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.

Jason asked

the situation, sir? Should I instead

an ambulance?”

annoyance slightly. “No,” he said.

don’t think so.”

this

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. “She has a fever. It’s high.”

the other line,” Terrence said.

the medical data from

visit.”

Grace’s brow and wrung out the washcloth to cool down her face and

me to stay on

too busy with Grace to realize he hadn’t hung

See you soon.”

since Mr. Reed 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 fiancee’s death,

rather incredible.

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

a shanty of an apartment, with

killed his

wasn’t just here…

keep to himself. It was not his place to question or inform Mr. Reed of his emotional attachments-or lack thereof.

of the best physicians in the city. Then he woke

careful when knocking on the door. After all, his

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

room.

the doctor into the house.

quick survey

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

one over the sink.

hard to mask his

her,” Jason said. “What’s wrong with her? I kept calling her just now but

employer had lost

was anxious and his

as if for confirmation.

immediately went to work, checking Grace’s vitals, all while Jason stood by, looking on the verge of

Terrence said gently. “Dr. Raunfield is one of the best general practitioners in the city.

any time,

necessary.”

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

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