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 asked irritably.

the situation,

an ambulance?”

intelligent question and it lessened Jason’s annoyance slightly. “No,” he said. “No ambulance.”

don’t think so.”

working on this

hung up, he spared a second to offer some explanation because no doubt any doctor they called would want to know more details of the

doctor on the other line,” Terrence said. “I’ll

data from her earlier

visit.”

brow and wrung out the washcloth to cool down her face and neck

stay

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

See you soon.”

boss in the time since Mr. Reed saved Miss Cummins. Mr. Reed was engaging in a way that suggested more than work or business

rather incredible.

Not

here he was. In a shanty of

his former lover.

just here… he was present.

not his place to question or inform Mr. Reed of his

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

door. After all, his employer did

being seen. But when the door was opened, Jason immediately stepped aside

room.

said, ushering the doctor into

survey of the room.

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 single bed. A pile of pillows and blankets on the

the one over

tried hard to mask his

Jason said. “What’s wrong with her? I kept calling her just

sensed his employer had lost his usual calmness.

was anxious and his

doctor glanced at Terrence briefly as if for confirmation.

vitals, all while Jason stood

is one of the best general practitioners in the city. And we

time, if the doctor deems

necessary.”

had the wild look of a

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