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.

the situation, sir?

an ambulance?”

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

don’t think so.”

this now,

doctor they called would want to know more details of

a doctor on the other line,” Terrence said.

the medical data from her earlier hospital

visit.”

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

stay on

with Grace to realize he hadn’t hung

See you soon.”

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

rather incredible.

Not in a million years would Mr. Reed act like this.

a shanty

his former lover.

wasn’t just here… he

keep to himself. It was not his place to question or inform Mr. Reed of his

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

when knocking on the door. After all, his employer did not want

should retreat without being seen. But when the door was

room.

ushering the doctor into the house.

quick survey 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

the one over

to

“What’s wrong with her? I kept calling her

his employer had lost his usual calmness.

and

briefly as if for confirmation. Terrence nodded.

vitals, all while Jason stood by, looking on the

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

at any time, if the

necessary.”

but his eyes still had the wild look of a man about to come

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