The envelope in the chest pocket is right ? After regaining consciousness, this was the first thought of Liam. He quickly put his hand in his pocket. Yes, there is the envelope! Let's go, saved. Liam put his hand on his head this time. What a pain! He didn't even understand that the motorbike was coming from behind. And when it hit him, he almost flew to the side of the road! Several parts of Rome have cobblestone streets. These are called 'Sampietrini'. These basalt stone cubes, placed hundreds of years ago, are sometimes like old people’s tooths. Two-wheelers face many accidents due to this rock. This lane also has some stones left on one side. In fact, road work is going on. Maybe it was because of this loose stone that the motorbike lost control and hit Liam.
It hit him hard in the head . A little blood also came out. But nothing huge. The work should be done and then he can get it bandaged. Liam picked up his small side bag lying on the ground and stood up. The street is deserted.There is no one around. The motorbike that almost killed him also overturned. But now there is no sign of that either. Surely seeing him unconscious, the driver ran away in fear.
It is almost night now. Daylight lasts a little longer here. Yellow streetlights are mounted on two-by-four iron brackets on the bread-coloured houses along the road. A strange atmosphere between light and dark. Today is the twenty-third of October. The smell of Early Winter in the air.
The lane is crooked like a snake. This place is called 'Jewish Ghetto'. This place is very old along the Tiber river on one side of the city of Rome. Cobbled streets surrounded by old houses on all four sides. There is a large synagogue in the middle of the ghetto. He should go to the alley next to that synagogue. The paper with the home address is wrapped inside the envelope along with the Euro notes. But it doesn't need to be seen. Liam remembers. He shook the dust off his body and moved forward this time. He understood, the knee is also affected.
Nearby shops are closed. But the light shines through the glass window. From the outside it is clear what is kept in the window. Liam passed an old shop and entered the lane on the right. Someone is playing a violin in the distance. Bach's 'Chaconne'. The hands are a little raw, but it does not feel bad. The sound is knocking on the walls of the houses on both sides of this quiet street. All the bad feelings are getting involved with the flowers blooming in the tubs arranged in the hanging balcony. And it was in this atmosphere that Liam remembered Melinn.
Liam left the country five years ago in search of work. He has no parents. There was no one to stop it. Arrived in the city of Rome on the trust of a friend. However, the friend could not do anything special for him except to see him work in a shop.
Where he works, that too is a German man's stationery shop. The man has been in Rome for a long time. When he came to this country as a refugee. After that he got citizenship after burning a lot of wood. But despite being here for almost four decades, he could not forget German. He often sings Georg Danzer’s songs. Bring german books from the country. Just don't go back. For whom he has so much love, what is so much that contempts for. Liam doesn't understand.
Once Liam asked, "Stephan Uncle, why haven't you visited the country even once?”
He said in a low voice, “The life of the star also comes to an end. It ends, but it doesn't end, you know. Love lives beyond the age of stars. There is no point in having to approach. You can love from afar.”
Saturday is a half day and Sunday is a full day holiday. He doesn't get much in the store. So on that holiday he went to the Spanish Steps. There, standing near the house where Keats once lived, plays the violin. Rome is an amazing city that is always crowded with tourists. So a little bit of income is earned.
And he met Melinn while playing this instrument. Melinn sells flowers on one side of a large square in the Spanish Steps. Brown-haired Melinn’s cheeks glowed with a sunset-hued glow! Autumn’s brown forest inside the eyes!
