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?

an ambulance?”

was an intelligent question and it lessened Jason’s annoyance slightly. “No,” he said. “No ambulance.” Then:

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

other line,” Terrence said. “I’ll

data

visit.”

washcloth

me to stay on the

busy with Grace to realize

sir. See you soon.”

in a way that suggested more than work or

rather incredible.

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

was. In a shanty of

his former lover.

Jason wasn’t just here… he was

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

of one of the best physicians in the city. Then he woke the doctor

his

But when the door was opened, Jason

room.

he said, ushering the doctor into

survey

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

one over

tried hard to

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

his employer had lost his usual calmness.

and his posture was

glanced at Terrence briefly as if

work, checking Grace’s vitals, all while

is one of the best general practitioners in the city.

airlifted at any time, if the doctor

necessary.”

his eyes still had the wild look of a

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