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.

is it?” Jason asked irritably.

the situation, sir? Should I

an ambulance?”

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

don’t think so.”

this now,

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

other line,” Terrence said. “I’ll

events and the medical data from her earlier hospital

visit.”

wrung out the washcloth

want me to stay on

to realize he hadn’t hung up the phone. “No.”

See you

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

rather incredible.

these events, Terrence would’ve said, ‘No. Not in a million years would Mr. Reed act

shanty of an apartment, with a

killed his

wasn’t just here… he was

realization was one he would keep to himself. It was not his place to

name to enlist 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

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

room.

said, ushering the doctor into the house.

took a quick survey

apartments 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 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 the

hard to mask his

with her? I kept calling her just now but I couldn’t wake

had lost his usual calmness.

was anxious and

briefly as if for confirmation. Terrence nodded.

Grace’s vitals, all while Jason stood

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

airlifted at any time, if the

necessary.”

the wild look

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