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.

of the situation, sir? Should

an ambulance?”

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

don’t think so.”

working on this now,

he spared a second to offer some explanation because no doubt any doctor they called would want to know more details of the situation too. “She has a fever. It’s

on the other

the medical data from

visit.”

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

you want me to stay on the

with Grace to realize he

See

was engaging in a way that suggested more than work or business obligation. And given this

rather incredible.

would’ve said, ‘No. Not in

he was. In a shanty of an apartment, with a

his

Jason wasn’t just here… he was

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

of the best physicians in the city. Then he woke the doctor up

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

should retreat without being seen. But when the door was opened, Jason immediately stepped

room.

ushering the doctor into the house.

took a quick survey

feet long with enough room for the sink, stove, refrigerator. A

the one over the sink.

hard to

calling her just now but I couldn’t wake her up.” Jason stood beside the bed.

sensed his employer had lost his usual calmness.

anxious and his

as if for confirmation.

immediately went to work, checking Grace’s vitals, all while Jason stood by, looking on the verge of something

Raunfield is one of the best general

Cummins airlifted at any time, if the doctor deems

necessary.”

nodded, but his eyes still had the wild look of

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