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.

of the situation, sir? Should I instead call

an ambulance?”

an intelligent question and it lessened Jason’s annoyance slightly. “No,”

don’t think so.”

this now, sir.”

would’ve 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. “She has a fever.

a doctor on the other line,” Terrence said.

data from her earlier

visit.”

Jason smoothed Grace’s brow and wrung out the washcloth

me to stay on the line,

to realize

sir. See

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.

Not in a million years would Mr. Reed act like

a shanty of

his former

wasn’t just here…

to himself. It was not his place to

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

especially careful when knocking on the door. After all, his

he should retreat without being seen. But when the door was opened, Jason immediately stepped aside

room.

the doctor into the

a quick survey

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 pillows

one over the sink.

hard to mask

her? I kept calling her just now but I couldn’t wake her up.” Jason stood beside the bed.

had lost his usual

and

doctor glanced at Terrence briefly as if for

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

the best general practitioners

time, if the doctor deems it

necessary.”

had the wild

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