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 situation, sir? Should I

an ambulance?”

annoyance slightly. “No,” he

don’t think so.”

this

because no doubt any doctor they called would want to know more details

doctor on the other line,” Terrence said. “I’ll relay

data from her

visit.”

and wrung out the washcloth to cool

stay on the line, sir?”

with Grace to realize he hadn’t hung

sir. See you

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

rather incredible.

said, ‘No. Not in a million years would Mr.

was. In a shanty

killed his

just here… he

he would keep to himself. It was not his place to

of one of the best physicians in the city. Then he

the door. After all, his employer did not want Grace to discover his

when the door was opened,

room.

the doctor into the house.

survey of the

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

one over the

hard to mask his

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

employer had lost

expression was anxious and his posture

as if for confirmation. Terrence

checking Grace’s vitals, all while Jason stood by, looking on the verge of something

of the best general practitioners in

time, if the doctor deems it

necessary.”

wild look of a man about to come

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