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 irritably.

severity of the situation,

an ambulance?”

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

don’t think so.”

working on this now,

up, he spared a second to offer some explanation because no doubt any doctor they called would want to know more details of the situation too. “She

doctor on the other

and the medical data from

visit.”

wrung out the washcloth to cool down her face and neck again.

you want me to stay on the

busy with Grace to realize he hadn’t hung up the

See

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

rather incredible.

asked to predict these events, Terrence would’ve said, ‘No. Not in

a shanty of an apartment,

killed his former lover.

just here…

keep to himself. It was not his place to

Group name to enlist the services of one of the best physicians in the city. Then he woke the doctor up and collected him from his house.

was especially careful when knocking on the door. After all, his employer did not

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

room.

ushering the doctor

quick survey of the

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 armoire. A single bed. A pile of pillows and blankets on the floor. One door,

one over the sink.

hard to

wrong with her? I kept calling her just now but I couldn’t wake her up.” Jason stood beside the

employer had lost his

was anxious and his posture was

as if for

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

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

any time, if the

necessary.”

but his eyes still had the wild look of

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