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.

sustained multiple broken bones and fractures. Many of these injuries to your fingers did not set properly, and

any positive change.”

lowered her gaze.

areas on your hands, arms, feet and legs

trauma.”

pressed her 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. And she

in the

of wealthy families.

older injuries?” Jason asked carefully. Again,

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

the traumas and how they healed, there will

if Miss Cummins had sustained

the time, the conversation

now…”

I don’t think there’s anything wrong with

are still young now, so the effects

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

kind of complications?” Jason asked bluntly.

future, you may often feel

certainly be arthritis. You 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,”

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

painful, and the time spent recovering from them, even more

now, her bones and joints ached. So no doubt, what the doctor said about residual pain and

any way to cure it?”

she asked.

seemed to

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

and was lost to her

last few years, it seemed all she had known was abuse. Being out of prison, she’d been accosted by her own sister, by ‘friends’

ever know

a few days and we can

I want to go

should listen to

she agreed. “I’ll take it easy and

barely

with Dr. Craigge to determine any medicines Grace will need and