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.

it?” Jason asked irritably.

is the severity of the situation, sir?

an ambulance?”

it lessened Jason’s annoyance

don’t think so.”

working on this now, sir.”

offer some explanation because no doubt any doctor they called would want

have a doctor on the other line,” Terrence said.

the medical data from her earlier hospital

visit.”

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

stay on the

busy with Grace to realize he hadn’t hung up the phone.

sir. See you

that suggested more than work or business obligation. And given

rather incredible.

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

he was. In a shanty of an apartment, with

his former lover.

Jason wasn’t just here… he was present.

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

physicians in the city. Then he woke the doctor up and collected him from

After all, his employer did not want Grace to discover

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

room.

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

survey of the

was perhaps ten feet long with enough room for the sink, stove, refrigerator. A small

over the

hard to mask

with her? I kept calling her just

had lost

and his posture was tense.

Terrence briefly as if for confirmation.

to work, checking Grace’s vitals, all while Jason

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

any time, if the doctor deems it

necessary.”

eyes still had the wild look of a man about

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