Alecu Ancu\u021bescu \u00ee\u0219i poart\u0103 greu cei aproape 60 de ani. Lumea lui \u00eel dezam\u0103ge\u0219te \u0219i \u00eel \u00eensp\u0103im\u00e2nt\u0103, iar violen\u021ba i-a devenit, pe neg\u00e2ndite, firescul. Nici nu mai \u0219tie de c\u00e2nd Larisa, so\u021bia sa pe care odat\u0103 a adorat-o, e o alcoolic\u0103 ve\u0219nic ar\u021b\u0103goas\u0103 ori de c\u00e2nd Oana, fiica lor de 15 ani pe care o iube\u0219te nem\u0103surat, s-a lep\u0103dat de orice afec\u021biune filial\u0103 fa\u021b\u0103 de el. Egreta Office, cl\u0103direa de birouri unde e paznic \u0219i refugiul lui de 15 ani \u00eencoace, a r\u0103mas singurul loc \u00een care mai poate s\u0103 simt\u0103 c\u0103 nu e pe de-a-ntregul ratat. Dar \u00eentr-o zi Larisa dispare, iar Alecu, \u00eencerc\u00e2nd s\u0103 se salveze pe sine \u0219i s\u0103-i salveze pe ai s\u0103i, \u00ee\u0219i disec\u0103 via\u021ba \u0219i fricile c\u0103ut\u00e2nd r\u0103spunsuri izb\u0103vitoare, \u00een mijlocul unor accese de nebunie ce par s\u0103-l \u00eendep\u0103rteze de eliberarea dorit\u0103. Ce anume \u00eei \u021bine \u00eempreun\u0103 pe membrii familiei sale disfunc\u021bionale \u0219i cum se face c\u0103 na\u0219terea copilului i-a \u00eenstr\u0103inat pe unul de altul? Cum \u00ee\u0219i mai poate r\u0103scump\u0103ra el via\u021ba c\u00e2nd trecutul s-a transformat acum \u00eentr-o amenin\u021bare? Povestea lui Alecu Ancu\u021bescu dep\u0103\u0219e\u0219te grani\u021bele unui roman de familie, reu\u0219ind s\u0103 oglindeasc\u0103 o societate canceroas\u0103 a anilor nesiguri din preajma ader\u0103rii Rom\u00e2niei la Uniunea European\u0103.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Dup\u0103 trei s\u0103pt\u0103m\u00e2ni de la sosirea primului lot de clien\u0163i, num\u0103rul interna\u0163ilor a atins o sut\u0103, a\u015fa \u00eenc\u00e2t am ie\u015fit \u00een fa\u0163a Egretei \u015fi am \u00eemp\u0103r\u0163it toate jetoanele din borcan, cu empatie \u015fi aten\u0163ie, celor care veniser\u0103 cu \u201etrimiteri\u201c de la Silviu, \u00eencuraj\u00e2ndu-i s\u0103-\u015fi a\u015ftepte r\u00e2ndul, s\u0103 se instaleze \u00een jurul Egretei, unde doreau, cum puteau, ave\u0163i un pic de r\u0103bdare! Astfel, pe m\u0103sur\u0103 ce clien\u0163ii p\u0103r\u0103seau Egreta, minune!, pup\u00e2ndu-mi m\u00e2na, unii dintre ei dorind s\u0103 mai stea, dar le atr\u0103geam aten\u0163ia c\u0103 ocupau pe nedrept locul unui suferind \u015fi c\u0103 n-are s\u0103 mai primeasc\u0103 gratis m\u00e2ncare de la serviciul de catering angajat de Silviu, al\u0163i clien\u0163i intrau, pe baza jetoanelor \u00eemp\u0103r\u0163ite \u00een prealabil, \u00een fiecare zi, dup\u0103 ce le legam br\u0103\u0163\u0103rile \u015fi-i \u015ftampilam. Am v\u0103zut multe m\u00e2ini desc\u0103rnate, \u00eenvine\u0163ite de perfuziile din spitalele \u00een care fuseser\u0103 interna\u0163i, de mi-a venit s\u0103-i \u015ftampilez pe