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 severity of the situation, sir? Should I

an ambulance?”

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

don’t think so.”

working on this now, sir.”

no doubt any doctor they called would want

other line,” Terrence said.

data from her

visit.”

brow and wrung out the washcloth to cool down her

me to stay on the line, sir?”

to realize

sir. See

saved Miss Cummins. Mr. Reed was engaging in a way that suggested more than work or business obligation. And given

rather incredible.

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

was. In a shanty of an apartment, with

his former

just here… he was present.

not his place to question or inform Mr.

services of one of the best physicians in the city.

After all, his employer did not want

being seen. But when the door was opened, Jason immediately stepped aside and

room.

he said, ushering the doctor into the house.

took a quick survey

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. No

the one over

hard to mask his

her,” Jason said. “What’s wrong with her? I kept calling her

sensed his employer had lost his usual

and his posture was tense.

glanced at Terrence briefly as

Raunfield immediately went to work, checking Grace’s vitals, all while Jason stood by, looking on the verge of something

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

at any time, if the doctor deems

necessary.”

nodded, but his eyes still had the wild look of a

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