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.

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 properly, and at this stage, it’s unlikely given the bone fusion and time lapsed

any positive change.”

lowered her

throat. “I’ve noticed a number of areas on your hands,

trauma.”

damn well who

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

injuries had come in the form of retaliation and

wealthy

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

Craigge admitted. “In my professional

given the traumas and how they healed,

Miss

the

now…”

think there’s

are still young now, so the effects will be less

play into degenerative issues, so

complications?”

the future, you may often feel pain

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

were afforded the minimal treatment required by law. There were no gifted surgeons to reset her

the time spent

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

is there any way to cure

she asked.

seemed to be

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 minerals. Also, you have to take good care of yourself. You can’t afford to continue to abuse your body,”

leaned back and was lost to her thoughts

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

know any

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

I want to go

listen to the doctor,” Jason said.

“I’ll take it easy and rest.

gave a barely perceptible nod.

Craigge to determine any medicines

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