He tried making an appointment again for the hundredth time, but got the same response.

The little woman was obviously avoiding him.

He could not blame her.

If he was in her shoes, he would probably do the same.

He had not called Isaac in a while.

He did not want to be any more of a bother than he was already.

But he had to make sure she stayed away from that Limuel man.

He was not sure for certain that the man planned to hurt her, it was simply a haunch.

And also ...