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

is the severity of the situation, sir?

an ambulance?”

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

don’t think so.”

working on this now, sir.”

some explanation because no doubt any doctor they called would want to know more details

other line,” Terrence said.

medical data from her earlier

visit.”

wrung out the washcloth to cool

you want me to stay on the line,

was too busy with Grace to realize he hadn’t

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 had transpired

rather incredible.

asked to predict these events, Terrence would’ve said, ‘No. Not in a million years would Mr. Reed act

he was. In a shanty of an apartment, with a woman

his former

Jason wasn’t just here… he was

not his place to question or inform Mr. Reed of his emotional

physicians in the city. Then he woke

knocking on the door. After all, his employer did not want

But when the door was opened, Jason immediately stepped

room.

said, ushering the doctor into

survey of the

But this was a fraction of the size 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.

the one over

tried hard to

a look at her,” Jason said. “What’s wrong with her? I kept calling her just now but I couldn’t wake her up.” Jason stood beside the bed.

sensed his employer had lost his

expression was anxious and

glanced at Terrence briefly as if for confirmation. Terrence

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

is one of the best general practitioners in the city. And we can

time, if the doctor deems

necessary.”

the wild look of a man about to come

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