eventually asking for something in return.
But Richard never did.
Each morning, before I started work, he would find me.
“How are you today, Nora? Do you need anything?”
“I’m fine,” I always replied.
He never seemed convinced, but he respected the answer.
Richard hired a nanny named Ruth, although she often had little to do because he loved spending time with Emily himself.
I sometimes found him crawling across the carpet while she rode on his back, both of them pretending to be lions.
Other times, he sat beside
