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

is the severity of the situation, sir?

an ambulance?”

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

don’t think so.”

this now, sir.”

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

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

events and the medical data from her earlier hospital

visit.”

brow and wrung out the washcloth to cool down

stay

Grace to realize he hadn’t

See you

a way that suggested more than work or business obligation. And given this woman’s background and what had transpired surrounding

rather incredible.

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

here he was. In a shanty of

killed his former

just here… he

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

services of one of the best physicians in the city.

on the door. After all, his employer did not want Grace to discover his

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

room.

said, ushering the doctor

took a quick survey of

Mr. Reed’s office. The kitchenette was perhaps ten feet long with enough room for the sink, stove, refrigerator. A small

one over

hard to mask his shock.

with her? I kept calling her just now

had lost his usual calmness.

expression was anxious and his posture was

Terrence briefly as if for confirmation.

checking Grace’s vitals, all while Jason stood

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

airlifted at any time, if

necessary.”

the wild look of a man about to come unglued.

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