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.

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 given the bone fusion and time lapsed that re-breaking and resetting the bones would affect

any positive change.”

lowered her

noticed a number of areas on your hands, arms, feet and legs that point to significant

trauma.”

together. She knew damn well who and what

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

come in the form

wealthy families.

the older injuries?” Jason asked carefully.

hard to say,” Dr. Craigge

and how they healed, there will

if Miss Cummins had

care at the time, the conversation would be different

now…”

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

young now, so the effects will be less

adapted to the pain. But injuries like this can play into degenerative issues, so as you age,

of complications?”

feel

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

wounds were from her time in prison. Prisoners were afforded the minimal treatment

been painful, and the time spent recovering

said about residual pain and worsening, debilitating injuries over time…

to cure it?” Lina’s voice trembled as

she asked.

seemed to be

foods that reduce swelling and inflammation. Take vitamins and minerals.

and was lost to her thoughts after

she’d been accosted by her own sister, by

know any

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

to go

you should listen to the doctor,”

easy and rest. Please. I just

gave a barely perceptible nod.

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