de panic\u0103 de sub tejghea, legat la alarma silen\u021bioas\u0103. Timpul curgea lent, dar ea \u0219tia c\u0103 fiecare secund\u0103 conta.<\/p>\n
Apoi, f\u0103r\u0103 zgomot, ho\u021bii au for\u021bat u\u0219a din spate. Evelyn a p\u0103strat calmul. Se retrase spre sufragerie, unde instalase o alt\u0103 surpriz\u0103: o coard\u0103 de rufe legat\u0103 de clan\u021b\u0103 \u0219i trecut\u0103 prin picioarele mesei. C\u00e2nd primul intrus a deschis u\u0219a, s-a \u00eempiedicat \u0219i a c\u0103zut cu capul de podea. Al doilea s-a oprit, dar prea t\u00e2rziu \u2014 o lamp\u0103 decorativ\u0103, bine fixat\u0103 de tavan, a fost smuls\u0103 de coard\u0103 \u0219i s-a pr\u0103bu\u0219it peste el.<\/p>\n
Cu ambii la p\u0103m\u00e2nt, Evelyn s-a apropiat cu telefonul \u00een m\u00e2n\u0103.<\/p>\n
\u2014 Poli\u021bia e pe drum. A\u0219 zice s\u0103 nu v\u0103 mai mi\u0219ca\u021bi.<\/p>\n
C\u00e2nd sirenele au luminat noaptea, Evelyn era deja afar\u0103, \u00een halatul ei roz cu flori, a\u0219tept\u00e2nd \u00een lini\u0219te cu un ceai cald \u00een m\u00e2n\u0103. Ofi\u021berii au r\u0103mas uimi\u021bi.<\/p>\n
\u2014 A\u021bi fost singur\u0103 \u00een cas\u0103?<\/p>\n
\u2014 Eu \u0219i Howard, r\u0103spunse ea, privind spre cer.<\/p>\n
Dup\u0103 acea noapte, \u00eentreaga comunitate a vorbit despre \u201ecapcana v\u0103duvei\u201d. Evelyn deveni o legend\u0103 local\u0103. Nu pentru c\u0103 i-a \u00eenvins pe ho\u021bi \u2014 ci pentru c\u0103 a demonstrat c\u0103 v\u00e2rsta nu e niciodat\u0103 o piedic\u0103 pentru curaj, inteligen\u021b\u0103 \u0219i demnitate.<\/p>\n
\u0218i poate c\u0103, \u00eentr-un fel, Howard chiar fusese acolo. \u00cen fotografie. \u00cen g\u00e2nd. \u00cen for\u021ba femeii care, chiar \u0219i singur\u0103, n-a fost niciodat\u0103 lipsit\u0103 de ap\u0103rare.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
\u2014 Ai adus pistolul jos din dulapul din hol, Howard? strig\u0103 Evelyn, tare \u0219i clar. Sper c\u0103 l-ai \u00eenc\u0103rcat, c\u0103 aud ceva \u00een curte! T\u0103cere. Apoi un sunet u\u0219or \u2014 ca pa\u0219ii care se opresc \u00een iarb\u0103. Evelyn a continuat: \u2014 Dac\u0103 intr\u0103 cineva \u00een cas\u0103, nu ezita. \u021ainte\u0219te direct! N-am crescut la \u021bar\u0103 degeaba! […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":3292,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[18],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3291","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\/3291","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=3291"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/bumzi.ro\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3291\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3293,"href":"https:\/\/bumzi.ro\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3291\/revisions\/3293"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bumzi.ro\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/3292"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/bumzi.ro\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=3291"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bumzi.ro\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=3291"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bumzi.ro\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=3291"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}