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.

is it?” Jason

severity of the situation,

an ambulance?”

Jason’s annoyance slightly. “No,”

don’t think so.”

this now,

explanation because no doubt any doctor they called would want to know more details of the situation too. “She has a fever. It’s high.”

the other line,” Terrence

events and the medical data from

visit.”

Jason smoothed Grace’s brow and wrung out the washcloth to cool down her face and neck

stay on the

realize he hadn’t

sir. See you

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 surrounding Mr. Reed’s fiancee’s death, it

rather incredible.

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

here he was. In a shanty of an apartment, with a

his

wasn’t just here… he was present.

that realization was one he would keep to himself. It was not his place to question or inform Mr.

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

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

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

room.

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

survey of the room.

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.

the one over the

tried hard to mask his

I kept calling her

had lost

and his posture was

briefly as if for confirmation. Terrence

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

“Dr. Raunfield is one of the best

any time, if the

necessary.”

eyes still had the wild look of

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