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 irritably.

the severity of the situation, sir? Should

an ambulance?”

lessened Jason’s annoyance slightly. “No,” he said. “No

don’t think so.”

on this

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

other line,”

and the medical data from

visit.”

washcloth to cool down her face and neck

me to stay on the

busy with Grace to realize he

See

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

rather incredible.

predict these events, Terrence would’ve said, ‘No. Not

he was. In a shanty of an apartment,

his former lover.

here…

realization was one he would keep to himself. It was not his place to question or inform Mr. Reed of his emotional attachments-or

Reed Group name to enlist the services of one of the best physicians in the city. Then he woke the doctor up and collected him from

door. After all, his employer

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

room.

in,” he said, ushering the doctor into the house.

a quick survey of the

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 blankets on the floor. One door, presumably to a bathroom.

one over the sink.

to mask

her? I kept calling her just now but I

his employer had

anxious and

at Terrence briefly as if for

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

gently. “Dr. Raunfield is one of the best general practitioners in the city. And we can

time, if

necessary.”

his eyes still had the wild look of

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