Chapter 84

That night, Jason was awakened by Grace’s muffled scream.

She tossed and turned and mumbled in her sleep.

He couldn’t make out what she was saying but her pained

whimpers and trembling made him think she was in fear or

pain.

“Sister,” he called to her. But she didn’t respond.

When he touched her head, he frowned. Her head was hot,

and her slight body was slicked with sweat.

Jason hurriedly wrung a towel soaked in cool water and wiped

Grace’s forehead.

But her eyes remained shut and she was still muttering something.

No matter how he called her, she wouldn’t wake up. A flash of panic crept over him. He didn’t know what to do-and he hated feeling inept. He hated it almost as much as realizing how worried he was about her. Which meant he was in way

over his head.

No. This was just a reaction given her medical history and

their circumstances.

Nothing more. Nothing less.

He took out his phone and immediately dialed Terrence. “Get

me a doctor. And send them to the apartment.”

“Now?” Terrence asked.

“Yes, now,” Jason ordered.

“Yes, sir.” There was a pause.

Jason asked

is the severity of the situation,

an ambulance?”

was an intelligent question and it lessened Jason’s annoyance

don’t think so.”

this now, sir.”

Jason normally would’ve hung up, he spared a second to offer some explanation because no doubt any doctor they called would want to know

the other line,” Terrence said. “I’ll

medical data from

visit.”

Jason smoothed Grace’s brow and wrung out the washcloth to cool down her face and

want me to stay on the line, sir?”

with Grace to realize he hadn’t hung up the phone.

See you soon.”

Reed was engaging in a way that suggested more than work or business obligation. And given this woman’s background and what had transpired surrounding Mr. Reed’s fiancee’s

rather incredible.

these events, Terrence would’ve said, ‘No. Not in a million years would Mr.

here he was. In a shanty of an apartment,

killed his former lover.

wasn’t just here… he

was not his place to question or inform

Reed Group name to enlist the services of one of the best physicians in the city. Then he woke the

especially careful when knocking on the door. After all, his employer

retreat without being seen. But when the door was opened, Jason immediately stepped aside and gestured him into

room.

the

took a quick survey of the

were small. But this was a fraction of the size of Mr. Reed’s office. The kitchenette was perhaps ten feet long with enough room for the sink, stove, refrigerator. A small dinette table for two was at the center. One armoire. A single bed. A pile of pillows and blankets on

one over the sink.

tried hard to mask

“What’s wrong with her? I kept calling her

employer had lost his

anxious and his posture was tense.

at Terrence briefly as if for confirmation.

immediately went to work, checking Grace’s vitals, all while Jason

is one of the best general practitioners in the city. And we can have

any time, if the doctor

necessary.”

had the wild look of a man about to come

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