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 asked irritably.

the situation, sir? Should

an ambulance?”

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

don’t think so.”

working on this now, sir.”

doctor they called would want to know more details of the situation too. “She has a fever. It’s

a doctor on the other line,” Terrence

data from her

visit.”

wrung out the washcloth to cool

me to stay on the line,

realize he hadn’t hung up the

sir. See you soon.”

noticed 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 woman’s background and what had transpired surrounding

rather incredible.

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

a shanty of an apartment, with a woman

killed his former lover.

here… he was present.

would keep to himself. It was not his place to question or

of one of the best physicians in the city. Then he woke

knocking on the door. After all, his

without being seen. But when the door was

room.

in,” he said, ushering the doctor into

a quick survey

known 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 center. One armoire. A single bed. A

one over the sink.

tried hard to

her just now but I couldn’t wake

sensed his employer had lost

expression was anxious and his posture

at Terrence briefly as if for confirmation. Terrence

all while Jason stood by, looking on the

Raunfield is one of the best

at any time, if the doctor deems

necessary.”

the wild look of a man

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