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

is the severity of the situation, sir? Should I

an ambulance?”

intelligent question and it lessened Jason’s annoyance slightly. “No,”

don’t think so.”

on this

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

doctor on the other line,” Terrence said.

medical data from her earlier hospital

visit.”

Grace’s brow and wrung out the washcloth to cool down her

you want me to stay on the

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

See

a way that

rather incredible.

said, ‘No. Not in a million years would Mr. Reed act like

a shanty of an apartment, with a

killed his former

just here… he

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

Reed Group name to enlist the services of one of the best physicians in the city. Then he woke the doctor

all, his employer did not want Grace

he should retreat without being seen. But when the door was opened, Jason immediately stepped aside

room.

ushering the doctor into the

a quick survey of the room.

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

over the sink.

tried hard to mask his shock.

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

sensed his employer had lost

was anxious and his posture

briefly as if

all while Jason stood by,

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

Cummins airlifted at any time, if

necessary.”

wild look of a

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