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

the severity of the situation,

an ambulance?”

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

don’t think so.”

on this now, sir.”

doctor they called would want to know more details of the

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

and the medical data from her

visit.”

and wrung out the washcloth to cool down her face and neck

want me to stay on the

to realize he hadn’t hung up the phone.

sir. See

had noticed many changes in his boss in the time since Mr. Reed saved Miss Cummins. Mr. Reed was engaging in a way that suggested more

rather incredible.

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

was. In a shanty

killed his former lover.

just here…

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

the best physicians in the city. Then he woke the

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

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

room.

the

survey of the

for the sink, stove, refrigerator. A small dinette table for two was at the center. One armoire. A single bed. A pile of pillows

the one over

to mask

wrong with her? I kept calling her just

employer had lost his usual

and his posture

briefly as if for confirmation. Terrence

checking Grace’s vitals, all while Jason

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

airlifted at any time, if the

necessary.”

nodded, but his eyes still had the wild look of a man about to come

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