#3# The Address pt.2

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Sama

Baffled I try to copy the address and paste it on the search engine so that it might make sense of it. But the site forbade me from copying the text... Would that indicate it is valuable and probably private and unsharable?
In frustration, I randomly click around. Although when I clicked down the left corner of the screen, the text rotated as if the website was a card that had another text on the back of it, cause that happened. The tab rotated, and I saw some other text. Feeling like a pirate that found another hid to where his treasure might be, I desperately read the words written in front of me.

'For more information, go to this address and give the man the code you have been given. Do not under any circumstances share this code with anyone. It is only yours. Good luck.'

Although the message did not look threatening, I felt the urge and hurry to reach the address. I wonder what it means.. what man I am to deliver the code to and for what purpose? To where does this address lead to? Is this some kind of kidnapping attempt?

k ok... Cairo festival it is...I know this place well, It is a compound of global franchises, and an IKEA branch is there. I remember these things while scanning my eyes into the address to form any connections... There is also 4 story building mall aside from the restaurants that are outside of it that are around the dancing fountain...

THE FOUNTAIN!!
the two Tildes signs, mean water!!

Ok, so it is somewhere nearby.. still the options were a lot, where around the fountain? It must be a restaurant as that is all the shops that are around it... aside from the stage steps where people can sit and watch the fountain...

I look at the next bracket, the arrows must mean directions so right.. right of what? I look closely at the next symbol, is that a division sign? So portion or a sector? Of the fountain? Is that what the square means?

I look at the next bracket, so left off... a star and money sign.. 5 stars restaurant or...
Oooh! STARBUCKS!!

OK OK.. so Cairo festival city, sub-section of the fountain... left of Starbucks.
I open my phone quickly and open google maps, search for Cairo Festival City and I look at the photos. I skip soms photos till I find one that has the fountain, I look for Starbucks... I find it, but there is nothing on the left side of it, Starbucks is at the very right corner, although I find another restaurant that is on the right. Fridays.

I look at the address again...

Cairo festival city, sub-section of the fountain... left of Starbucks...
or can be...

Cairo festival city, in the fountain area..at the right corner, left of Starbucks.
Maybe there is an error, must be the right of Starbucks instead... or I can be entirely wrong. I can check next time I go. Can be next Saturday.

"What did u finish so far?" My mom gets into my room. I quickly switch to the lecture

"umm I am almost done with the arabic lecture, exactly 30 min and I'll be done," I tell her reassuringly, not sure how I'll manage to do that.
"You better finish it soon to switch to physics, they sent me your last monthly exam grade.." she says disappointingly crossing her arms.

Shit, I failed? My best guess is that I got a 30 out of 50...

"Thirty-eight out of fifty?? Really Sama? Why? You better get a better grade next time, no less than a forty" She says a bit angry.

I nod quickly and tell her" Don't worry Mom, I'll do better next time inshallah, I.." I wanted to give her a promise but I decided not to, Unit 2 is harder and I'm doing worse in them than in the last unit...Would be foolish to ask her now if we can go to Cairo Festival as our weekly trip. Good thing that we do go there frequently and the fact that it is only 30 min drive away. I decide to delay the suggestion for now and ask her about it when the time comes

"Sorry for taking so long" I hear a Male voice say.

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