\u201eDoar un copil…\u201d, a repetat Gabriel \u00een g\u00e2nd, sim\u021bind cum lacrimile \u00eei urc\u0103 \u00een ochi. Se uit\u0103 la Lara, care \u00eel privea t\u0103cut\u0103, cu buzele palide. V\u00e2ntul adia printre frunzele din gr\u0103din\u0103, iar mirosul de trandafiri amestecat cu cel de medicamente \u00eei d\u0103dea o senza\u021bie ciudat\u0103 de nedreptate.<\/p>\n
\u201eDomnule, v\u0103 rog… doar un minut, at\u00e2t v\u0103 cer\u201d, a mai spus el, cu vocea tremur\u00e2nd\u0103. \u201eDac\u0103 nu reu\u0219esc, n-o s\u0103 mai vin niciodat\u0103 aici.\u201d<\/p>\n
Privirea lui sincer\u0103, curajul din glas \u0219i tremurul m\u00e2inilor murdare au f\u0103cut ca inima lui C\u0103lin s\u0103 se \u00eenmoaie. A oftat ad\u00e2nc, privind spre cer, ca \u0219i cum ar fi cerut un semn. Apoi a f\u0103cut un pas \u00eenapoi.<\/p>\n
\u201eBine… un minut\u201d, a spus \u00eencet.<\/p>\n
Gabriel s-a apropiat de Lara cu pa\u0219i timizi. Se a\u0219ez\u0103 \u00een genunchi \u00een fa\u021ba ei \u0219i \u00eei z\u00e2mbi. \u201e\u021ai-am spus eu c\u0103 n-o s\u0103 te las niciodat\u0103 singur\u0103, nu?\u201d<\/p>\n
Feti\u021ba l-a privit cu lacrimi \u00een ochi. \u201eMi-e fric\u0103, Gabi. Doctorii spun c\u0103 f\u0103r\u0103 pastile o s\u0103 m\u0103 doar\u0103 mai tare.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201e\u0218tiu\u201d, i-a r\u0103spuns el bl\u00e2nd, ating\u00e2ndu-i m\u00e2na rece. \u201eDar vreau doar s\u0103 \u00eencerc ceva. Ai \u00eencredere \u00een mine.\u201d<\/p>\n
Apoi b\u0103iatul s-a ridicat \u0219i i-a cerut lui C\u0103lin o sticl\u0103 cu ap\u0103. B\u0103rbatul, ne\u00eencrez\u0103tor, i-a \u00eentins una de pe m\u0103su\u021ba din apropiere. Gabriel a privit cutia de medicamente din m\u00e2inile Larei \u0219i a observat ceva ciudat.<\/p>\n
Pe etichet\u0103, \u00eentr-un col\u021b mic, scria un ingredient pe care \u00eel mai v\u0103zuse undeva. Se \u00eentunecase la fa\u021b\u0103. \u201eDomnule, aceste pastile… de unde le-a\u021bi cump\u0103rat?\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201eDe la o farmacie privat\u0103 din Bucure\u0219ti, mi le-a recomandat un specialist. Sunt foarte scumpe, dar sunt singurele care \u00eei amelioreaz\u0103 durerea.\u201d<\/p>\n
Gabriel a cl\u0103tinat din cap. \u201eNu, domnule. Pastilele astea o fac s\u0103 nu mai simt\u0103 durerea, dar \u00eei sl\u0103besc mu\u0219chii. Am v\u0103zut un om care le lua \u0219i abia se mai putea ridica din pat. Nu e boal\u0103 ce are ea… e reac\u021bia la pastile!\u201d<\/p>\n
C\u0103lin a r\u0103mas \u00eempietrit. Fa\u021ba i s-a albit complet. A luat cutia \u0219i a \u00eenceput s\u0103 citeasc\u0103 atent eticheta. M\u00e2inile \u00eei tremurau. \u201eDoamne… cum n-am observat asta p\u00e2n\u0103 acum?\u201d<\/p>\n
Lara \u00eel privea speriat\u0103, iar Gabriel, cu ochii plini de lacrimi, a continuat: \u201eL\u0103sa\u021bi-o c\u00e2teva zile f\u0103r\u0103 ele, domnule. O s\u0103 vede\u021bi. Corpul ei are nevoie de odihn\u0103, nu de chimicale.\u201d<\/p>\n
Tat\u0103l a c\u0103zut \u00een genunchi \u00een fa\u021ba lor. Lacrimile \u00eei curgeau f\u0103r\u0103 oprire. \u201eUn copil al str\u0103zii… \u0219i totu\u0219i a v\u0103zut ce nici medicii n-au v\u0103zut.\u201d<\/p>\n
Au trecut trei zile. Lara a \u00eenceput s\u0103 z\u00e2mbeasc\u0103 din nou. Picioarele ei, odinioar\u0103 rigide, au prins putere. Gabriel venea zilnic, cu flori de c\u00e2mp \u0219i pove\u0219ti amuzante. \u00centr-o diminea\u021b\u0103, \u00een timp ce C\u0103lin o privea din verand\u0103, feti\u021ba s-a ridicat \u00eencet din scaun, tremur\u00e2nd.<\/p>\n
\u201eTat\u0103… uit\u0103-te!\u201d, a strigat ea.<\/p>\n
C\u0103lin a alergat spre ea, iar Gabriel o sprijinea cu grij\u0103. Lacrimile s-au transformat \u00een r\u00e2sete. Feti\u021ba a f\u0103cut primii pa\u0219i, nesiguri, dar adev\u0103ra\u021bi.<\/p>\n
C\u0103lin l-a \u00eembr\u0103\u021bi\u0219at pe Gabriel. \u201eMi-ai dat \u00eenapoi ce credeam c\u0103 am pierdut pentru totdeauna.\u201d<\/p>\n
B\u0103iatul a z\u00e2mbit timid. \u201eN-am f\u0103cut dec\u00e2t s-o las s\u0103 cread\u0103 din nou c\u0103 poate. Restul a f\u0103cut inima ei.\u201d<\/p>\n
De atunci, Gabriel nu a mai fost un copil al str\u0103zii. C\u0103lin i-a oferit o cas\u0103, o camer\u0103 mic\u0103 l\u00e2ng\u0103 gr\u0103din\u0103, unde se auzeau r\u00e2setele Larei \u00een fiecare zi.<\/p>\n
\u0218i oricine trecea pe acolo spunea c\u0103 nu exist\u0103 bog\u0103\u021bie mai mare dec\u00e2t aceea de a avea un copil care \u0219tie s\u0103 iubeasc\u0103 f\u0103r\u0103 s\u0103 cear\u0103 nimic \u00een schimb.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
\u201eDoar un copil…\u201d, a repetat Gabriel \u00een g\u00e2nd, sim\u021bind cum lacrimile \u00eei urc\u0103 \u00een ochi. Se uit\u0103 la Lara, care \u00eel privea t\u0103cut\u0103, cu buzele palide. V\u00e2ntul adia printre frunzele din gr\u0103din\u0103, iar mirosul de trandafiri amestecat cu cel de medicamente \u00eei d\u0103dea o senza\u021bie ciudat\u0103 de nedreptate. \u201eDomnule, v\u0103 rog… doar un minut, at\u00e2t […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":9831,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[18],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-9830","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\/9830","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=9830"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/bumzi.ro\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9830\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":9832,"href":"https:\/\/bumzi.ro\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9830\/revisions\/9832"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bumzi.ro\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/9831"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/bumzi.ro\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=9830"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bumzi.ro\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=9830"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bumzi.ro\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=9830"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}