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 irritably.

the severity of the situation, sir? Should I

an ambulance?”

an intelligent question and it lessened Jason’s annoyance slightly.

don’t think so.”

working on this now,

because no doubt any doctor they called would want to know

other line,” Terrence said.

data from her earlier hospital

visit.”

washcloth to cool down her face and neck

to stay on the line, sir?”

busy with Grace to realize

sir. See

many changes in his boss in the time since Mr. Reed saved Miss Cummins. Mr. Reed was engaging in a way that suggested more than work or business obligation. And given this

rather incredible.

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

he was. In a shanty of an

his former lover.

just here… he

his place to question or

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

After all, his employer did not want Grace to discover his true identity.

seen. But when the door was opened, Jason immediately stepped aside

room.

in,” he said, ushering the doctor into the house.

quick survey

with enough room for the sink, stove, refrigerator. A small dinette table for two was at the center. One armoire. A

one over

to mask his shock.

wrong with her? I kept calling her

his employer had lost his

expression was anxious and

at Terrence briefly as if

while Jason stood by, looking on the

of the best general practitioners in the city. And we

any time, if the doctor

necessary.”

still had the wild look of a man

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