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.

of the situation, sir? Should I instead call

an ambulance?”

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

don’t think so.”

this

hung up, he spared a second to offer some explanation because no doubt any doctor they called would want to know more

on the other line,” Terrence said. “I’ll

medical data from her earlier hospital

visit.”

wrung out the washcloth

stay on the

was too busy with Grace to realize he hadn’t hung

See you

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

rather incredible.

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

In a shanty of an apartment, with a woman

his former

just here… he was present.

was not his

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

After all, his employer did not

should retreat without being seen. But when the door was opened, Jason immediately

room.

the doctor into

a quick survey of the

this was a fraction of the size 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

the one over

hard to

her,” Jason said. “What’s wrong with her? I kept calling her just now but

his employer had lost

anxious and his posture was

as if for confirmation. Terrence

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

one of the best general practitioners in

at any time, if the doctor

necessary.”

wild look of a man about to come

The Novel will be updated daily. Come back and continue reading tomorrow, everyone!

Comments ()

0/255