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?”

lessened Jason’s annoyance slightly. “No,” he said. “No ambulance.” Then: “I

don’t think so.”

this now,

some explanation because no doubt any doctor they called would want

on the other

events and the medical data

visit.”

wrung out the washcloth to cool down her face and

me to stay on

Grace to realize

See

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 what had transpired surrounding Mr. Reed’s fiancee’s death, it was

rather incredible.

‘No. Not in a million years would Mr.

In a shanty of an apartment,

his

here… he was present.

It was not his place to question or

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

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

he should retreat without being seen. But when the

room.

in,” he said, ushering the doctor into

took a quick survey

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

one over the

tried hard to mask

kept calling her just now but

sensed his employer had lost his usual

was anxious and his posture was

briefly as if for confirmation.

all while Jason stood by,

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

airlifted at any time,

necessary.”

still had the wild look of a man about to come

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