frunte, dar am respectat procedura. Am reu\u015fit s\u0103 \u201eoptimizez\u201c fluxul de clien\u0163i, intr\u0103ri \u015fi ie\u015firi, mai ceva dec\u00e2t un expert contabil, ar fi murit de ciud\u0103 Hortensia dac\u0103 m-ar fi v\u0103zut cum m\u0103 descurcam, dar nu mai d\u0103dusem pe-acas\u0103 de mult\u0103 vreme. Ordinea pe care mi-o ceruse Silviu cu severitate am \u00een\u0163eles-o mai t\u00e2rziu, c\u00e2nd m-am trezit singur pe lume, descurc\u0103-te, evanghelistule! Clien\u0163ii \u015fi \u00eenso\u0163itorii lor soseau ner\u0103bd\u0103tori la Egreta, de parc\u0103 ar fi dorit s\u0103 intre la supermarket, s\u0103-\u015fi aleag\u0103 un detergent sau un iaurt \u015fi s\u0103 ias\u0103 gata vindeca\u0163i, s\u0103n\u0103tate! Am f\u0103cut mari eforturi s\u0103 le explic procedura, o dat\u0103, de dou\u0103 ori, de c\u00e2te ori a fost nevoie, clientul are \u00eentotdeauna dreptate. Cei mai mul\u0163i au \u00een\u0163eles, instal\u00e2ndu-\u015fi corturile, saltelele, televizoarele portabile, chiar \u015fi gr\u0103tarele cu c\u0103rbuni. Curtea Egretei ad\u0103postea o mare s\u0103rb\u0103toare c\u00e2mpeneasc\u0103. S\u0103rb\u0103toarea a\u015ftept\u0103rii.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u00cen primele zile \u00een care etajul trei al Egretei a atins capacitatea maxim\u0103, am fost foarte tulburat de bolile care n\u0103v\u0103liser\u0103 peste mine: tuberculoz\u0103, lepr\u0103, tromboze, cancere de tot felul, encefalit\u0103, paralizie, d\u0103deam din cap cu o atitudine empatic\u0103, parc\u0103 toate bolile lumii se str\u00e2nseser\u0103 \u00een Egreta, dar cl\u0103direa rezista. Nu mi-a fost deloc u\u015for s\u0103 aud urlete de durere. Abia m\u0103 mi\u015fcam c\u0103r\u00e2nd c\u0103ld\u0103rile cu ap\u0103 din F\u00e2nt\u00e2na lui Orleanu, bun\u0103 ap\u0103, lua\u0163i \u015fi be\u0163i! Am b\u0103ut \u015fi eu ni\u015fte ap\u0103, dar nu din cauza apei mi-am revenit, ci pentru c\u0103 pl\u00e2nsetele, vaietele, zbieretele celor de la etajul trei \u015fi \u00eenjur\u0103turile, amenin\u0163\u0103rile \u015fi minciunile celor care a\u015fteptau s\u0103 intre s-au transformat miraculos \u00een ni\u015fte mingi de tenis care se loveau de creierul meu ca de un perete. Clien\u0163ii jucau la perete, iar eu eram peretele suferin\u0163elor. Pl\u00e2ngeau la peretele meu. Pu\u0163in \u00eemi p\u0103sa de amenin\u0163\u0103ri, te dau pe m\u00e2na Poli\u0163iei, \u015farlatanule !, \u00eemi p\u0103sa prea pu\u0163in de minciunile rostite cu arogan\u0163\u0103, avem trimitere de urgen\u0163\u0103 ! (Silviu nu emitea \u201eurgen\u0163e\u201c), nu eram curios s\u0103 asist cum \u00ee\u015fi vindeau jetoanele cu numerele mai mici \u015fi nici banii care se pl\u0103teau pentru a ob\u0163ine un loc mai \u00een fa\u0163\u0103, \u00eentorceam spatele c\u00e2nd se luau la b\u0103taie, la un moment dat au vrut s\u0103 fac\u0103 o asocia\u0163ie a clien\u0163ilor, care