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,

an ambulance?”

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

don’t think so.”

working on this now, sir.”

Jason 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 situation too.

doctor on the other line,”

events and the medical data from

visit.”

the washcloth to cool down her

you want me to stay on the line,

realize he hadn’t hung

sir. See you soon.”

Mr. Reed saved Miss Cummins. Mr. Reed was engaging in a way that suggested more

rather incredible.

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

a shanty of an apartment,

killed his

just here… he

he would keep to himself. It was not his place to question or inform Mr. Reed

used the Reed Group name to enlist the services of one of the best physicians in the city. Then he woke the doctor up and

knocking on the door. After all, his

being seen. But when the door

room.

he said, ushering the

quick survey

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

one over

hard to mask his

I kept calling her just now but I couldn’t wake her up.”

his employer had lost his usual calmness.

was anxious and his posture was tense.

Terrence briefly as if for confirmation.

while Jason stood by, looking on the verge

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

at any time, if the

necessary.”

eyes still had the wild look of a man about to

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