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

of the situation, sir? Should I

an ambulance?”

lessened Jason’s annoyance

don’t think so.”

on this now,

doubt any doctor they called

the other line,” Terrence said. “I’ll

medical data from her earlier

visit.”

the washcloth

stay on the line, sir?”

to realize he hadn’t hung

sir. See you

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 work or business obligation. And given this

rather incredible.

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

a shanty of an apartment, with

his

Jason wasn’t just here…

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

physicians in the city. Then he woke the

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 the

room.

in,” he said, ushering the

survey

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

one over the sink.

to

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

had lost

expression was anxious and his posture was tense.

at Terrence briefly as if

checking Grace’s vitals, all while Jason stood by, looking on the verge

of the best

any time,

necessary.”

eyes still had the wild

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