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.

is the severity of the situation, sir? Should I

an ambulance?”

and it lessened Jason’s annoyance slightly. “No,” he said. “No ambulance.” Then: “I

don’t think so.”

working on this

any doctor they called would want to know more details of the situation too. “She has

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

events and the medical data from

visit.”

brow and wrung out the washcloth to cool down her face and neck again.

stay on the line, sir?”

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

sir. See

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 what had transpired surrounding Mr. Reed’s fiancee’s death, it

rather incredible.

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

a shanty of an apartment, with a

his former

wasn’t just here… he was present.

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

of one of the best physicians in the

knocking on the door. After all, his employer did

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

room.

said, ushering the doctor into

took a quick survey

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

the one over

hard to

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

had

was anxious and his

as if for

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

“Dr. Raunfield is one of the best general practitioners

airlifted at any time, if the doctor deems

necessary.”

had the wild look of a man about to

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