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 asked irritably.

severity of the situation, sir? Should I

an ambulance?”

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

don’t think so.”

on this

some explanation because no doubt any doctor they called would want to

have a doctor on the other

data from her

visit.”

wrung out the washcloth to cool down her face and

me to stay on the line, sir?”

Grace to realize he hadn’t hung

See you

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

rather incredible.

would’ve said, ‘No. Not in a million years would Mr.

here he was. In a shanty of an apartment,

killed his

just here… he was present.

would keep to himself. It was not his place

the services of one of the best physicians in

After all, his employer did not want Grace to discover his true identity.

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

room.

the

survey of

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 and blankets on the floor. One door, presumably

the one over the

tried hard to mask his

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

employer had lost his usual

anxious and

glanced at Terrence briefly as if for confirmation. Terrence nodded.

all while Jason stood by, looking on the verge of

is one of the best general practitioners in the

at any time, if the doctor deems it

necessary.”

still had the wild look of a man about to come

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