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 asked

severity of the situation, sir? Should

an ambulance?”

annoyance slightly. “No,”

don’t think so.”

working on this

hung up, he spared a second to offer some explanation because no doubt any doctor they called would want to know more details of the situation too.

on the other line,” Terrence said.

and the medical data from her earlier

visit.”

wrung out the washcloth to cool down her face and neck

want me to stay on the line, sir?”

with Grace to realize

sir. See you

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

rather incredible.

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

here he was. In a shanty of an apartment, with a woman

his former

just here… he was present.

was not his place to question or inform Mr.

name to enlist the services of one of the best physicians in the city. Then he woke

After all, his employer did not want Grace to discover

But when the door was opened, Jason immediately stepped aside and gestured him into

room.

the doctor

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 one over the

to

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

had lost his usual

expression was anxious and his posture was

as if for confirmation.

vitals, all while Jason stood

the best general practitioners

airlifted at any time, if

necessary.”

but his eyes still had the wild look of

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