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

the severity of the situation, sir? Should I instead call

an ambulance?”

Jason’s annoyance slightly. “No,”

don’t think so.”

on this now,

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

a doctor on the other line,” Terrence

and the medical data from

visit.”

the washcloth to cool down

to stay

too busy with Grace to realize he

sir. See you soon.”

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 what had transpired surrounding Mr. Reed’s fiancee’s death, it was

rather incredible.

events, Terrence would’ve said, ‘No. Not in a million years would Mr.

was. In a shanty of an apartment, with

killed his

Jason wasn’t just here… he was present.

to himself. It was not his place

services of one of the best physicians in the city. Then he woke the doctor up

After all, his employer did not want Grace to

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

room.

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

a quick survey of

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.

over

tried hard to

wrong with her? I kept calling her

his employer had lost

and his posture was tense.

glanced at Terrence briefly as if for confirmation. Terrence

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

best general practitioners

Cummins airlifted at any time, if

necessary.”

eyes still had the wild look of a

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