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 asked irritably.

of the situation, sir?

an ambulance?”

question and it lessened Jason’s annoyance slightly. “No,” he said. “No

don’t think so.”

working on this now, sir.”

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. It’s high.”

a doctor on the other line,” Terrence

the medical data

visit.”

and wrung out the washcloth

me to stay on

with Grace to realize he hadn’t hung

sir. See

many 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.

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

was. In a shanty

his former

wasn’t just here… he

was not his place to question or inform Mr. Reed of

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

door. After all, his employer

when the door was opened, Jason immediately stepped aside and

room.

said, ushering the doctor into the house.

quick survey

of Mr. Reed’s office. The kitchenette was perhaps ten feet 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

over the

hard to

with her? I kept calling her just now but I couldn’t

had lost his usual calmness.

was anxious and his posture was

Terrence briefly as if for

while

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

at any time,

necessary.”

but his eyes still had the wild

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