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 irritably.

situation,

an ambulance?”

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

don’t think so.”

on this now,

because no doubt any doctor they called would want to know

doctor on the other line,”

the medical data from her

visit.”

out the washcloth to cool down her

to stay on the

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

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 background and what had transpired surrounding Mr. Reed’s fiancee’s death, it was

rather incredible.

said, ‘No. Not in a million years would

In a shanty of an

his former lover.

Jason wasn’t just here… he was

keep to himself. It was not his

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

the door. After all, his employer did not want Grace to

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

room.

in,” he said, ushering the doctor into the house.

quick survey of

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.

to mask

wrong with her? I kept calling her just now but I couldn’t wake her up.” Jason

sensed his employer had lost his usual calmness.

anxious and

doctor glanced at Terrence briefly as if for

vitals, all while Jason stood by, looking on the verge of

is one of the best general practitioners

any time,

necessary.”

had the wild look of a man about

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