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.... it was  past midnight one of clock,  that meant  officially  the nineteenth   date was starting,  jasam had   slept  wholeheartedly  wholesome  sleep that's why now he could not  shut his eyes , there was no trace of sleep  residual in his wide awake eyes,  he decided to go outside  his hotel room , the  hotel  complex was fantastic  and had a dream like quality,  fruit and flowering trees grew around  a central lush green  garden,  the most   attractive  sight in the hotel was it's  sheer blue water pool,  this wonderfully blue water pool was so big a bridge was  built above it to reach across,  that hour of late night  fuzzy lights reflected in the blue pool  felt heavenly,  jasim sat down at a table,  looking at the  lights  He pondered over his  problems,  the last phase of night  the pool  remained  secluded,  the air was casting a spell as he sat alone  .he gestured a uniformed waiter  who came to stand by him speaking in perfect English in Arabic  accent,  jasim asked him if he was a Saudi man,  the waiter Khalil was an Egyptian,  but both nationals speak  fluent Arabic  with  very slight  differences in accent only a native can identify