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.

of these injuries to your fingers did not set properly, and at this stage, it’s unlikely given the bone fusion and time lapsed that re-breaking and resetting the bones would

any positive change.”

lowered her

number of areas on your hands,

trauma.”

her lips together. She knew damn well who and what had caused her

for information. He probably thought her an abused woman.

in the form of retaliation

of wealthy

is the prognosis on the older injuries?” Jason asked

Craigge

and how they

Miss Cummins had

at the time, the conversation would be

now…”

think there’s anything

are still young now, so the effects will

play into degenerative issues, so

complications?”

often feel pain in your joints. There

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,” Dr. Craigge

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

painful, and the time

no doubt, what the doctor said about residual pain and worsening, debilitating injuries over time… it all made sense.

way to cure

she asked.

seemed to be relatively quiet.

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,” Dr.

back and was lost to her thoughts after that.

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

ever know any peace?

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

to go home.”

should listen to the doctor,” Jason said.

will,” she agreed. “I’ll take it easy and

a barely

to determine any medicines