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 situation, sir?

an ambulance?”

intelligent question and it lessened Jason’s annoyance

don’t think so.”

working on this now, sir.”

spared a second to offer some explanation because no doubt any doctor they called would want to know more details of the situation too. “She has a fever.

other line,” Terrence

medical data from her

visit.”

Grace’s brow and wrung out the washcloth to cool down her

you want me to stay on the line,

was too busy with Grace to realize he hadn’t hung

See you

Reed saved Miss Cummins. Mr. Reed was engaging in a way that

rather incredible.

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

In a shanty of an

killed his former lover.

just here… he was

realization was one he would keep to himself. It was not his place to

Group name to enlist the services of one of the best physicians in the

all, his

when the door was opened, Jason immediately stepped aside

room.

the doctor

a quick survey of the

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

one over the

tried hard to

her just now but I couldn’t wake her up.” Jason stood

had lost

expression was anxious and his

at Terrence briefly as if for confirmation. Terrence nodded.

work, checking Grace’s vitals, all while Jason stood by, looking on the verge of something

gently. “Dr. Raunfield is one of the best general practitioners in the city. And

any time, if the

necessary.”

had the wild look of a man about

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