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.

would point to 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

any positive change.”

lowered her

of areas on your hands, arms,

trauma.”

well

He probably thought her an abused woman.

injuries had come in the form of

wealthy families.

prognosis on the older injuries?” Jason asked carefully.

Dr. Craigge admitted. “In my professional

the traumas and how they healed, there will

Miss Cummins had sustained

the time, the conversation would be different

now…”

don’t think

young now, so the effects will be less

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

of complications?” Jason asked bluntly.

you may often feel

you may not be able to lift heavy things with your hands, and you might

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

the time spent recovering from them, even more

joints ached. So no doubt, what the doctor said

cure it?” Lina’s voice trembled as

she asked.

the contrary, Grace seemed to be relatively quiet.

eat food that’s 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 have to take good

was lost

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

she ever know any peace?

we can monitor

want to go

listen

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

barely perceptible

any medicines Grace will need