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

situation, sir?

an ambulance?”

it lessened Jason’s annoyance slightly. “No,” he said. “No ambulance.” Then:

don’t think so.”

on this

up, he spared a second to offer some explanation because no doubt any doctor they called would want to know more details of the situation too. “She has

other line,”

medical data from her earlier

visit.”

washcloth to cool down her face and neck again.

me to stay on the

busy with Grace to realize he hadn’t

See you soon.”

a way that suggested more than work or business obligation. And given this woman’s background and what

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, with a woman

killed his

wasn’t just here… he was present.

It was not his place to question or inform Mr. Reed of his emotional attachments-or lack

of the best physicians in the city. Then he woke

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

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

room.

the doctor into the

a quick survey of

sink, stove, refrigerator. A small dinette table for two was

the one over

to mask his shock.

with her? I kept calling her just now but I couldn’t wake

employer had

was anxious and his posture

Terrence briefly as

all while Jason stood by, looking on the

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

airlifted at any time, if

necessary.”

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

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