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.

the severity of the situation, sir? Should

an ambulance?”

annoyance slightly. “No,” he

don’t think so.”

this now,

doubt any doctor they called would want to

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

events and the medical data from her

visit.”

washcloth to cool

want me to stay on

too busy with Grace to realize he hadn’t hung up the phone. “No.”

See you soon.”

boss in the time 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,

rather incredible.

‘No. Not in

shanty of an apartment, with a woman

killed his former lover.

wasn’t just here… he was

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

the services of one of the best physicians in the city. Then he woke the doctor up and collected him from

his employer did not want Grace

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

room.

the doctor

survey of the room.

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.

one over the

hard to mask

look at her,” Jason said. “What’s wrong with her? I kept calling her just now but I couldn’t wake her up.” Jason stood beside the

had

anxious and his posture was tense.

at Terrence briefly as if for confirmation.

all while

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

Cummins airlifted at any time, if the doctor deems it

necessary.”

still had the wild look of a man about to come unglued.

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