"We were so sure those days would last forever," Nelu said, tuning a string. "We didn't realize that every 'cheers' was a grain of sand falling through the glass."
By the time the final note faded, the room didn't feel quite so empty anymore. It felt full of the ghosts of a beautiful yesterday, invited back in by a song that promised never to forget. Nelu si Florin Peste - Parca Ieri Toti Ne-Am Strans
They were there to prepare for a memorial, but the silence of the room was filled with the echoes of a different time. In their minds, the walls bled back into the vibrant colors of a wedding feast from twenty years ago. They could almost hear the clinking of glasses filled with homemade plum brandy and the rhythmic thumping of feet dancing the hora . "We were so sure those days would last