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

the severity of the situation, sir?

an ambulance?”

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

don’t think so.”

on this now, sir.”

up, he spared a second to offer some explanation because no doubt any doctor they called

the other line,” Terrence

the medical data from her earlier

visit.”

and wrung out the washcloth to cool down her face

stay on

realize

See

the time since Mr. Reed saved Miss Cummins. Mr. Reed was engaging in a way that suggested more than work or business

rather incredible.

Not

was. In a shanty of an

his former lover.

here… he

It was not his place to question or inform Mr.

one of the best physicians in the city. Then

After all, his employer did not want Grace to discover his true

retreat without being seen. But when the door was

room.

he said, ushering the doctor into the

a quick survey of the

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

one over the sink.

to mask

a look at her,” Jason said. “What’s wrong with her? I kept calling her just now but I couldn’t wake

had lost his

and

glanced at Terrence briefly as if for confirmation. Terrence

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

the best general

Cummins airlifted at any time, if

necessary.”

nodded, but his eyes still had the wild look of a

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