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.

it?” Jason asked irritably.

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

an ambulance?”

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

don’t think so.”

on this now,

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 other line,” Terrence said. “I’ll

and the medical data

visit.”

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

want me to stay on the line, sir?”

realize he hadn’t hung up the phone. “No.”

See you soon.”

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

rather incredible.

would’ve said, ‘No. Not in

a shanty of an apartment, with a

killed his former lover.

Jason wasn’t just here…

his place to question

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

After all, his

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

room.

in,” he said, ushering the doctor into the house.

a quick survey of

studio apartments were 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 to a bathroom. No windows

over

to mask his

with her? I kept calling her just

sensed his employer had lost his

anxious and his posture

as if for confirmation. Terrence

immediately went to work, checking Grace’s vitals, all while

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

any time, if

necessary.”

nodded, but his eyes still had the wild look of

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