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

the severity of the situation, sir?

an ambulance?”

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

don’t think so.”

this now, sir.”

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

a doctor on the other

data from her earlier

visit.”

out the washcloth

want me to stay

realize he

sir. See you soon.”

Mr. Reed saved Miss Cummins. Mr. Reed was engaging in a way that suggested more than work or business obligation. And given

rather incredible.

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

a shanty of an

his

Jason wasn’t just here… he was

keep to himself. It was not his place to question or inform Mr. Reed of his emotional

best physicians in the city. Then he woke

when knocking on the door. After all, his employer did not want Grace to

in case he should retreat without being seen. But when the door was opened, Jason immediately stepped aside and gestured him into the small

room.

ushering the doctor into

quick survey of

stove, refrigerator. A small dinette table for two was at the center. One armoire. A single bed. A pile of pillows and blankets on the floor. One door, presumably to a

over

hard to

“What’s wrong with her? I kept calling her just now but I couldn’t wake her

his employer had lost

expression was anxious and his posture was

at Terrence briefly as if for

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

“Dr. Raunfield is one of the best

at any time, if the doctor deems it

necessary.”

nodded, but his eyes still had the wild look of a man about to

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