O lini\u0219te ap\u0103s\u0103toare a cuprins \u00eentreaga vil\u0103. Muzica care r\u0103suna vag de la bar s-a stins brusc, de parc\u0103 \u0219i ea s-ar fi speriat. Pa\u0219ii celor mai curajo\u0219i b\u0103rba\u021bi se auzeau grei pe sc\u0103ri, iar femeile r\u0103mase jos \u00ee\u0219i fr\u00e2ngeau m\u00e2inile, f\u0103c\u00e2ndu-\u0219i semne nelini\u0219tite.<\/p>\n
\u00cen fa\u021ba u\u0219ii, to\u021bi s-au oprit. Din\u0103untru r\u0103zb\u0103teau suspine, apoi dintr-odat\u0103 un geam\u0103t care a f\u0103cut pielea tuturor s\u0103 se \u00eencre\u021beasc\u0103. Prietenul mirelui a ridicat m\u00e2na \u0219i a b\u0103tut cu putere.<\/p>\n
\u2014 Deschide\u021bi! E totul \u00een regul\u0103?<\/p>\n
Nimeni nu a r\u0103spuns. Doar pl\u00e2nsul Mariei, slab, sf\u00e2\u0219ietor. Cu o hot\u0103r\u00e2re brusc\u0103, au \u00eempins u\u0219a. Lac\u0103tul, probabil tras \u00een grab\u0103, a cedat.<\/p>\n
Ceea ce au v\u0103zut dincolo i-a l\u0103sat f\u0103r\u0103 suflare. Maria era pr\u0103bu\u0219it\u0103 pe podea, \u00eembr\u0103cat\u0103 \u00eenc\u0103 \u00een rochia de mireas\u0103, cu fa\u021ba sc\u0103ldat\u0103 \u00een lacrimi. \u00cen jurul ei, petale de trandafiri albi fuseser\u0103 \u00eempr\u0103\u0219tiate, amestecate cu cioburi de sticl\u0103.<\/p>\n
Andrei st\u0103tea \u00eentr-un col\u021b, sprijinit de perete, cu o m\u00e2n\u0103 la t\u00e2mpl\u0103 \u0219i privirea pierdut\u0103. Pe noptier\u0103, o fotografie veche, cu marginile arse, st\u0103tea r\u0103sucit\u0103. Nimeni nu o adusese acolo.<\/p>\n
\u2014 Doamne fere\u0219te… \u2014 murmur\u0103 o femeie f\u0103c\u00e2ndu-\u0219i cruce, a\u0219a cum e obiceiul la noi c\u00e2nd sim\u021bim c\u0103 ceva nev\u0103zut \u0219i r\u0103u se apropie.<\/p>\n
\u00cen lini\u0219tea aceea ap\u0103s\u0103toare, s-a auzit din nou un sc\u00e2ncet. Nu venea de la Maria. To\u021bi au \u00eencremenit. Privirile lor s-au \u00eendreptat c\u0103tre dulapul masiv din lemn, str\u0103vechi, l\u0103sat acolo de fo\u0219tii proprietari ai vilei.<\/p>\n
Unul dintre b\u0103rba\u021bi, mai \u00eendr\u0103zne\u021b, s-a apropiat \u0219i a \u00eentins m\u00e2na spre clan\u021b\u0103. Toat\u0103 lumea \u0219i-a \u021binut respira\u021bia. U\u0219a a sc\u00e2r\u021b\u00e2it lung, ca un vaiet.<\/p>\n
\u00cen\u0103untru, pe podeaua \u00eentunecat\u0103, st\u0103tea un cuf\u0103r vechi. \u00cencuietorile ruginite erau for\u021bate, de parc\u0103 cineva le-ar fi deschis din\u0103untru. \u0218i din cuf\u0103r, ca o adiere rece de iarn\u0103, s-a r\u0103sp\u00e2ndit un miros greu, de mucegai \u0219i t\u0103m\u00e2ie ars\u0103.<\/p>\n
Maria, abia ridicat\u0103 de pe podea, a \u00eenceput s\u0103 tremure \u0219i s\u0103 repete printre sughi\u021buri:<\/p>\n
\u2014 V-am spus… am sim\u021bit ceva… nu era doar imagina\u021bia mea…<\/p>\n
Andrei, \u00eenc\u0103 palid, \u0219i-a g\u0103sit glasul:<\/p>\n
\u2014 Nu e prima dat\u0103 c\u00e2nd aud pl\u00e2nsul \u0103sta… \u0219i la casa p\u0103rin\u021bilor mei \u00eel auzeam, \u00een nop\u021bile de s\u0103rb\u0103toare…<\/p>\n
