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.

injuries that 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

any positive change.”

her

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

trauma.”

damn well who and what had caused

an abused woman. And she had been. Just not

in the form of retaliation and on

of wealthy

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

to say,” Dr. Craigge admitted.

and how they healed,

Perhaps if Miss Cummins had

the

now…”

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

are still young now, so the effects will be less

like this can play into degenerative issues, so as you age, the complications will slowly come

of complications?”

the future, you may often feel pain in

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,

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 from them, even more

doctor said about residual pain and worsening, debilitating injuries over

to cure it?” Lina’s voice trembled as

she asked.

Grace seemed to

compound these issues significantly. Eat foods that reduce swelling and inflammation. Take vitamins and minerals. Also, you have to take good care of yourself. You can’t afford to continue to abuse your body,” Dr. Craigge said.

leaned back and was lost

last few 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 and even his sister

she ever know

and we can monitor her,” Dr. Craigge

I want to go home.”

I think you should listen to the doctor,”

agreed. “I’ll take it easy and rest.

gave a barely

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