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.

is it?” Jason asked irritably.

severity of the situation, sir?

an ambulance?”

intelligent question and it lessened Jason’s annoyance slightly. “No,” he

don’t think so.”

this now,

doctor

on the other line,” Terrence said.

medical data from

visit.”

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

want me to stay on the

busy with Grace to realize he hadn’t hung up the

See you soon.”

Mr. Reed was engaging in a way that suggested more than work

rather incredible.

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

he was. In a shanty of an apartment,

his

just here…

would keep to himself. It was not his place to

of the best physicians in

knocking on the door. After all, his

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

room.

ushering the

survey

these studio apartments 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

one over the sink.

to mask his shock.

“What’s wrong with her? I kept calling her just now but

employer had lost his usual

anxious and his posture

as if for

work, checking Grace’s vitals, all while Jason stood by,

the best general practitioners

Cummins airlifted at any time, if the doctor deems it

necessary.”

still had the wild look

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