My Gorgeous Wife is an Ex-Convict!

Chapter 84

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

the situation, sir? Should I instead

an ambulance?”

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

don’t think so.”

this now,

no doubt any doctor they called would want to know more details of

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

events and the medical data

visit.”

washcloth to cool down her face and neck again.

to stay on the

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

See

in the time since Mr. Reed saved Miss Cummins. Mr. Reed was engaging in a way that suggested more

rather incredible.

events, Terrence would’ve said, ‘No. Not in a million years would Mr.

here he was. In a shanty of an

killed his former

Jason wasn’t just here… he was

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

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

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

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

room.

in,” he said, ushering the doctor

survey of

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

the one over

tried hard to mask

I kept calling her

employer had lost his

anxious and his posture was

at Terrence briefly as if for confirmation. Terrence

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

one of the best general practitioners in the city.

time, if the

necessary.”

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