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

is the severity of the situation,

an ambulance?”

annoyance slightly. “No,”

don’t think so.”

this now, sir.”

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 too. “She has a fever.

on the other line,” Terrence

and the medical data

visit.”

Grace’s brow and wrung out the washcloth

stay

realize he

sir. See you soon.”

the time 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

rather incredible.

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

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

killed his former

just here… he was present.

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

enlist the services of one of the best physicians in the city.

door. After all, his employer did not want Grace

side in case he should retreat without being seen. But when the

room.

he said, ushering the doctor into

a quick survey of the

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 and

over the

hard to

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 stood

had lost his usual calmness.

anxious and his

at Terrence briefly as if for confirmation. Terrence nodded.

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

of the best general

at any time, if the

necessary.”

the wild look of a man about to come

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