CHAPTER 40
The next few days were drizzly and cooler. Bad timing, because people’s nerves were on edge and everyone needed distraction. Sakiko spent a few hours in the gym and got a massage, but mostly passed the time by running ocean tests herself instead of sloughing them off on Sunita. Since Sunita was devoting more and more of her attention to Yuri, it was probably just as well.
Michael often kept Sakiko company. He had nothing else to do and seemed genuinely interested in the equipment and testing procedures. Most of the time he watched what she was doing. Sometimes he just watched her. And that was OK. She’d foregone her usual grubby clothes when handling the equipment, and instead wore a halter and shorts. Then the drizzle turned cold and the slickers he found for them ruined the
