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 asked irritably.

severity of the situation, sir? Should I instead

an ambulance?”

Jason’s annoyance slightly.

don’t think so.”

working on this now,

offer some explanation because no doubt any doctor they called would want to know more details of

a doctor on the other line,”

the medical data

visit.”

washcloth to cool down her face and neck again.

me to stay on the

with Grace to realize

sir. See

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, it was

rather incredible.

said, ‘No. Not in a million years

In a shanty of an apartment, with a

his former

here…

keep to himself. It was not his place

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

his employer did not want Grace

being seen. But when

room.

ushering the doctor into

a quick survey of the room.

these studio apartments were small. But 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 small dinette table for two was at the center. One armoire. A single bed. A pile of pillows

the one over

tried hard to mask his shock.

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

had

was anxious and his

Terrence briefly as if for

to work, checking Grace’s vitals, all while Jason stood by,

“Dr. Raunfield is one of the best general practitioners in the

Cummins airlifted at any time, if the

necessary.”

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

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