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 situation,

an ambulance?”

annoyance slightly. “No,” he said. “No ambulance.”

don’t think so.”

working on this now,

up, he spared a second to offer some explanation because no doubt any doctor they called would want to know more

have a doctor on the other line,” Terrence said. “I’ll

the medical data from her earlier hospital

visit.”

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

me to stay on the line,

realize he hadn’t hung

See

Miss Cummins. Mr. Reed was engaging in a way that suggested more than work or business obligation. And given this woman’s

rather incredible.

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

he was. In a shanty of

killed his

wasn’t just here… he

was one he would keep to himself. It was not his place to question or inform Mr. Reed of his

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

all, his employer

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

room.

he said, ushering the doctor into the

survey of the room.

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

the one over

hard to mask

at her,” Jason said. “What’s wrong with her? I kept calling her just now but

his employer had lost his

anxious and his posture was tense.

Terrence briefly as if for confirmation.

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

gently. “Dr. Raunfield is one of the best general practitioners in the city. And

any time, if the doctor deems

necessary.”

but his eyes still had the wild look

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