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 this stage, it’s unlikely

any positive change.”

her gaze.

number of areas on your hands, arms, feet and

trauma.”

lips together. She knew damn well who and what had

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

injuries had come in the

wealthy

older injuries?” Jason asked carefully. Again, his

hard to say,” Dr. Craigge admitted. “In

how they healed,

Perhaps if Miss Cummins

the conversation would be

now…”

think there’s anything wrong with my body.”

so the

to the pain. But injuries like this can play into degenerative issues,

of complications?” Jason asked bluntly.

the future, you may often feel

may not be able to lift

in prison. Prisoners were afforded the minimal treatment required by law. There were

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

doubt, what the doctor said about residual pain and worsening, debilitating injuries over time… it all made

to cure it?” Lina’s voice trembled

she asked.

contrary, Grace seemed

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

and was lost

she’d been accosted by her own sister,

she ever know any peace?

a few days and we can monitor her,”

to

think you should listen to the doctor,” Jason

she agreed. “I’ll take it easy and rest. Please.

barely

any medicines Grace will need and