Chapter 53: Snowflakes Calligraphy

The white calligraphy written on the open sea of the Adriatic in the long night sailed towards the distant shores of the Mediterranean, meeting only a refugee boat from war zones and all the other ships anchored in the harbors were waiting for better weather days.A mother in her arms with a small baby was exhaling from the cold and winter, eh, how come it's not as warm as usual now, but this year began with a harsh cold."Only for the ship to reach the shore," she begged contritely and fell, unable to regain the breath of life.With her last wave of energy, she warmed the born child to freedom and the harbor where peace reigns.It is a fight for every life."If snowflakes were the wings of an angel to carry refugees to an oasis of peace, " thought Giovanni Polo.As if the sky and sea obeyed him, in the cold night, a new pearly pink coral archipelago emerged from under the sea and embraced softly the boat with refugees, carrying it in its embrace to the coast on the other side of the Adriatic, where a team of rescuers gathered when noticed the boat at sea.Giovanni Polo managed to take a picture of the helpless refugees leaving the boat with his camera, but the pearl of the rosy archipelago disappeared from the picture even though it was in focus."It must have been just an illusion," he thought to himself, put his hands in his pockets and went back to his hotel room.Giovanni was not the only one to notice the archipelago disappearing into the open sea.Lintang and Rinota were also awake."Can we go to the other side of the coast now, please," Lintang asked him."No, it's too dangerous, there's still storms and snow, meteorologists are only predicting better weather in two days, when the ships in the ports can set sail for the sea.""The baby's mother has passed away, what will happen to the child?""There is a team of rescuers, they will take the survivors to the hospital and take good care of them, we are powerless in this situation."Lintang stood looking sadly at the sea through the clear glass window. Rinota was by her side giving her support.On the TV screen there was news from the region, due to heavy snow and precipitation, tourists from Bangladesh who had lost their way while skiing in the mountains due to the blizzard were also found and rescued by helicopters."You see, we are lucky to come back to the hotel early before snow becomes too heavy."The telephone rang, Rinota's father was calling him."I checked all flights to India from Europe.Not a single flight from Europe goes directly to Prayagraj.We decided to send a private jet airplane to pick you up.Airplane is on a way to Korcula, please prepare your bags with clothes, we are waiting for you two to come here soon.We heard that the snow is so heavy that it causes problems there.Here just starry nights and we can observe the alignment of the planets in a line before dawnwhile practicing yoga.""OK. I understand, I have to talk with Lintang first," Rinota answered, he was afraid that Lintang would refuse to go. "Look, snow has stopped!""Mercury, Venus, Mars, Jupiter and Saturn in a line before dawn!""Yes, Venus is very bright at 3 after midnight."It was just a short break, during the rest of night Korcula island was covered in white winter lace dress made of fresh pure snow fantasy which sparkled like crystal under the morning rays that scattered in bundles of colors over the city on the blue Adriatic.