32Chione and Aaron peered at the crowd from behind the double fly of the cook tent. “From the day the paparazzi got wind of Rita's demise,” Chione said, “reporters from around the world have taken it upon themselves to plague the site.” Now that the sand had stopped blowing, the curious returned in droves.
“Too many visitors was the reason Dr. Withers refused to take time off like the rest of us,” Aaron said, shaking his head. “He's the one the dignitaries want to talk to. It's left him little time to scrutinize incoming offers. He wants to review all of them in order to avoid being backed into a corner.”
“Before committing to the pressures of the Yagos?”
The directors inadvertently put a hold on further work until their arrival. A faxed message said they would remain in Cairo until the
