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

severity of the situation, sir? Should I

an ambulance?”

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

don’t think so.”

this

where Jason normally would’ve hung up, he spared a second to offer some explanation because no doubt any doctor they called would want

have a doctor on the other line,” Terrence

the medical data from her earlier

visit.”

and wrung out the washcloth to cool down

want me to stay on the

was too busy with Grace to realize he

See

way that suggested more than work or business obligation. And given

rather incredible.

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

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

killed his former

here…

that realization was one he would keep to himself. It was not his place to question or inform Mr. Reed of his emotional attachments-or

name to enlist the services of one of the best physicians in the city. Then

his employer did not want Grace to discover

being seen. But when the door was opened, Jason immediately stepped aside and gestured

room.

in,” he said, ushering the doctor into

a quick survey of the

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 two was at the center. One armoire. A single bed. A pile of

over

to

calling her just now

his employer had lost his

and his posture was

doctor glanced at Terrence briefly as if

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

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

time, if the

necessary.”

wild look of a man

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