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.

is it?” Jason asked

is the severity of the situation, sir? Should I instead

an ambulance?”

annoyance slightly. “No,” he said. “No ambulance.” Then: “I

don’t think so.”

working on this now,

to offer some explanation because no doubt any doctor they called would want to know more details of the situation too. “She has

a doctor on the other line,” Terrence

events and the medical data from her earlier hospital

visit.”

Grace’s brow and wrung out the washcloth to cool down

to stay

was too busy with Grace to realize he hadn’t hung up the phone. “No.”

sir. See you soon.”

engaging in a way that suggested more than work

rather incredible.

‘No. Not in a million

was. In a shanty of an apartment, with

his

Jason wasn’t just here… he

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

of the best physicians in the city. Then he woke the doctor up and collected him from

his employer did not want Grace to

case he should retreat without being seen. But when the door was opened, Jason immediately stepped aside and

room.

ushering the doctor into the

a quick survey of

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

over the sink.

tried hard to mask his

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

his employer had lost his

and his posture was tense.

Terrence briefly as if for confirmation. Terrence

checking Grace’s vitals, all while Jason stood by, looking on the verge of something dangerous.

one of the best general practitioners in the

any time, if the doctor deems it

necessary.”

had the wild look of

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