\u00abHadi, al onu. \u00c7\u00f6p kar\u0131\u015ft\u0131r\u0131p \u015fi\u015fe toplarken elli dolar sana servet gibi geliyordur.\u00bb Bu kibirli s\u00f6zleri f\u0131rt\u0131nal\u0131 bir Sal\u0131 g\u00fcn\u00fc \u015eikago\u2019da, p\u0131r\u0131l p\u0131r\u0131l l\u00fcks arac\u0131mdan d\u0131\u015far\u0131 ba\u011f\u0131r\u0131rken s\u00f6yledim. O anki k\u00fcstahl\u0131\u011f\u0131m\u0131 her hat\u0131rlad\u0131\u011f\u0131mda h\u00e2l\u00e2 derin bir utan\u00e7 duyuyorum. Otuz dokuz ya\u015f\u0131ndaki ba\u015far\u0131l\u0131 bir i\u015f insan\u0131 olarak, param\u0131n ve g\u00fcc\u00fcm\u00fcn bana verdi\u011fi tehlikeli bir \u00f6zg\u00fcvene sahiptim. Sonra onu g\u00f6rd\u00fcm: K\u00f6pr\u00fc alt\u0131ndaki \u00e7\u00f6pl\u00fcklerin yan\u0131nda, eski bir mavi ya\u011fmurlukla plastik \u015fi\u015feleri toplayan eski kar\u0131m Lucy. \u00dc\u00e7 y\u0131l \u00f6nce beni en b\u00fcy\u00fck tedarik\u00e7imle aldatmakla ve \u015firketimden iki y\u00fcz bin dolar \u00e7almakla su\u00e7lay\u0131p sa\u011fanak ya\u011fmurun alt\u0131nda evden kovdu\u011fum kad\u0131n.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
C\u00fczdan\u0131mdan \u00e7\u0131kard\u0131\u011f\u0131m elli dolarl\u0131k banknotu buru\u015fturup \u00e7izmelerinin yan\u0131ndaki \u00e7amurlu su birikintisine f\u0131rlatt\u0131m. \u00abBenim yerime se\u00e7ti\u011fin o milyardere ne oldu Lucy? O da m\u0131 senden b\u0131kt\u0131?\u00bb Lucy paraya bakt\u0131, sonra g\u00f6zlerini bana kald\u0131rd\u0131. Y\u00fcz\u00fcnde hi\u00e7bir \u00f6fke yoktu; bu durum beni daha da huzursuz etti. \u00abParan sende kals\u0131n Alexander,\u00bb dedi sakince. \u00abEtraf\u0131ndaki insanlar\u0131 ne kadar yanl\u0131\u015f yarg\u0131lad\u0131\u011f\u0131n\u0131 anlad\u0131\u011f\u0131nda, o paraya benden daha \u00e7ok ihtiyac\u0131n olacak.\u00bb<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Ard\u0131ndan y\u00fcr\u00fcmeye ba\u015flad\u0131. Onu neden takip etti\u011fimi bilmeden, kanal yak\u0131nlar\u0131ndaki harap bir binaya kadar arkas\u0131ndan gittim. Karanl\u0131k bir odada yatan, v\u00fccudunun bir taraf\u0131 fel\u00e7li olan ya\u015fl\u0131 adam\u0131 g\u00f6rd\u00fc\u011f\u00fcmde kalbim duracak gibi oldu. O adam benim babamd\u0131. Son alt\u0131 ayd\u0131r k\u0131z karde\u015fim Maya\u2019ya, babam\u0131n l\u00fcks bir rehabilitasyon merkezindeki bak\u0131m\u0131 i\u00e7in her ay 3.500 dolar g\u00f6nderiyordum. Maya bana her hafta babam\u0131n g\u00fczel bah\u00e7elerde oturdu\u011fu sahte videolar at\u0131yordu. Ama babam burada, Lucy\u2019nin \u00e7\u00f6pten toplad\u0131\u011f\u0131 paralarla ald\u0131\u011f\u0131 s\u0131cak \u00e7orbayla besleniyordu.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Lucy masaya hastane evraklar\u0131n\u0131 koydu. Belgeleri inceledi\u011fimde babam\u0131n doktorlar\u0131n uyar\u0131lar\u0131na ra\u011fmen hastaneden \u00e7\u0131kar\u0131ld\u0131\u011f\u0131n\u0131 g\u00f6rd\u00fcm; alt\u0131ndaki imza k\u0131z karde\u015fim Maya\u2019ya aitti. Lucy derin bir i\u00e7 \u00e7ekti: \u00abK\u0131z karde\u015fin ve o tedarik\u00e7in \u00fc\u00e7 y\u0131l \u00f6nce \u015firketindeki paray\u0131 \u00e7almak i\u00e7in bana iftira att\u0131. Babana ger\u00e7e\u011fi anlatmaya \u00e7al\u0131\u015ft\u0131\u011f\u0131mda ise Maya onu yaln\u0131z b\u0131rak\u0131p hastaneye terk etti. Fel\u00e7 ge\u00e7irmesinin nedeni ge\u00e7irdi\u011fi krizdi.\u00bb<\/p>\n\n\n\n
O an t\u00fcm hayat\u0131m\u0131n devasa bir yalan \u00fczerine kurulu oldu\u011funu anlad\u0131m. Ertesi g\u00fcn polis e\u015fli\u011finde Maya\u2019y\u0131 ve su\u00e7 orta\u011f\u0131n\u0131 g\u00f6zalt\u0131na ald\u0131rd\u0131m. Babam\u0131 en iyi \u00f6zel bak\u0131mevine yerle\u015ftirdikten sonra Lucy\u2019den diz \u00e7\u00f6k\u00fcp \u00f6z\u00fcr diledim. Lucy beni affetmedi ama kurdu\u011fum yeni yard\u0131m vakf\u0131n\u0131n ba\u015f\u0131na ge\u00e7meyi kabul etti. Ben ise kibirimin bedelini hayat\u0131m boyunca unutamayaca\u011f\u0131m bir dersle \u00f6dedim.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
\u00abHadi, al onu. \u00c7\u00f6p kar\u0131\u015ft\u0131r\u0131p \u015fi\u015fe toplarken elli dolar sana servet gibi geliyordur.\u00bb Bu kibirli s\u00f6zleri f\u0131rt\u0131nal\u0131 bir Sal\u0131 g\u00fcn\u00fc \u015eikago\u2019da, p\u0131r\u0131l p\u0131r\u0131l l\u00fcks arac\u0131mdan d\u0131\u015far\u0131 ba\u011f\u0131r\u0131rken s\u00f6yledim. O anki k\u00fcstahl\u0131\u011f\u0131m\u0131 her hat\u0131rlad\u0131\u011f\u0131mda h\u00e2l\u00e2 derin bir utan\u00e7 duyuyorum. Otuz dokuz ya\u015f\u0131ndaki ba\u015far\u0131l\u0131 bir i\u015f insan\u0131 olarak, param\u0131n ve g\u00fcc\u00fcm\u00fcn bana verdi\u011fi tehlikeli bir \u00f6zg\u00fcvene sahiptim. … \u0427\u0438\u0442\u0430\u0442\u044c \u0434\u0430\u043b\u0435\u0435<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":87,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-86","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/warmtales.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/86","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/warmtales.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/warmtales.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/warmtales.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/warmtales.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=86"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/warmtales.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/86\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":88,"href":"https:\/\/warmtales.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/86\/revisions\/88"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/warmtales.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/87"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/warmtales.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=86"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/warmtales.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=86"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/warmtales.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=86"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}