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 to your fingers did not set properly, and at this stage,

any positive change.”

lowered her

on your

trauma.”

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

like he was digging for information. He probably thought her an abused woman. And she had been. Just not by some vile husband

had come in the form

of wealthy families.

the older injuries?” Jason asked carefully. Again, his

to say,” Dr. Craigge admitted. “In my

the traumas and how

complications. Perhaps if Miss Cummins had sustained

at the time, the conversation would be different

now…”

Grace frowned. “But I don’t think

now, so the effects will be

play into degenerative issues, so as

kind of complications?”

feel pain in your joints. There

or cramping. If it is serious, you may not be able to

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 and taped.

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

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

to cure it?” Lina’s voice

she asked.

contrary, Grace seemed to be relatively quiet.

high in calcium. Osteoporosis later in life would compound these issues significantly. Eat foods that reduce swelling and inflammation.

leaned back and was lost

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

she ever know any peace?

stay a few days and we can monitor her,” Dr. Craigge

I want to

should listen to the doctor,”

it easy and rest. Please. I just want to

gave a barely perceptible nod.

“Please work with Dr. Craigge to determine any medicines