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

situation, sir? Should

an ambulance?”

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

don’t think so.”

this now,

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

doctor on the other line,”

and the medical data from

visit.”

the washcloth to cool down her

to stay

realize he hadn’t hung up the

See you

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.

Not in a million

shanty of an

killed his former lover.

just here… he

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

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

his employer did

seen. But when the door was

room.

he said, ushering the doctor

took a quick survey of the

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. A single bed. A pile of pillows and blankets on the floor. One door, presumably to a bathroom. No

one over the

to mask

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

his employer had lost his usual

and his posture was

glanced at Terrence briefly as if for

vitals, all while Jason

the best general practitioners in the city.

at any time,

necessary.”

eyes still had the wild look of a man about to come

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