M-am \u00eentors \u00eencet spre el. Lumina palid\u0103 a veiozei \u00eei contura chipul obosit, iar \u00een ochii lui se citea o vinov\u0103\u021bie pe care nu o mai v\u0103zusem niciodat\u0103.<\/p>\n
\u2014 Nu am uitat, Mihai, am spus calm. Am l\u0103sat-o acolo inten\u021bionat.<\/p>\n
A r\u0103mas nemi\u0219cat, cu m\u00e2na \u00eentins\u0103.
\u2014 Ce vrei s\u0103 spui?<\/p>\n
\u2014 C\u0103 nu mai am pentru ce s-o port.<\/p>\n
T\u0103cerea a devenit grea ca plumbul. \u00cel vedeam cum \u00eencearc\u0103 s\u0103 g\u0103seasc\u0103 un r\u0103spuns, cum buzele i se mi\u0219c\u0103 f\u0103r\u0103 sunet, cum ochii i se umezesc.<\/p>\n
\u2014 Clara, nu e ceea ce crezi…<\/p>\n
Am z\u00e2mbit amar.
\u2014 Ba e exact ceea ce cred. Poate c\u0103 n-a fost prima oar\u0103, dar sigur e ultima dat\u0103 c\u00e2nd o v\u0103d.<\/p>\n
El s-a apropiat, dar eu m-am dat un pas \u00eenapoi. Mirosul parfumului acelei femei era \u00eenc\u0103 pe haina lui, \u0219i m-a lovit mai tare dec\u00e2t orice cuv\u00e2nt.<\/p>\n
\u2014 Te rog, las\u0103-m\u0103 s\u0103-\u021bi explic…<\/p>\n
\u2014 Nu mai e nimic de explicat. \u021ai-ai spus povestea acolo, \u00een fa\u021ba tuturor, f\u0103r\u0103 cuvinte.<\/p>\n
S-a pr\u0103bu\u0219it pe canapea, cu capul \u00een m\u00e2ini. Eu m-am a\u0219ezat pe marginea patului, privindu-l cum tremur\u0103. Ani \u00eentregi am t\u0103cut, am iertat, am acoperit cu iubire gre\u0219elile lui m\u0103runte. Dar de data asta, ceva \u00een mine se rupsese definitiv.<\/p>\n
\u2014 \u021ai-ai amintit c\u00e2nd mi-ai pus inelul? am \u00eentrebat \u00eencet. Sub stejarul \u0103la b\u0103tr\u00e2n, c\u00e2nd ai spus c\u0103 o s\u0103 m\u0103 respec\u021bi mereu. \u021ai-ai amintit?<\/p>\n
Nu a spus nimic. Doar lacrimile i-au c\u0103zut pe podea, una c\u00e2te una.<\/p>\n
\u2014 Clara, te rog, nu renun\u021ba la noi. A fost doar un dans.<\/p>\n
\u2014 Nu, Mihai. A fost adev\u0103rul. Dansul a fost doar oglinda.<\/p>\n
M-am ridicat, mi-am luat haina \u0219i am privit \u00eenc\u0103 o dat\u0103 spre el. \u00cemi doream, dintr-un col\u021b ascuns al sufletului, s\u0103 se ridice, s\u0103 m\u0103 opreasc\u0103, s\u0103 spun\u0103 ceva care s\u0103 repare tot. Dar n-a f\u0103cut-o. Doar a r\u0103mas acolo, \u00een t\u0103cerea lui.<\/p>\n
Am ie\u0219it din apartament, iar aerul rece de noapte mi-a izbit fa\u021ba. Sim\u021beam lacrimile fierbin\u021bi curg\u00e2nd, dar \u0219i o libertate ciudat\u0103, aproape dureroas\u0103.<\/p>\n
M-am plimbat p\u00e2n\u0103 \u00een parc, acolo unde, cu ani \u00een urm\u0103, visam \u00eempreun\u0103 la o via\u021b\u0103 simpl\u0103, plin\u0103 de dragoste \u0219i \u00eencredere. Mi-am amintit cum r\u00e2dea, cum m\u0103 \u021binea de m\u00e2n\u0103, cum promitea c\u0103 \u201enu va l\u0103sa niciodat\u0103 rutina s\u0103 ne sting\u0103\u201d.<\/p>\n
Dar via\u021ba are felul ei de a testa promisiunile. Unele rezist\u0103, altele se fr\u00e2ng.<\/p>\n
Am privit cerul \u0219i am \u0219optit:
\u2014 Poate c\u0103 dragostea adev\u0103rat\u0103 nu se m\u0103soar\u0103 \u00een c\u00e2\u021bi ani dureaz\u0103, ci \u00een c\u00e2te momente r\u0103m\u00e2n curate.<\/p>\n
A doua zi, i-am l\u0103sat un bilet. Nu acuza\u021bii, nu repro\u0219uri. Doar c\u00e2teva cuvinte:
\u201eMul\u021bumesc pentru anii frumo\u0219i. Pe ceilal\u021bi \u00eei las \u00een urm\u0103.\u201d<\/p>\n
Am plecat din ora\u0219 pentru o vreme. M-am dus la sora mea, la \u021bar\u0103, unde timpul curgea mai \u00eencet \u0219i lini\u0219tea avea alt gust. Am \u00eenceput s\u0103 pictez din nou, s\u0103 citesc, s\u0103 m\u0103 redescop\u0103r.<\/p>\n
Au trecut luni. Nu m-a c\u0103utat. Sau poate m-a c\u0103utat, dar eu nu mai eram aceea\u0219i femeie care a plecat din sala de bal.<\/p>\n
\u00centr-o zi, plimb\u00e2ndu-m\u0103 pe sub stejari, am v\u0103zut un b\u0103tr\u00e2n care i-a spus so\u021biei lui: \u201e\u00cenc\u0103 \u00ee\u021bi str\u0103luce\u0219te verigheta.\u201d
Ea a z\u00e2mbit \u0219i a r\u0103spuns: \u201ePentru c\u0103 \u00eenc\u0103 e iubit\u0103.\u201d<\/p>\n
Am z\u00e2mbit \u0219i eu. \u00cen sf\u00e2r\u0219it, \u00een\u021belegeam.<\/p>\n
C\u00e2nd am ajuns acas\u0103, am scos inelul din sertarul unde \u00eel pusesem \u0219i l-am privit o vreme. Nu cu durere, ci cu recuno\u0219tin\u021b\u0103.<\/p>\n
Pentru c\u0103 uneori, pierz\u00e2nd o iubire care te minte, c\u00e2\u0219tigi o via\u021b\u0103 care te vindec\u0103.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
M-am \u00eentors \u00eencet spre el. Lumina palid\u0103 a veiozei \u00eei contura chipul obosit, iar \u00een ochii lui se citea o vinov\u0103\u021bie pe care nu o mai v\u0103zusem niciodat\u0103. \u2014 Nu am uitat, Mihai, am spus calm. Am l\u0103sat-o acolo inten\u021bionat. A r\u0103mas nemi\u0219cat, cu m\u00e2na \u00eentins\u0103.\u2014 Ce vrei s\u0103 spui? \u2014 C\u0103 nu mai am […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":9303,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[18],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-9302","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\/9302","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=9302"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/bumzi.ro\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9302\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":9304,"href":"https:\/\/bumzi.ro\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9302\/revisions\/9304"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bumzi.ro\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/9303"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/bumzi.ro\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=9302"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bumzi.ro\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=9302"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bumzi.ro\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=9302"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}