His First Lady
Maybe this is a political marriage.
That doesn’t make me feel all that better. “Even if it’s just a marriage of convenience,” I say. “Even if she just wants to save the world, and he can see how that adds to his candidacy… Even if there is no love between them at all, which we don’t know, but…” I sigh. “They are still engaged. A marriage of convenience is still a marriage.”
“Unfortunately, that is true,” Cynthia says. “I’m sorry, Esther. Do you want me to come over? Do you want to go out? Whatever you want to do…”