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

of the situation, sir? Should I instead

an ambulance?”

Jason’s annoyance slightly. “No,” he

don’t think so.”

this

some explanation because no doubt any doctor they called would want to know more details of the situation too. “She has a fever.

the other line,” Terrence said.

medical data from her

visit.”

out the washcloth to

want me to stay on

busy with Grace to realize he hadn’t hung

sir. See you

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

rather incredible.

events, Terrence would’ve said, ‘No. Not in

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

killed his former lover.

here… he was

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

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

After all, his employer did not want Grace to

kept to the side in case he should retreat without being seen. But when the

room.

he said, ushering the doctor into the house.

quick survey

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.

over the sink.

to mask

wrong with her? I kept calling her just now but

his employer had

expression was anxious and his posture was tense.

glanced at Terrence briefly as if for confirmation.

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

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

any time, if

necessary.”

the wild look of a man about to

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