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

is the severity of the situation, sir? Should I instead

an ambulance?”

annoyance slightly.

don’t think so.”

working on this now,

where Jason normally would’ve hung up, he spared a second to offer some explanation because no doubt any doctor they called would want

the other

the medical data

visit.”

wrung out the washcloth to cool down

me to stay on the

was too busy with Grace to realize he hadn’t hung

See

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

rather incredible.

‘No. Not in a million years would Mr.

he was. In a shanty of an apartment, with a woman

his

just here…

was not his place to question or inform Mr. Reed

the best physicians

all, his employer did not want Grace to discover his true

without being seen. But when the door was opened, Jason immediately stepped aside and gestured him into the

room.

in,” he said, ushering the

quick survey

known these studio apartments were small. But this was a 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

over the sink.

tried hard to mask his shock.

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

his employer had lost

and

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

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

airlifted at any time, if the doctor

necessary.”

his eyes still had the wild look of

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