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

of the situation, sir?

an ambulance?”

it lessened Jason’s annoyance

don’t think so.”

this now, sir.”

spared a second to offer some explanation because no doubt any doctor they called would want to know

have a doctor on the other line,”

the medical data

visit.”

the washcloth to

to stay on the line, sir?”

with Grace to realize he hadn’t hung up the phone. “No.”

sir. See you soon.”

that suggested more than work or business obligation. And given this woman’s background and what had transpired surrounding Mr. Reed’s fiancee’s death,

rather incredible.

would’ve said, ‘No. Not in

was. In a shanty of an apartment, with

his

just here… he was

he would keep to himself. It was not his place to question or inform Mr. Reed of his

Reed Group name to enlist the services of one of the best physicians in the city. Then he woke the doctor up and collected him from

was especially careful when knocking on the door. After all, his employer did not want Grace to discover his true

But when the door was opened, Jason immediately stepped aside and gestured him

room.

he said, ushering the doctor into the house.

a quick survey of the room.

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

over the sink.

hard to

wrong with her? I kept calling her just now but I couldn’t wake her up.” Jason stood

his employer had lost

anxious and his posture

glanced at Terrence briefly as if for confirmation.

all while Jason

Terrence said gently. “Dr. Raunfield is one of the best general practitioners in the city. And

Cummins airlifted at any time, if the doctor deems

necessary.”

eyes still had the wild look of a man about to come

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