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.

is the severity of the situation, sir? Should I

an ambulance?”

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

don’t think so.”

this now,

Jason normally would’ve hung up, he spared a second to offer some explanation because no doubt any doctor they called would want to know more details of the

have a doctor on the other line,” Terrence said. “I’ll

and the medical data from her earlier

visit.”

wrung out the washcloth to cool down

want me to stay on

to realize he

sir. See

Miss Cummins. Mr. Reed was engaging in a way that suggested

rather incredible.

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

a shanty of an apartment, with

his

wasn’t just here… he

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

Reed Group name to enlist the services of one of the best physicians

knocking on the door. After all, his employer did

being seen. But when the door was opened, Jason

room.

he said, ushering the doctor into the

took a quick survey

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

over

to mask his

I kept calling her just now but I couldn’t

had lost his

was anxious and his posture

as

went to work, checking Grace’s vitals, all while Jason stood by, looking on the

Raunfield is one of the best general practitioners

time, if the doctor deems

necessary.”

eyes still had the wild look of a

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