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,

an ambulance?”

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

don’t think so.”

on this now, sir.”

any doctor they called would want to

have a doctor on the other line,” Terrence said. “I’ll

and the medical data from her earlier hospital

visit.”

the washcloth to cool down her face

want me to stay on

too busy with Grace to realize he hadn’t

See

the time since Mr. Reed saved Miss Cummins. Mr. Reed was engaging in a way that suggested more than work or business obligation. And given this woman’s

rather incredible.

said, ‘No. Not in a million years would Mr. Reed

shanty of an apartment, with

killed his

here…

would keep to himself. It was not his place to

Reed Group name to enlist the services of one of the best physicians in the

when knocking on the door. After all, his employer

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

room.

in,” he said, ushering the doctor into the house.

a quick survey of the room.

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 two was at the center. One armoire. A

over the

tried hard to

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

had lost

and

at Terrence briefly as if

Grace’s vitals, all while Jason stood

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

airlifted at any time,

necessary.”

the wild look of a man about to come unglued.

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