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

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

an ambulance?”

was an intelligent question and it lessened Jason’s annoyance slightly.

don’t think so.”

this now, sir.”

explanation because no doubt any doctor they called would want to know more details of the situation too. “She has a fever. It’s

doctor on the other line,” Terrence said. “I’ll relay

and the medical data from her

visit.”

the washcloth to

you want me to stay on the line,

to realize he

See

Mr. Reed saved Miss Cummins. Mr. Reed was engaging in a way that suggested more than work or business obligation.

rather incredible.

‘No. Not in a million years would

he was. In a shanty of

his former lover.

Jason wasn’t just here… he was

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

the services of one of the best physicians in

all, his employer did

when the door

room.

in,” he said, ushering the doctor into

took a quick survey

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

over

to mask his shock.

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

his employer had lost his usual

and

at Terrence briefly as

all while Jason stood by,

is one of the best general practitioners in the

any time, if the doctor

necessary.”

but his eyes still had the wild look of a man about

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