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.

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

any positive change.”

her

on your hands, arms, feet and

trauma.”

well who

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

come in the form

of wealthy

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

to say,” Dr. Craigge admitted. “In my

and how

if Miss

care at the time, the conversation would be different

now…”

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

young now, so the effects will

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

kind of complications?”

the future, you may often feel pain in

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

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 in soft

and the time

what the doctor said about residual pain and worsening,

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

she asked.

seemed to be

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

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

ever know any

can stay a few days and we

to go home.”

think you should listen

take it easy and rest.

gave a barely perceptible nod.

any medicines Grace will need and what follow up treatments he