Romano had made good on his promise and had enlisted both Nadia and Yolanda aid in ensuring that Eliza took her vitamins and rested enough but that was the only promise he kept.

A month passed with barely any word from him, and his phone calls, the few that came, were rushed and impersonal and barely lasted three minutes. 

When Eliza tried to contact him, he was never available, or so the cold female voices on the other end of the line told her. Eliza had no choice but to take them at their ...