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.

and fractures. Many of these injuries to your fingers did not set properly, and at this stage,

any positive change.”

lowered her

on your hands, arms,

trauma.”

She knew damn well who and what

digging for information. He probably thought her an abused woman. And

had come in the

wealthy families.

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

hard to say,” Dr. Craigge admitted. “In my professional

given the traumas and how they

complications. Perhaps if Miss Cummins

the time, the

now…”

I don’t think there’s anything wrong with my

now, so the effects will be less

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

complications?” Jason asked

future, you may often feel pain

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

at her hands and feet. Her old wounds were from her time in prison. Prisoners were afforded the minimal treatment required by law.

had been painful, and the time spent recovering from

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

cure

she asked.

contrary, Grace seemed

issues significantly. Eat foods that reduce swelling and inflammation. Take vitamins and minerals. Also, you have to take good care of yourself.

was lost to her thoughts after

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

she ever know any

can stay a few days and we can

I want to

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

will,” she agreed. “I’ll take it easy and rest. Please. I

gave a barely

work with Dr. Craigge to determine any medicines Grace