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.

the severity of the situation, sir? Should I instead call

an ambulance?”

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

don’t think so.”

on this

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

on the other line,” Terrence said.

the medical data from

visit.”

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

want me to stay on the

busy with Grace to realize

sir. See you soon.”

changes in his boss in the time since Mr. Reed saved Miss Cummins. Mr. Reed was engaging in a way that suggested more

rather incredible.

Terrence would’ve said, ‘No. Not in a

he was. In a shanty of an apartment, with

his

here…

his place to question or inform Mr.

the best physicians in the city.

After all, his

the side in case he should retreat without being seen. But when the door was opened, Jason

room.

ushering the doctor into the

took a quick survey of

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

over the

hard to mask his

Jason said. “What’s wrong with her? I kept calling her just now but I couldn’t wake her up.” Jason stood

employer had lost his usual calmness.

was anxious and his posture was

Terrence briefly as if for confirmation.

work, checking Grace’s vitals, all while Jason stood by, looking on

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

airlifted at any time, if the

necessary.”

the wild look of

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