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 severity of the situation, sir?

an ambulance?”

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

don’t think so.”

on this now,

any doctor they

the other line,” Terrence said. “I’ll

and the medical data from her earlier

visit.”

the washcloth to cool down her face

stay on

was too busy with Grace to realize he hadn’t hung up

See you soon.”

was engaging in a way that suggested more than work or business obligation.

rather incredible.

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

was. In a shanty of an apartment, with

his former

just here… he was

that realization was one he would keep to himself. It was not his place to question or inform Mr. Reed of his emotional attachments-or lack

the services of one of the best physicians in the city. Then he woke the doctor up

was especially careful when knocking on the door. After all, his employer did not want Grace to discover his true

without being seen. But when the door was opened, Jason immediately stepped

room.

the doctor into the house.

a quick survey 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.

over the

tried hard to mask

calling her just now but I couldn’t

had lost his usual calmness.

was anxious and his

Terrence briefly as if for confirmation. Terrence nodded.

while Jason stood by, looking on the verge of

best general practitioners in the city. And we can have

Cummins airlifted at any time, if the doctor deems it

necessary.”

eyes still had the wild look of a man about to come

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