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

situation, sir? Should I instead call

an ambulance?”

lessened Jason’s annoyance slightly. “No,”

don’t think so.”

on this now, sir.”

some explanation because no doubt any doctor

have a doctor on the other line,” Terrence

data from her earlier

visit.”

brow and wrung out the washcloth to cool down

me to stay on the line,

Grace to realize he hadn’t hung up the

See

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

rather incredible.

predict these events, Terrence would’ve said, ‘No. Not in a million years would Mr.

a shanty of an

his former

Jason wasn’t just here…

was not his place to question or inform

services of one of the best physicians in the city. Then he woke the

After all, his employer did not

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

room.

the doctor

a quick survey of the room.

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

over

tried hard to mask

her? I kept calling her just now but I

his employer had

was anxious and

Terrence briefly as if for

work, checking Grace’s vitals, all while Jason stood by,

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

Cummins airlifted at any time, if the doctor

necessary.”

his eyes still had the wild look

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