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

situation, sir? Should I instead

an ambulance?”

Jason’s annoyance

don’t think so.”

on this now,

a second to offer some explanation because no doubt any doctor they called would want to know more details

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

the medical data from her

visit.”

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

to stay on the line,

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

sir. See you soon.”

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

rather incredible.

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

here he was. In a shanty of an

his former lover.

just here… he

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

one of the best physicians in

the door. After all, his employer did not

side in case he should retreat without being seen. But when the door was opened, Jason immediately

room.

ushering the doctor into the house.

survey of the room.

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 center. One armoire. A single bed. A

over the sink.

to

her? I kept calling her just now but I couldn’t wake her up.” Jason

sensed his employer had lost his usual calmness.

anxious and his posture was

briefly as if for confirmation.

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

is one of the best general practitioners in the city. And we

any time,

necessary.”

nodded, but his eyes still had the wild look of a man about to

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