O femeie mai \u00een v\u00e2rst\u0103, care venise la nunt\u0103 din partea mirelui, a f\u0103cut un pas \u00eenainte \u0219i a rostit cu glas grav:<\/p>\n
\u2014 Asta nu e \u00eent\u00e2mplare. \u00cen neamul vostru exist\u0103 pove\u0219ti vechi… Despre blestemul care cade peste mire atunci c\u00e2nd jur\u0103 iubire sub luna plin\u0103.<\/p>\n
Cei prezen\u021bi s-au uitat unii la al\u021bii \u00eengrozi\u021bi. Afar\u0103, v\u00e2ntul se st\u00e2rnise din senin, f\u0103c\u00e2nd perdelele s\u0103 f\u00e2lf\u00e2ie ca ni\u0219te aripi de pas\u0103re neagr\u0103. O lum\u00e2nare s-a stins, l\u0103s\u00e2nd camera \u00eentr-o semiumbr\u0103 stranie.<\/p>\n
\u0218i atunci, din cuf\u0103r, s-a auzit un glas \u0219optit, de copil:<\/p>\n
\u2014 Nu trebuia s\u0103 v\u0103 c\u0103s\u0103tori\u021bi…<\/p>\n
Maria a izbucnit din nou \u00een pl\u00e2ns, iar Andrei a c\u0103zut \u00een genunchi, \u00een\u021beleg\u00e2nd \u00een sf\u00e2r\u0219it ce \u00eenseamn\u0103 s\u0103 por\u021bi pe umeri p\u0103catele neamului.<\/p>\n
Un preot a fost chemat de urgen\u021b\u0103 \u00een acea noapte, iar vila, de atunci, a r\u0103mas pustie. Localnicii spun c\u0103 \u0219i ast\u0103zi, dac\u0103 treci pe l\u00e2ng\u0103 ea \u00een miez de noapte, po\u021bi auzi suspinele Mariei \u0219i vocea copilului care avertizeaz\u0103.<\/p>\n
Pentru unii e doar legend\u0103, pentru al\u021bii e dovada c\u0103 trecutul nu iart\u0103 niciodat\u0103, iar blestemele, odat\u0103 rostite, \u00ee\u0219i g\u0103sesc mereu drumul c\u0103tre cei vii.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
O lini\u0219te ap\u0103s\u0103toare a cuprins \u00eentreaga vil\u0103. Muzica care r\u0103suna vag de la bar s-a stins brusc, de parc\u0103 \u0219i ea s-ar fi speriat. Pa\u0219ii celor mai curajo\u0219i b\u0103rba\u021bi se auzeau grei pe sc\u0103ri, iar femeile r\u0103mase jos \u00ee\u0219i fr\u00e2ngeau m\u00e2inile, f\u0103c\u00e2ndu-\u0219i semne nelini\u0219tite. \u00cen fa\u021ba u\u0219ii, to\u021bi s-au oprit. Din\u0103untru r\u0103zb\u0103teau suspine, apoi dintr-odat\u0103 […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":7331,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[18],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-7330","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\/7330","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=7330"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/bumzi.ro\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7330\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":7332,"href":"https:\/\/bumzi.ro\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7330\/revisions\/7332"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bumzi.ro\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/7331"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/bumzi.ro\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=7330"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bumzi.ro\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=7330"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bumzi.ro\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=7330"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}