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

is the severity of the situation, sir? Should

an ambulance?”

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

don’t think so.”

this

explanation because no doubt any doctor they called would

a doctor on the other line,”

and the medical data

visit.”

the washcloth to cool

want me to stay

realize he hadn’t hung up the phone.

See

engaging in a way that suggested more than work or business obligation. And given this woman’s

rather incredible.

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

shanty of an

killed his former lover.

Jason wasn’t just here… he was

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

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

was especially careful when knocking on the door. After all, his

case he should retreat without being seen. But when the

room.

the

took a quick survey of the room.

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 pile of pillows and blankets on the floor. One door, presumably to a bathroom.

the one over the sink.

hard to mask his shock.

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

employer had

and his

glanced at Terrence briefly as

went to work, checking Grace’s vitals, all while Jason stood by, looking on the verge of something dangerous.

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

any time,

necessary.”

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

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