My Gorgeous Wife is an Ex-Convict!

Chapter 79

Jason strode into the hospital room. His gaze swept the space, taking in the machines beeping, the x-rays mounted on the wall and the physician standing quietly at Grace’s bedside.

“You’re here!” Grace said.

“There was a traffic jam on the highway, or I would’ve been here sooner,” Jason replied.

She smiled. “You arrived faster than I expected.” She picked at

the bedsheets. “I hate that I inconvenienced you…”

Jason moved to the opposite side of the hospital bed to engage the physician directly.

Lina returned to the room and handed Grace a small cup of water. “One second you were in the ER, the next you were gone. Sorry, Grace. It took me a minute to devise where they’d moved you to.”

“I’m fine,” Grace said easily. She sipped the water.

“Doctor, how is she?” Lina asked. “Is my friend all right? She was knocked down several steps by someone on the

escalator.”

Grace watched Jason as Lina relayed the events. She wasn’t

too happy with her friend for saying all of that. A muscle in Jason’s jaw started to tick.

“The injury is not too serious,” the doctor said. “Thankfully,

there is no internal hemorrhaging or any signs of TBI-

traumatic brain injury.”

Lina sighed loudly in relief.

“What did you discover?” Jason asked in a deadly calm voice.

Dr. Craigge turned back to him. “There are some slight fractures. We’ll put her foot in a brace, and she should stay off

it for a few weeks to allow the bones around her ankle to heal,

but… Dr. Craigge hesitated.

“But what?” Jason asked in a frigid tone.

Grace trembled.

“You sustained multiple broken bones and fractures. Many of these injuries to your fingers did not set properly, and at this stage, it’s unlikely given

any positive change.”

lowered her gaze.

doctor cleared his throat. “I’ve noticed a number of areas on

trauma.”

lips together. She knew damn well who and

probably thought her an abused

in the form of retaliation

wealthy

the older injuries?” Jason asked carefully. Again, his

Dr. Craigge

traumas and how they healed,

complications. Perhaps if Miss

time, the conversation would be different

now…”

Grace frowned. “But I don’t think

young now, so the effects will

properly adapted to the pain. But injuries like this can play into degenerative issues, so as you age, the

kind of complications?”

future, you may often feel pain

If it is serious, you may not be able to

were from her time in prison. Prisoners were afforded the minimal treatment required by law. There were no gifted surgeons to reset her bones. Her fingers were put in

the time spent

and joints ached. So no doubt, what the doctor said about residual pain and worsening, debilitating injuries over time…

any way to cure it?” Lina’s voice trembled as

she asked.

the contrary, Grace seemed to be relatively

in life would compound these issues significantly. Eat foods that reduce swelling and

lost to her thoughts

seemed all she had known was abuse. Being out of prison, she’d been accosted by her own sister, by ‘friends’ of Sean and even his sister

know any

few days and we can monitor

to go

should listen to the doctor,”

easy and rest. Please. I just want

gave a barely perceptible

Jason said. “Please work with Dr. Craigge to determine any medicines Grace will