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.

of the situation, sir? Should I instead call

an ambulance?”

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

don’t think so.”

on this now,

normally would’ve hung up, he spared a second to offer some explanation because no doubt any doctor they called would want to know more details of the

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

events and the medical data from her earlier

visit.”

Grace’s brow and wrung out the washcloth to cool down her face and

want me to stay on the line, sir?”

with Grace to realize he hadn’t hung up the phone.

sir. See you

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

rather incredible.

would’ve said, ‘No. Not

In a shanty of an apartment, with a woman

killed his former

wasn’t just here… he was present.

one he would keep to himself. It was not his place to question

the best physicians in the city. Then he woke the doctor up and collected him

the door. After all, his employer did

kept to the side in case he should retreat without being seen. But when the door was opened, Jason immediately stepped aside and gestured him

room.

ushering the doctor

took a quick survey

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 pile of pillows and blankets on the floor. One

the one over the sink.

to mask

her? I kept calling her just now but I couldn’t wake her up.” Jason stood beside the

had lost his usual

was anxious and his posture was tense.

briefly as if for confirmation. Terrence

while Jason stood by, looking on

the best general practitioners

airlifted at any time, if the doctor deems it

necessary.”

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

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