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.

severity of the situation, sir? Should I

an ambulance?”

an intelligent question and it lessened Jason’s annoyance slightly. “No,” he said. “No ambulance.” Then: “I

don’t think so.”

working on this now,

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

have a doctor on the other line,”

medical data

visit.”

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

to stay on the

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

sir. See you soon.”

changes in his boss in the time since Mr. Reed saved Miss Cummins. Mr. Reed was engaging in a way that suggested more than

rather incredible.

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

In a shanty of an apartment, with a

his former lover.

here… he was

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

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

his employer did

should retreat without being seen. But when

room.

he said, ushering the doctor into the

took a quick survey of the room.

of Mr. Reed’s office. The kitchenette was perhaps ten feet long with enough room for the sink, stove, refrigerator. A

over

hard to mask his

her just

had

anxious and his

Terrence briefly as if for confirmation.

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

of the best general practitioners in the city. And we can have

time, if

necessary.”

eyes still had the wild

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