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

the situation, sir? Should I

an ambulance?”

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

don’t think so.”

on this now, sir.”

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

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

the medical data from

visit.”

the washcloth

stay on the line,

with Grace to realize he

sir. See you

the time since Mr. Reed saved Miss Cummins. Mr. Reed was engaging in a way that suggested more

rather incredible.

said, ‘No. Not in a million years would

shanty of an apartment,

his former lover.

just here…

not his place to question or inform Mr. Reed of his

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

especially careful when knocking on the door. After all, his employer did not

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

room.

the

quick survey of the room.

was perhaps ten feet long with enough room for the sink, stove, refrigerator. A small dinette table for two was at

over the

hard to mask his shock.

her,” Jason said. “What’s wrong with her? I kept calling her just now but I couldn’t wake

employer had

anxious and

briefly as

Grace’s vitals, all while Jason stood

“Dr. Raunfield is one of the best

time, if

necessary.”

still had the wild look of

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