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

the situation, sir? Should I instead

an ambulance?”

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

don’t think so.”

this

a second to offer some explanation because no doubt any doctor they called would want to know more details of the situation too. “She

other line,” Terrence said.

events and the medical data from

visit.”

and wrung out the washcloth to

stay on the line, sir?”

Grace to realize he hadn’t

See you

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.

predict these events, Terrence would’ve said, ‘No. Not

In a shanty of an apartment, with a woman

his former lover.

wasn’t just here… he was present.

that realization was one he would keep to himself. It was not his place to question or inform Mr. Reed of his emotional

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

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

he should retreat without being seen. But when the door

room.

in,” he said, ushering the doctor

a quick survey of the room.

the size of Mr. Reed’s office. The kitchenette was perhaps ten feet long with enough room for the sink, stove, refrigerator.

the one over the sink.

tried hard to mask

said. “What’s wrong with her? I kept calling her just now but I

had

and his

glanced at Terrence briefly as

all while

the best general practitioners in the city. And we can

any time, if

necessary.”

wild look of a man about to come unglued.

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