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

the severity of the situation, sir? Should I instead call

an ambulance?”

Jason’s annoyance slightly. “No,” he said. “No

don’t think so.”

on this now, sir.”

offer some explanation because no doubt any doctor they called would want to know more details of

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

and the medical data from her earlier hospital

visit.”

brow and wrung out the washcloth to cool down her face and

you want me to stay on the line, sir?”

to realize he hadn’t hung up the

See you

Mr. Reed was engaging in a way that suggested more than work or business obligation.

rather incredible.

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

he was. In a shanty of an apartment, with

killed his former

wasn’t just here… he was present.

would keep to himself. It was not his place

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

knocking on the door. After all, his

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

room.

ushering the doctor

a quick 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,

the one over the

to mask his

I kept calling her just

employer had lost

expression was anxious and

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

checking Grace’s vitals, all while

Terrence said gently. “Dr. Raunfield is one of the best general practitioners in the city. And we can have

airlifted at any time, if the doctor

necessary.”

nodded, but his eyes still had the wild look of

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