4

This was an important decision I had to make, I had risked being arrested, the man had read the file to some extent and then suddenly stopped talking, what could be so secret?

Who knows, maybe he had no other choice, it was already five in the evening, I found myself in a military prison, I spent the night on a wooden chair that was ten centimeters wide.

When the general withdrew his complaint, I was released, I headed towards the exit gate with a piece of bread they gave me for breakfast. Even though it was seven in the morning, the hot air hit me like a slap in the face. I felt used, but being free made me forget everything.

After going to the hotel and taking a warm shower, I fell asleep in my room. I suddenly remembered that I had made an appointment with the man I met on the way and immediately went down to the basement of the hotel, which was made to look like a nightclub. I wanted to come early and have a look around, I realized how foreign I was to my country. The club had not yet started working at full capacity, three women with oiled bodies and shining brightly were writhing together like snakes on the stage.

They were applauding with passionate kisses to excite the men watching. They were like lesbian girls kissing for the first time.

The new, extremely religious management did not apply Sharia law in the hotel where foreigners were staying, the music was blaring from the old stereo speakers, I watched the men commenting on all their relationships from their favorite corner table with a primitive melody that shook the pitch darkness, the waiters chasing after tips, the surroundings were not very clear because of the cigarette smoke, then I focused on the girl in the middle of the stage, she seemed to be someone special, she had wide hips, fleshy calves and a pink tongue. I could not figure out what was interesting in her eyes but she had a familiar look, she was trying to pull off her thong and attract attention.

When I raised my head, I saw the man standing in the darkness, I had to follow him and make him notice me, on the other hand I wanted to make him feel that I was not affected, I wanted him to seek me out in the dark, there was not a single moment when he was not interested in me, he had persistently tried to get an appointment and he had succeeded.

I felt like a child next to this man, he ordered hookah and whiskey and sat at the table, I should have been an adult at this table.

After greeting me, he gave me a sincere kiss on the cheek, he was trying to be cheerful, he looked around for a while, is there anything new? he asked the waiter. The new one in the middle, very light, isn't he exactly your type?

The waiter said, as if two men were sitting at the table examining the stripper girls, I realized how rude he was at that moment.

It seemed that women and men would never be equal in Middle Eastern societies, and this was our fate.

He never took his eyes off the stage for a moment, I said you told me you had information to give.

-I hope this is a small issue, it doesn't mean that the reward will be small either, the man laughed lightly

-No, have you ever seen me being stingy up until now?

What was the man's name?

I didn't know how to address him.

He said he had met with some friends before coming to the club, so he was a little late, and he apologized politely.

Before meeting me, he had attended a meeting of a famous sect, the sect's top leaders were fighting over the division of property these days. The sect had a lot of movable and immovable property, the son of the leader who was considered the second in command of the sect had put a photo of a woman in front of him.

- He said he was 32 years old, 65 cm tall, had short hair, and was staying at a Swiss hotel.

- Is he Syrian?

- Yes, of course; but he has a Shiite and dictator-supporting father and a secular mother who were cowards who left the country to its fate during wartime.

- Was he pro-Assad?

- He came to Aleppo for an unusual request, there was an emergency, and the price went up accordingly.

- I'm glad the price went up, the man said. He'll be leaving tomorrow morning to go to the city center. That means you have to take care of the job tonight.

The son of the sheikh of the order looked around again, when he saw the woman at the middle table looking directly at him, he was pleased, he said that this time would be enough and stood up, standing between the tables, looking down at the water flowing down from the window.

I was excited the moment I entered the nightclub. I was happy that he had given me an appointment. I walked around the empty tables and chairs, stopped in front of a third-rate portrait hanging on the wall, walked towards her and stood next to her, her hair had a color reminiscent of the red of a sunset. It was as if it was reflecting the last rays of the setting sun, this made her look attractive and also increased her sexiness, I waited for her to smile when she looked at me, it has become a tradition now. When you see your friend, you greet her with a slight smile. However, her look was completely indifferent, then she looked away again.

After greeting, I wondered if you had changed your mind about drinking together, I said.

She continued to stare at the water gushing out of the small pool in the middle with great stubbornness.

- I know what it is like to be in a foreign city, dream