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.

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 re-breaking and resetting the bones would affect

any positive change.”

lowered her

on

trauma.”

lips together. She knew damn well who and

it seemed like he was digging for information. He probably thought her an abused woman. And she

in the

wealthy families.

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

hard to say,” Dr. Craigge admitted.

and how they healed, there will

Miss

care at the time, the conversation would be

now…”

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

still young now, so

pain. But injuries like this can play into

complications?” Jason asked

you may often feel pain in your

cramping. If it is serious, you may not be able to lift heavy things with your hands,

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

been painful, and the time spent recovering

doubt, what the doctor said

is there any way to cure it?” Lina’s voice

she asked.

seemed to be relatively

recuperate and 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 care

was lost to

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

know any

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

to

should listen to the doctor,” Jason

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

gave a barely perceptible

“Please work with Dr. Craigge to determine any medicines Grace will

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