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 asked irritably.

is the severity of the situation, sir?

an ambulance?”

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

don’t think so.”

working on this now,

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

doctor on the other line,” Terrence said.

events and the medical data from her earlier

visit.”

brow and wrung out the washcloth to cool down her face and neck again.

to stay on the line,

to realize he hadn’t

See you

had noticed many changes in his boss in the time since 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 what had

rather incredible.

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

was. In a shanty of an apartment,

killed his former lover.

wasn’t just here… he

his

used the Reed Group name to enlist the services of one of the best physicians in the city. Then he woke the doctor up and collected him

door. After all, his employer did

he should retreat without being seen. But when the door was opened, Jason immediately stepped aside

room.

in,” he said, ushering the doctor into the

a quick survey of the room.

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

one over

tried hard to mask

Jason said. “What’s wrong with her? I kept calling her just now but I couldn’t wake

employer had lost

expression was anxious and his

glanced at Terrence briefly as if for confirmation.

all while Jason stood

of the best general practitioners in the city. And we can

airlifted at any time, if the doctor

necessary.”

his eyes still had the wild look of a man about to come unglued.

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