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.

the situation, sir? Should I instead call

an ambulance?”

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

don’t think so.”

this now, sir.”

doubt any doctor they called would want to know more details of the situation

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

events and the medical data from her earlier hospital

visit.”

Jason smoothed Grace’s brow and wrung out the washcloth to cool down her face and neck again.

to stay on the

too busy with Grace to realize he

sir. See

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.

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

shanty of an

his

here… he

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

Group name to enlist the services of one of the best physicians in the city. Then he woke the

knocking on the door. After all, his

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

room.

said, ushering the doctor into the

survey of the room.

room for the sink, stove, refrigerator. A small dinette table for two was at the center. One armoire. A single bed. A

over the

to mask

with her? I kept calling her just now but I

his employer had lost his usual

and

briefly as if for confirmation.

Grace’s vitals, all while Jason stood

Terrence said gently. “Dr. Raunfield is one of the best general practitioners in

at any time, if the doctor

necessary.”

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

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