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?

an ambulance?”

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

don’t think so.”

working on this now, sir.”

doubt any doctor they called would want to know more details of the situation too. “She has a fever. It’s high.”

other line,” Terrence said.

data

visit.”

Grace’s brow and wrung out the washcloth to

stay on the line, sir?”

busy with Grace to realize he hadn’t hung up

See you

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 background and

rather incredible.

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

he was. In a shanty of an apartment,

his

just here…

not his place to question or inform Mr. Reed of his

enlist the services of one of the best physicians in

all, his employer

retreat without being seen. But when the

room.

the doctor into the house.

a quick survey of the room.

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 pillows

one over

to mask his shock.

kept calling her just now but I couldn’t wake her up.” Jason stood beside the bed.

his employer had lost his

and his posture

as if for confirmation. Terrence

checking Grace’s vitals, all while Jason stood by, looking on the verge of something dangerous.

best general practitioners in

time, if the

necessary.”

eyes still had the wild look of a man

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