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

severity of the situation, sir? Should

an ambulance?”

it lessened Jason’s annoyance

don’t think so.”

working on this now, sir.”

doctor they called would want to know more details of the situation too. “She has a fever. It’s

doctor on the other line,” Terrence said.

and the medical data from her earlier hospital

visit.”

the washcloth to cool down her

want me to stay

Grace to realize he hadn’t hung up

See you soon.”

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

rather incredible.

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

a shanty of an apartment,

his former

wasn’t just here… he was present.

would keep to himself. It was not his place

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

After all, his employer did not want Grace to discover

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

room.

he said, ushering the doctor into the house.

quick survey

was perhaps ten feet long with enough room for the sink, stove, refrigerator. A small dinette table for

over

hard to mask his

with her? I kept calling her just now but I couldn’t wake her up.” Jason

had lost his usual

and his posture

doctor glanced at Terrence briefly as if for confirmation. Terrence nodded.

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

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

Cummins airlifted at any time, if the

necessary.”

his eyes still had the wild look of a man about

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