The Third Law

H Areth megalwnei monh ths thn efhbh korh ths, thn Eirhnh. Oi sxeseis toys einai dyskoles. H yperprostasia ths Areths «pnigei» thn Eirhnh poy psaxnei tropoys na ksefygei. 'Ena athwo psema ginetai aitia na katalhksei h Eirhnh sto nosokomeio, xtyphmenh asxhma kai biasmenh. H Areth meta ap' ayto kleinei kyriolektika thn Eirhnh sto spiti. Ki oso oi meres pernane ta pragmata agrieyoyn. To spiti ginetai fylakh kai aprospelasto gia toys alloys. H Areth ftanei mexri kai sto egklhma, prokeimenoy na prostatepsei thn korh ths ap' opoion thewrei epikindyno.

O Petros, foithths sto ekswteriko, epistrefei meta apo makroxronh apoysia sto spiti toy kai brisketai antimetwpos me mia nea pragmatikothta. O pateras toy, o Kwstas, exei ksanapantreytei. O Petros arneitai na apodextei th nea katastash. O idios, para to gegonos oti exoyn perasei sxedon dekapente xronia, den exei kseperasei to thanato ths mhteras toy. Thewrei, ki enw yparxoyn bebaies apodeikseis pws h mhtera toy aytoktonhse, ypeythyno ton Kwsta. Enw pateras kai gios sygkroyontai entona, h Stella, h nea gynaika toy Kwsta, epixeirei na gefyrwsei to keno sth sxesh twn dyo andrwn. Kai brisketai mplegmenh se ena kyklo pathoys, enoxwn kai kala krymmenwn mystikwn. Poy fainetai na ksekinaei apo ena mikro paramythi.

H 'Anna, nhpiagwgos poy perimenei to diorismo ths, einai pantremenh edw kai ligo kairo me ton Niko. Ki enw sth sxesh toys den yparxei kapoio orato problhma, h 'Anna aisthanetai apextheia gia ton andra ths ki arneitai na kanei erwta mazi toy. O Nikos arxizei na apomakrynetai ki ekeinh katafeygei sthn Maria, paidikh ths filh kai psyxiatro. H opoia, epixeirwntas na bohthhsei, tha odhghsei thn 'Anna sta pio skoteina monopatia toy myaloy kai ths psyxhs ths. Ekei poy o monos odhgos einai h myrwdia... Toy kthnoys...

H 'Ellh einai pantremenh me ton Takh ki exoyn ena agoraki ligwn mhnwn. 'Enas agnwstos andras apagagei to mwro kai traymatizei paraligo thanasima thn 'Ellh. Oi meres poy akoloythoyn einai efialtikes gia to zeygari, kathws o agnwstos den epikoinwnei mazi toys. H astynomia syllambanei ton enoxo, alla to brefos brisketai nekro. O drasths, poy einai eksarthmenos apo oysies, tha ektisei thn poinh toy se klinikh apeksarthshs. To gegonos ayto klonizei thn 'Ellh. H adikia, poy noiwthei, thn odhgei se mia epikindynh apofash: na parei to nomo sta xeria ths...