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.

to 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

any positive change.”

lowered her gaze.

“I’ve noticed a number of areas on

trauma.”

knew damn well who and what had caused her those

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

the form of

wealthy families.

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

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

the traumas and how they healed, there will

complications. Perhaps if Miss Cummins

time, the

now…”

think

still young now, so the effects will

can play into degenerative issues, so as you age, the complications

kind of complications?” Jason asked

you may often feel pain in your

most certainly be arthritis. You may have sustained nerve damage or cramping. If it is serious, you may not be able

were from her time in prison. Prisoners were afforded the minimal treatment required by law. There

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

doubt, what the doctor said about residual pain and worsening, debilitating

way to cure

she asked.

the contrary, Grace seemed to

need to recuperate and eat 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 was lost to her thoughts after that.

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

she ever know any

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

I want to go home.”

should listen to the

she agreed. “I’ll take it easy and rest. Please. I

barely perceptible

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

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