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

the situation,

an ambulance?”

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

don’t think so.”

this now, sir.”

any doctor they called would want to know more details

the other line,” Terrence

data from her

visit.”

Grace’s brow and wrung out the washcloth

to stay on the line,

too busy with Grace to realize

sir. See you

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

rather incredible.

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

a shanty of

killed his former lover.

here…

realization was one he would keep to himself. It was not his place to question or inform Mr. Reed of his emotional attachments-or lack

the best physicians in the city. Then he woke the doctor up and

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

retreat without being seen. But when the door was

room.

in,” he said, ushering the doctor into the house.

took a quick survey of 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.

the one over the

to

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

his employer had lost his

was anxious and his

Terrence briefly as if

to work, checking Grace’s vitals, all while Jason stood by, looking on the verge of

of the best general practitioners in the city. And

any time, if the doctor deems

necessary.”

nodded, but his eyes still had the wild look

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