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.

situation, sir?

an ambulance?”

it lessened Jason’s annoyance slightly. “No,” he said.

don’t think so.”

working on this

because no doubt any doctor they called

other

events and the medical data from her earlier hospital

visit.”

the washcloth to cool down her face and

stay on the line, sir?”

to realize he

See you soon.”

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

rather incredible.

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

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

his

here… he was

that realization was one he would keep to himself. It was not his place to question or

best physicians

After all, his employer did not want Grace to discover his true identity.

side in case he should retreat without being seen. But when the door was opened, Jason immediately stepped aside

room.

the

survey

sink, stove, refrigerator. A small

one over the

to mask his

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

his employer had lost

and his posture

as if for

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

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

time, if the doctor deems it

necessary.”

wild look of a man about to

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