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.

Jason asked irritably.

severity of the situation, sir? Should I instead

an ambulance?”

question and it lessened Jason’s annoyance slightly.

don’t think so.”

on this now, sir.”

to offer some explanation because no doubt any doctor they called

on the other

events and the medical data from her earlier hospital

visit.”

Grace’s brow and wrung out the washcloth to cool down her face

want me to stay on the line,

Grace to realize he hadn’t hung

sir. See you soon.”

changes in his boss in the time since Mr. Reed saved Miss Cummins. Mr. Reed was engaging in a way that

rather incredible.

would’ve said, ‘No. Not in a

a shanty of an apartment, with a woman

his former lover.

Jason wasn’t just here…

to himself. It was not his place to question or inform Mr.

best physicians in the city. Then he woke the doctor up and collected him

the door. After all, his employer did not want

without being seen. But when

room.

the doctor

a quick survey of the room.

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 and blankets

over the

hard to mask his shock.

at her,” Jason said. “What’s wrong with her? I kept calling her just now but I couldn’t wake her

sensed his employer had

expression was anxious and his posture

doctor glanced at Terrence briefly as if for confirmation.

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

one of the best general practitioners in the city.

airlifted at any time, if the doctor deems

necessary.”

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

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