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 irritably.

is the severity of the situation, sir?

an ambulance?”

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

don’t think so.”

working on this now, sir.”

to offer some explanation because no doubt any doctor they called would want to know more

other line,” Terrence said. “I’ll relay

the medical data

visit.”

washcloth

stay

too busy with Grace to realize he hadn’t hung up the phone. “No.”

See

changes in his boss in 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 what had transpired surrounding Mr.

rather incredible.

‘No. Not in a million years

he was. In a shanty

killed his former lover.

here…

one he would keep to himself. It was not his place to

the Reed Group name to enlist the services of one of the best physicians in the city. Then he woke the doctor up and collected him from his house.

the door. After all, his employer did not

to the side in case he should retreat without being seen. But when the door was opened, Jason immediately stepped aside and

room.

said, ushering the doctor

took a quick survey of

studio apartments were small. But this 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 the sink.

tried hard to mask his

kept calling her just now but I couldn’t wake her up.”

employer had lost his

expression was anxious and his posture was tense.

doctor glanced at Terrence briefly as if

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

“Dr. Raunfield is one of the best

airlifted at any time, if

necessary.”

eyes still had the wild look of a man about to

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