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.

Many of these injuries to your fingers did not set properly, and at this stage, it’s unlikely given

any positive change.”

lowered her

his throat. “I’ve noticed a number of areas on your hands, arms, feet and legs that

trauma.”

together. She knew damn well who

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

had come in the

wealthy families.

asked carefully. Again, his voice was underlaced with

to say,” Dr. Craigge

the traumas and how they

Miss Cummins had

care at the time, the

now…”

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

still young now, so the effects will be less

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

kind of complications?”

the future, you may often feel pain in your joints. There

serious, you may not be

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.

the attacks had been painful, and the time spent

her bones and joints ached. So no doubt, what the doctor said about residual pain and worsening, debilitating injuries over time… it all

way to cure

she asked.

seemed to be

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

and was lost to her

out of prison, she’d been accosted by her own sister, by

she ever know any

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

I want to

should listen

easy and rest. Please. I just want

barely perceptible

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