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.

it?” Jason

the severity of the situation, sir?

an ambulance?”

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

don’t think so.”

this now, sir.”

doubt any doctor they called would want to know more details of the situation too. “She has a fever.

doctor on the other line,” Terrence said. “I’ll relay

the medical data

visit.”

out the washcloth to cool down her face and neck

me to stay on the

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

sir. See

Mr. Reed saved Miss Cummins. Mr. Reed was engaging in a way that suggested more than work or business obligation. And given this woman’s

rather incredible.

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

here he was. In a shanty

his former

just here…

his place

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 him from his house.

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

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

room.

ushering the doctor into

a quick survey

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

the one over the sink.

to mask

kept calling her just now but

employer had lost his usual

anxious and his posture was

as if for confirmation.

went to work, checking Grace’s vitals, all while Jason stood by, looking on the verge of

one of the best general

at any time, if

necessary.”

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

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