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

situation, sir? Should I

an ambulance?”

Jason’s annoyance slightly.

don’t think so.”

on this now, sir.”

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

the other line,” Terrence said.

the medical data from her earlier

visit.”

Jason smoothed Grace’s brow and wrung out the washcloth to cool

want me to stay

to realize he hadn’t

See

Reed was engaging in a way that suggested more than

rather incredible.

Terrence would’ve said, ‘No. Not in a million years would Mr. Reed act like this.

he was. In a shanty of an apartment, with

killed his

wasn’t just here… he was present.

would keep to himself. It was not his place to question or inform Mr.

name to enlist the services of one of the best physicians in the city. Then he woke the doctor

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

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

room.

he said, ushering the doctor into the house.

a quick survey of

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

one over the

tried hard to mask his

her? I kept calling her just now but I

his employer had lost his

anxious and his posture was

briefly as if for

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

said gently. “Dr. Raunfield is one of the best

any time, if

necessary.”

nodded, but his eyes still had the wild

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