They needed to meet each other as equals in their marriage—equals in effort and affection. Of a surety, Fox cared something for her. He wasn’t a callous man. But as Leah watched Malcolm mourn his Aileen, she realized that Fox would not find Leah’s own loss unbearable. To him, her death would be more inconvenience than devastation. Leah wanted to be more than an inconvenience to Fox Carnegie.
