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.

is the severity of the situation, sir? Should I

an ambulance?”

it lessened Jason’s annoyance slightly. “No,”

don’t think so.”

on this now,

spared a second to offer some explanation because no doubt any doctor they called would want to know

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

medical data

visit.”

brow and wrung out the washcloth to cool down her

want me to stay on the line, sir?”

too busy with Grace to realize he hadn’t hung up the phone.

sir. See you

engaging in a way that suggested more than work or business

rather incredible.

events, Terrence would’ve said, ‘No. Not in a million years

In a shanty of an apartment, with a

killed his former

here… he was

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

best physicians in the city. Then

was especially careful when knocking on the door. After all, his employer did

in case he should retreat without being seen. But when

room.

the doctor

took a quick survey of

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

over the

to mask his shock.

said. “What’s wrong with her? I kept calling her just now but

his employer had lost

expression was anxious and his

as if for confirmation. Terrence nodded.

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

Raunfield is one of the best general practitioners in the city. And we can have

time, if

necessary.”

had the wild look of a man about to come

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