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

the situation,

an ambulance?”

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

don’t think so.”

this now,

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

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

medical data from her earlier

visit.”

the washcloth to cool down

me to stay

Grace to realize

See

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. Reed’s fiancee’s death,

rather incredible.

‘No. Not in a million years would

shanty of an apartment, with a

his

wasn’t just here… he was

his place to question or inform Mr. Reed of his

best physicians

on the door. After all, his employer did not want Grace to

being seen. But when the door was opened, Jason immediately stepped aside and

room.

in,” he said, ushering the

a quick survey

for the sink, stove, refrigerator. A small dinette table for two was at

one over the

tried hard to mask his shock.

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

his employer had lost his usual calmness.

anxious and his posture was

glanced at Terrence briefly as

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

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

time, if the doctor

necessary.”

eyes still had the wild look of a man about to

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