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.

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

any positive change.”

her gaze.

on your hands,

trauma.”

lips together. She knew damn well who

thought her an abused woman. And she had been. Just not by some vile husband or

had come in the form of

wealthy

the prognosis on the older injuries?” Jason asked carefully.

Craigge admitted. “In my professional

the traumas and how they healed, there will

Miss Cummins had sustained

time, the conversation would

now…”

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

still young now, so the

you’ve properly adapted to the pain. But injuries like this can play into degenerative issues, so as you age, the complications will slowly come

kind of complications?” Jason asked bluntly.

you may often feel

may have sustained nerve damage or cramping. If it is serious, you may not be able to lift heavy things with your hands, and you might have trouble walking,” Dr.

looking down at 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

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

said about residual pain and worsening, debilitating injuries

any way to cure it?” Lina’s voice trembled

she asked.

the contrary, Grace seemed to

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 of yourself. You can’t afford to continue to abuse your

and was lost

out of prison, she’d been accosted by her own sister, by ‘friends’ of Sean and even his sister and

she ever know

stay a few days and we can

I want to go home.”

you should listen

and rest. Please. I just want to go home.”

barely perceptible nod.

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