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.

trauma.” He gestured toward the X-rays of her hands. “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 the bone

any positive change.”

lowered her

number of areas on your hands, arms, feet

trauma.”

well who and what had caused her those injuries.

information. He probably thought her an abused woman. And she had been. Just not

injuries had come in the form of

of wealthy families.

the prognosis on the older injuries?” Jason asked carefully. Again, his voice was underlaced with

Dr. Craigge

and how

if Miss Cummins had sustained

the

now…”

Grace frowned. “But I don’t think there’s anything wrong with my body.”

so

you’ve properly adapted to the pain. But injuries like this can play into degenerative issues, so as you age, the complications will slowly come

kind of complications?”

you may often feel pain

most certainly be arthritis. You may have sustained nerve damage or cramping. If it is serious, you may not be able to

Prisoners were afforded the minimal treatment required by law. There were no gifted surgeons to reset her bones. Her

the time spent recovering from them,

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

is there any way to cure it?” Lina’s voice

she asked.

Grace seemed to be relatively

high in calcium. Osteoporosis later in life would compound these issues significantly. Eat foods that reduce swelling and inflammation. Take vitamins and minerals. Also, you

lost to her thoughts after that.

seemed all she had known was abuse. Being out of prison, she’d been accosted by

ever know any peace?

and we can monitor her,” Dr. Craigge was

I want to go home.”

you should listen to the doctor,” Jason said.

she agreed. “I’ll take it easy and rest. Please. I just want to go

barely perceptible

to determine any medicines Grace will need and what