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 irritably.

the situation, sir? Should I instead

an ambulance?”

question and it lessened Jason’s annoyance slightly.

don’t think so.”

working on this now, sir.”

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

the other line,” Terrence said. “I’ll

medical data from her earlier

visit.”

washcloth to cool down

want me to stay on

to realize he hadn’t hung

See you

in a way that suggested more than work or

rather incredible.

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

In a shanty of an apartment, with a

killed his

Jason wasn’t just here… he

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

to enlist the services of one of the best physicians in

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

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

room.

the doctor

a quick survey of the room.

But this was a fraction 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, presumably to a bathroom.

one over the sink.

hard to mask

at her,” Jason said. “What’s wrong with her? I kept calling her just now but I couldn’t wake her up.”

his employer had lost his usual

was anxious and his posture was

doctor glanced at Terrence briefly as if for confirmation. Terrence nodded.

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

best general practitioners in the city. And we can

airlifted at any time,

necessary.”

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