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.

more sustained, systemic 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 fusion and time lapsed that re-breaking and resetting the bones would

any positive change.”

her gaze.

cleared his throat. “I’ve noticed a number of areas on your hands, arms, feet and legs

trauma.”

knew damn well who and what had caused her those injuries.

information. He probably thought her an abused woman. And

had come in the form of

of wealthy

injuries?” Jason asked carefully. Again, his voice was underlaced with

to say,” Dr. Craigge admitted. “In

how they healed, there will

if Miss Cummins had

time, the conversation would

now…”

don’t think there’s anything wrong with my body.”

are still young now, so the effects will

this can play into degenerative issues, so as you

complications?” Jason asked

may often feel pain

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

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

had been painful, and the time spent recovering from them,

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

to cure it?” Lina’s voice trembled

she asked.

the contrary, Grace seemed to be relatively quiet.

and inflammation. Take vitamins and minerals. Also, you have to take good care

and was lost to her thoughts after

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

know any peace?

days and we can monitor her,” Dr. Craigge

I want to go

think you should listen to the doctor,” Jason said.

easy and rest. Please. I just want to

barely perceptible nod.

to determine any medicines Grace will need and what follow up