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

of the situation, sir? Should

an ambulance?”

lessened Jason’s annoyance slightly. “No,” he said. “No ambulance.”

don’t think so.”

on this now,

doubt any doctor they called would

have a doctor on the other

events and the medical data from her earlier hospital

visit.”

and wrung out the washcloth to cool

me to stay on the line,

busy with Grace to realize he hadn’t

See

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

rather incredible.

said, ‘No. Not in a million

here he was. In a shanty of an apartment, with a

killed his former lover.

Jason wasn’t just here… he was present.

would keep to himself. It was not his place to question or inform Mr. Reed of

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

the door. After all, his employer did not want Grace to discover his true

case he should retreat without being seen. But when the door was opened, Jason immediately stepped aside and gestured him into the

room.

the doctor into the house.

took a quick survey of the

were small. But this was a fraction 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

one over the

tried hard to

her just now

sensed his employer had lost his

was anxious and his posture was

glanced at Terrence briefly as if for confirmation.

checking Grace’s vitals, all while Jason stood by,

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

time, if the doctor deems

necessary.”

the wild look of a man

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