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.

it?” Jason asked irritably.

the situation, sir? Should

an ambulance?”

it lessened Jason’s annoyance

don’t think so.”

working on this

would’ve hung up, he spared a second to offer some explanation because no doubt any doctor they called would want to know more details

the other line,” Terrence said.

and the medical data from her

visit.”

out the washcloth to cool down her face and neck

to stay on the

was too busy with Grace to realize he

sir. See

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

rather incredible.

said, ‘No. Not

shanty of an

killed his

Jason wasn’t just here… he

keep to himself. It was not his place to question or inform Mr. Reed of his emotional attachments-or lack thereof.

name to enlist the services of one of the best physicians in the city.

on the door. After all, his employer did

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

room.

ushering the doctor into the

survey of

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

over the sink.

hard to mask his shock.

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

had

and

glanced at Terrence briefly as if for confirmation. Terrence nodded.

vitals, all while Jason stood by, looking on the verge of something

the best general practitioners in

any time, if the doctor

necessary.”

had the wild look of a man about to

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