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 irritably.

of the situation, sir? Should I instead

an ambulance?”

annoyance slightly. “No,” he

don’t think so.”

on this

because no doubt any doctor

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

and the medical data from her earlier hospital

visit.”

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

me to stay on the

busy with Grace to realize he

See you soon.”

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. Reed act

was. In a shanty of an apartment, with

his

here…

that realization was one he would keep to himself. It was not his place to question

enlist the services of one of the best physicians in the city.

was especially careful when knocking on the door. After all, his employer did not want Grace to

without being seen. But when the

room.

in,” he said, ushering the doctor into the house.

a quick survey

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.

one over

tried hard to mask his

her? I kept calling her just now but

his employer had lost

and his posture

as if for

checking Grace’s vitals, all while Jason stood by, looking on the verge of something

of the best general practitioners in the city.

airlifted at any time, if the doctor deems

necessary.”

still had the wild look of a man about to come

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