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

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

an ambulance?”

and it lessened Jason’s annoyance

don’t think so.”

on this now, sir.”

no doubt any doctor they called would want to

doctor on the other line,” Terrence said.

and the medical data from

visit.”

wrung out the washcloth to cool down her face

me to stay

Grace to realize he hadn’t hung up the

sir. See you soon.”

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

rather incredible.

to predict these events, Terrence would’ve said, ‘No. Not

shanty of an apartment, with

killed his former lover.

Jason wasn’t just here… he was present.

one he would keep to himself. It was not his place to question or inform Mr. Reed of his emotional attachments-or lack thereof.

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

all, his employer did

But when the door was opened, Jason immediately stepped aside and gestured him into the small

room.

in,” he said, ushering the doctor into

survey of

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

one over the

tried hard to mask

her? I kept calling her just now but I

employer had lost his usual

was anxious and his posture

doctor glanced at Terrence briefly as if for confirmation.

all while Jason stood by, looking on the verge of something

the best general practitioners

at any time, if the

necessary.”

the wild look of

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