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?

an ambulance?”

an intelligent question and it lessened Jason’s annoyance slightly.

don’t think so.”

working on this now, sir.”

doctor they called would

a doctor on the other

medical data from her

visit.”

out the washcloth to cool down her face and neck again.

want me to stay on the

with Grace to realize he hadn’t hung up the

sir. See

that suggested more than work or business obligation. And given this woman’s background and what had

rather incredible.

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

was. In a shanty of

killed his former lover.

Jason wasn’t just here… he was

not his place to question or inform Mr. Reed of his emotional attachments-or

of one of the best physicians in the city. Then he woke the doctor up and collected him from his

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

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

room.

the doctor into the

took a quick survey of

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

one over the

hard to mask his

at her,” Jason said. “What’s wrong with her? I kept calling her just now but I

employer had lost

and his posture was tense.

briefly as if

vitals, all while

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

at any time, if the doctor

necessary.”

eyes still had the wild look

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