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? Should I

an ambulance?”

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

don’t think so.”

on this

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

on the other line,” Terrence said.

the medical data from her earlier

visit.”

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

you want me to stay on the line, sir?”

realize he hadn’t hung

See you soon.”

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.

rather incredible.

‘No. Not in a million years would

he was. In a shanty of an apartment,

his

here… he

his place to question or inform Mr. Reed of his emotional attachments-or lack thereof.

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

on the door. After all, his employer did not want Grace to discover

when the door was opened, Jason immediately stepped aside and gestured

room.

he said, ushering the doctor

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 pillows and blankets on the floor. One door, presumably to a bathroom. No windows

the one over the

to mask his

said. “What’s wrong with her? I kept calling her just now but I couldn’t wake her up.” Jason stood beside the bed.

sensed his employer had lost his usual

anxious and his

glanced at Terrence briefly as if for confirmation. Terrence nodded.

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

best general practitioners in the city. And we

any time, if the doctor deems it

necessary.”

the wild look of

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