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.

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 this stage, it’s unlikely given the bone fusion and time lapsed that

any positive change.”

her

on your hands, arms, feet and legs

trauma.”

pressed her lips together. She knew damn well who and what

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

in the form of retaliation

wealthy

asked carefully. Again, his

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

given the traumas and how they

Miss

care at the time, the conversation would be

now…”

don’t think there’s anything

still young now, so the effects will

pain. But injuries like this can play into

kind of complications?”

you may often feel pain in your joints. There

You may have sustained nerve damage or cramping. If it is serious, you may not be able to

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

time spent

and joints ached. So no doubt, what the doctor said about residual pain and

way to cure it?” Lina’s voice trembled

she asked.

the contrary, Grace seemed

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

and was lost to her thoughts

abuse. Being out of prison, she’d been accosted by

she ever know

days and we can monitor her,” Dr. Craigge

to go home.”

listen to the doctor,”

“I’ll take it easy and

gave a barely perceptible

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