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.

of the situation, sir? Should I instead call

an ambulance?”

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

don’t think so.”

this

second to offer some explanation because no doubt any doctor

the other line,” Terrence said. “I’ll

the medical data from her

visit.”

brow and wrung out the washcloth

to stay on the line,

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

sir. See you

Cummins. Mr. Reed was engaging in a way that suggested more than work or business obligation. And given

rather incredible.

Not in

a shanty of

killed his

wasn’t just here… he was present.

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

one of the best physicians in the city. Then he woke the doctor up and collected him from his house.

his employer

the side in case he should retreat without being seen. But when the

room.

in,” he said, ushering the

took a quick survey of the room.

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

over the sink.

hard to

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

sensed his employer had lost his

anxious and his

briefly as if for confirmation. Terrence nodded.

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

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

airlifted at any time,

necessary.”

nodded, but his eyes still had the wild look of a man

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