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

situation, sir?

an ambulance?”

was an intelligent question and it lessened Jason’s annoyance slightly. “No,” he said.

don’t think so.”

this

to offer some explanation because no doubt any doctor they called would want to

on the other line,”

medical data

visit.”

washcloth to cool down her face and neck again.

to stay on the line,

busy with Grace to realize he hadn’t hung up the phone. “No.”

See you soon.”

noticed many changes in his boss in the time since Mr. Reed saved Miss Cummins. Mr. Reed was engaging in a way that

rather incredible.

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

he was. In a shanty of an apartment,

his

wasn’t just here… he was

one he would keep to himself. It was not his place to question or

services of one of the best physicians in the city. Then he woke the doctor up

careful when knocking on the door. After all, his employer did not want Grace to discover his true

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

room.

he said, ushering the doctor into

took a quick survey of the room.

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

over the sink.

tried hard to mask

calling her just now but I couldn’t wake her up.” Jason stood

had lost

expression was anxious and his

briefly as

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

the best general practitioners in the city. And we can

Cummins airlifted at any time, if the doctor deems

necessary.”

his eyes still had the wild look of a man about to come

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