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

the severity of the situation, sir? Should

an ambulance?”

Jason’s annoyance slightly. “No,” he said. “No ambulance.”

don’t think so.”

on this now, sir.”

would’ve hung up, he spared a second to offer some explanation because no doubt any doctor

a doctor on the other

the medical data

visit.”

and wrung out the washcloth to cool down her face and neck again.

you want me to stay on the line, sir?”

to realize

See you

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 Mr. Reed’s

rather incredible.

events, Terrence would’ve said, ‘No. Not in a

was. In a shanty of an apartment, with a

his former lover.

here… he

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

to enlist the services of one of the best physicians in the city.

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

the side in case he should retreat without being seen. But when the door

room.

said, ushering the doctor into

quick survey of the

enough room for the sink, stove, refrigerator. A small dinette table for two was at the center. One armoire.

the one over

tried hard to

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

sensed his employer had lost his usual

and

glanced at Terrence briefly as if for confirmation.

went to work, checking Grace’s vitals, all while Jason stood by, looking on the verge of

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

Cummins airlifted at any time, if the doctor deems it

necessary.”

his eyes still had the wild

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