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 asked

is the severity of the situation, sir?

an ambulance?”

lessened Jason’s annoyance slightly. “No,” he

don’t think so.”

this

second to offer some explanation because no doubt any doctor they called would want to know

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

data from her

visit.”

Jason smoothed Grace’s brow and wrung out the washcloth to

stay on the

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

sir. See

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.

said, ‘No. Not in a million years would Mr. Reed act

In a shanty of

killed his former

wasn’t just here… he was

was one he would keep to himself. It was not his place to question or

the best physicians in the

After all, his employer did not

when the door was opened, Jason immediately stepped aside and gestured

room.

he said, ushering the

survey of the room.

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 pile

one over

tried hard to mask

her? I kept calling her just now but I

sensed his employer had lost

anxious and

Terrence briefly as if for confirmation. Terrence

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

is one of the best general practitioners in the city.

time, if

necessary.”

wild look of

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