The initial phase of the excavation was underway, and I was now expected to return to my home university for the start of the Fall semester when I would resume my teaching duties. While classes had yet to begin, I had already postponed my return trip by more than a week, but I couldn’t do that for much longer. In another two weeks, the semester would be underway, and my butt needed to be walking into my lecture hall when it did. Of course, I would continue to supervise the excavation of Dilmun remotely, making periodic trips to Sharjah, but I wouldn’t return for any extensive period until the Fall term ended, and even then I would only remain at the excavation site for a month. Amir and I had never discussed our affair in terms of the future, so when he’d spoken of making things right, I really had no idea of what that meant for me exactly. Of course, I was not thrilled with the idea of him being involved with me, while he planned to marry another woman.
