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

the severity of the situation, sir? Should I

an ambulance?”

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

don’t think so.”

this now, sir.”

explanation because no doubt any doctor they called would want to know more details of the situation

have a doctor on the other line,” Terrence said.

data

visit.”

washcloth to cool down

me to stay on the line, sir?”

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

sir. See

the time since Mr. Reed saved Miss Cummins. Mr. Reed was engaging in a way that suggested more than work or business obligation. And

rather incredible.

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

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

his

wasn’t just here… he was present.

was not his place to question or inform Mr. Reed of his emotional

the best physicians in the city. Then he

his employer did

when the door was opened, Jason immediately

room.

the

quick survey

known these studio 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 one over

tried hard to mask

look at her,” Jason said. “What’s wrong with her? I kept calling her just now but I couldn’t wake her up.” Jason stood beside the

had lost his usual

expression was anxious and his posture was tense.

Terrence briefly as if

vitals, all while

the best general practitioners in the city. And we can

any time, if

necessary.”

wild look of a man about to come unglued.

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