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.

Jason asked irritably.

the situation,

an ambulance?”

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

don’t think so.”

on this now,

a second to offer some explanation because no doubt any doctor they called would

the other line,” Terrence said. “I’ll relay

medical data from her earlier

visit.”

the washcloth to cool down her face and

stay

too busy with Grace to realize he hadn’t hung up

See

way that suggested more than work or business obligation.

rather incredible.

‘No. Not in a million years

he was. In a shanty

killed his former lover.

Jason wasn’t just here… he

keep to himself. It was not his

name to enlist the services of one of the best physicians in the city. Then he woke the doctor up and collected

especially careful when knocking on the door. After all, his employer did not want Grace to discover his

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

room.

he said, ushering the doctor into the

survey of the

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,

the one over

to

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

employer had lost his

expression was anxious and his posture was tense.

briefly as if

while Jason

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

at any time, if the doctor

necessary.”

nodded, but his eyes still had the wild look

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