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

severity of the situation,

an ambulance?”

intelligent question and it lessened Jason’s annoyance

don’t think so.”

working on this now,

any doctor they called would want to know more details of the situation too.

a doctor on the other line,”

data from her earlier

visit.”

brow and wrung out the washcloth to cool down her face and

you want me to stay on the

Grace to realize he hadn’t hung up the phone.

sir. See

Reed was engaging in a way that suggested more than work or

rather incredible.

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

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

killed his former

Jason wasn’t just here… he was present.

was not his place

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

especially careful when knocking on the door. After all, his employer did

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

room.

he said, ushering the

took a quick survey of

The kitchenette was perhaps ten feet long with enough room for the sink, stove, refrigerator. A small dinette table

the one over

tried hard to mask

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

had lost his

and his posture was tense.

at Terrence briefly as if for confirmation. Terrence nodded.

Grace’s vitals, all while Jason stood by, looking on the verge of

Raunfield is one of the best general practitioners

time, if

necessary.”

wild

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