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.

Jason

severity of the situation, sir? Should I instead call

an ambulance?”

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

don’t think so.”

this now,

where Jason normally 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.

on the other line,”

the medical data from her

visit.”

and wrung out the washcloth

to stay on the

was too busy with Grace to realize he

sir. See you soon.”

had noticed many changes in his boss in the time since Mr. Reed saved Miss Cummins. Mr. Reed was engaging in a way that suggested more than

rather incredible.

these events, Terrence would’ve said, ‘No. Not in a

shanty of an apartment,

his

Jason wasn’t just here… he was present.

himself. It was not his place to question

one of the best physicians in the city.

careful when knocking on the door. After all, his employer did not want Grace to discover his true

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

room.

ushering the doctor into

quick survey of the

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

over

hard to

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

had lost his

anxious and

as if for confirmation.

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

is one of the best general practitioners in the city. And we

airlifted at any time, if the doctor

necessary.”

but his eyes still had the wild look of a man

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