Retired assassin

A Retired  American assassin has ties in Egypt. They agree to place him at an abandon outpost in the desert. They find a local woman of similar age that wants to live alone with a foreign man. There is a well, some buildings, Some underground rooms and little else. The desert is vast. There is no desire to escape it. Four times a year supplies arrive. The military contact in charge wonders what he is up to.

The assassin has largely worked at a distance. Occasionally he has worked up close. He knows the odds were stacking up against him. He wanted out.

The woman is a loner. She would prefer to live without a companion. She loves the silence of the desert, the wind. The man generally ignores her. They are getting old.  They live together in a lonely place.

Then, one day, she thinks. ...