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.

the severity of the situation, sir?

an ambulance?”

Jason’s annoyance slightly.

don’t think so.”

working on this now, sir.”

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

the other

data from

visit.”

and wrung out the washcloth to cool down

you want me to stay on the line,

to realize he hadn’t hung up the phone.

sir. See

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 work or business obligation. And given this woman’s background and what had transpired

rather incredible.

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

a shanty of an apartment, with a woman

his former lover.

Jason wasn’t just here…

It was not his place to question or inform Mr. Reed of his emotional attachments-or lack thereof.

to enlist the services of one of the best physicians in the city. Then he woke the doctor up and collected him from his house.

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

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

room.

the doctor into

survey of the

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 over the

hard to

“What’s wrong with her? I kept calling her just now but

had lost his

was anxious and

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

all while Jason stood by, looking on the verge of something dangerous.

one of the best general practitioners in the city. And

Cummins airlifted at any time, if

necessary.”

wild look of a man about to

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