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.

hands. “You sustained multiple broken bones and fractures. Many of these injuries to your fingers

any positive change.”

her

a number of areas on your hands,

trauma.”

well who and what had caused her those

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

come in the form of retaliation and

of wealthy families.

injuries?” Jason asked carefully. Again, his

hard to say,” Dr. Craigge

and how they

if Miss

at the time, the conversation

now…”

think there’s

still young now, so the effects

to the pain. But injuries like this can play into

complications?”

often feel

most certainly be arthritis. 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 might have trouble walking,” Dr. Craigge

at her hands and feet. Her old wounds 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 soft splints

painful, and the time spent recovering

now, her bones and joints ached. So no doubt, what the doctor said about residual

cure it?”

she asked.

Grace seemed to be relatively quiet.

compound these issues significantly. Eat foods that reduce swelling and inflammation.

back and was lost to her

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

she ever know any

and we can monitor her,” Dr. Craigge was

want to go

think you should listen

she agreed. “I’ll take it easy and rest.

barely perceptible

work with Dr. Craigge to determine any medicines Grace will need and what follow up