s\u0103 le apere drepturile (\u00een fa\u0163a cui ?), dar ideea a fost abandonat\u0103, eram nesim\u0163it la pl\u00e2nsul unei mame a c\u0103rei fiic\u0103 se zv\u00e2rcolea de dureri, v\u0103 rog s\u0103 a\u015ftepta\u0163i, o s\u0103 v\u0103 vin\u0103 r\u00e2ndul!, am refuzat \u015fp\u0103gile de mii de euro pentru a favoriza intr\u0103rile peste r\u00e2nd, sunt evanghelist, cum, dracu\u2019, s\u0103 iau \u015fpag\u0103 ?, respectam procedura, c\u0103ram apa din F\u00e2nt\u00e2na lui Orleanu, to\u0163i m\u0103 vedeau cum m\u0103 implicam, cu pasiune, cu \u00een\u0163elegere, munceam zi \u015fi noapte, nu sim\u0163eam oboseala pentru c\u0103 beam ap\u0103. Au murit destui oameni \u00een curte, a\u015ftept\u00e2nd s\u0103 le vin\u0103 r\u00e2ndul \u00een Egreta. Nu m-am sim\u0163it vinovat. La cimitirul din apropiere, deschis permanent, nu erau necesare jetoanele. Nu \u0163ineam num\u0103r\u0103toarea mor\u0163ilor, dar ceream s\u0103 fie adus preotul. Singur, f\u0103c\u00e2nd ordine \u00een\u0103untrul \u015fi \u00een jurul Egretei, am sim\u0163it c\u0103 sunt \u00een centrul lumii, minune!, nu pentru c\u0103 eram un comandant de o\u015fti sau liderul unei superputeri economice, ci pentru c\u0103 tr\u0103iam \u00een mijlocul durerilor omene\u015fti. Devenisem un om puternic, pentru c\u0103 tr\u0103iam singur \u00een durerea lumii. \u015ei cu aceast\u0103 putere puteam s\u0103 fac ordine \u00een lumea mea, a\u015fa cum \u00eemi ceruse Silviu. A\u015fa am crezut, c\u0103 eram puternic, dar m-am \u00een\u015felat.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Ve\u015ftile despre apa din F\u00e2nt\u00e2na lui Orleanu \u015fi intern\u0103rile \u00een Egreta s-au r\u0103sp\u00e2ndit ca fulgerul \u00een lume. \u00centr-o noapte, ma\u015finile televiziunilor de \u015ftiri au n\u0103v\u0103lit din lizier\u0103, \u00eentr-un lung convoi. M-au speriat mai ales antenele de satelit uria\u015fe, montate pe caroserii, \u015fi luminile farurilor care m-au \u00eenconjurat f\u0103r\u0103 sc\u0103pare. Reporterii au dat buzna \u00een curte, c\u0103lc\u00e2nd peste corturi \u015fi saltele, c\u0103ut\u00e2ndu-l \u00een hait\u0103 pe \u015feful, adic\u0103 pe mine, evanghelistul-\u015fef Alecu, \u015fi, c\u00e2nd m-au descoperit \u015fi au pornit \u00eentr-o goan\u0103 \u00eenfrico\u015f\u0103toare, Silviu, prietenul meu a r\u0103s\u0103rit ca din p\u0103m\u00e2nt, probabil fusese avertizat, le-a \u0163inut calea \u015fi i-a oprit:<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u2014 Merge\u0163i \u015fi spune\u0163i cele ce a\u0163i v\u0103zut \u015fi cele ce a\u0163i auzit: Orbii v\u0103d, \u015fchiopii umbl\u0103, lepro\u015fii se cur\u0103\u0163esc, surzii aud, mor\u0163ii \u00eenviaz\u0103 \u015fi s\u0103racilor li se bineveste\u015fte, cum a l\u0103sat scris apostolul Matei.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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