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 asked

is the severity of the situation,

an ambulance?”

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

don’t think so.”

working on this now, sir.”

spared a second to offer some explanation because no doubt any doctor they called would want

other line,” Terrence

data from her earlier

visit.”

washcloth to cool down her

stay on the line,

with Grace to realize

sir. See

noticed many changes in his boss in the time since Mr. Reed saved Miss Cummins. Mr. Reed was engaging in a way that suggested more

rather incredible.

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

was. In a shanty of an apartment, with

his

just here…

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

services of one of the best physicians in the city. Then he woke the doctor up and collected

his employer did not want Grace to

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

room.

ushering the doctor into the

took a quick survey of

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.

tried hard to mask

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

had lost his usual calmness.

was anxious and

at Terrence briefly as if for confirmation.

immediately went to work, checking Grace’s vitals, all while Jason

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

any time, if the doctor deems it

necessary.”

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