not a single customer has come for 20 days to buy the perfumes yasir makes from jasmine and lotus flowers. he says he's had enough of the last three years of turmoil brought on by egypt's experiment with democracy. he wants former president mubarak out of jail, says things were better back then. >> mubarak is like a father to us. >> reporter: mubarak in prison since 2011 faces a court decision tomorrow. he's already been acquitted of corruption. while no one in egypt seriously expects mubarak to be restored to power, his release would be a powerful symbol, a return to square one. and perhaps even the start of the end of the arab spring and a reemergence of the strong men who have ruled these lands for millennia. it is a stunning turn of events. in just weeks, mubarak considered for release, the elected president, mohamed morsi, detained. the head of the muslim brotherhood arrested overnight. a new general in charge. if egypt, the biggest arab country, turns on the arab spring, so may other countries in the middle east. for americans living in cairo like byron skaggs' family, the last few