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.

toward the X-rays of her hands. “You sustained multiple broken bones and fractures. Many of these injuries

any positive change.”

her

of areas on your hands, arms, feet

trauma.”

lips together. She knew damn well

He probably thought her an abused woman. And she had been. Just

the form of retaliation

wealthy families.

on the older injuries?” Jason asked carefully. Again, his voice was underlaced with hostility.

Craigge

given the traumas and how

complications. Perhaps if Miss Cummins had sustained

the time, the conversation would be different

now…”

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

now, so the effects will be less

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

of complications?” Jason

future, you may often feel pain in your joints. There

cramping. If it is serious, you may not be able to lift heavy things with your hands, and you might have trouble

were from her time in prison. Prisoners were afforded the minimal treatment required by law. There were no gifted surgeons to reset her bones.

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

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

any way to cure it?” Lina’s voice

she asked.

the contrary, Grace seemed

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 minerals. Also, you have to take

back and was lost to

out of prison, she’d

know any peace?

few days and we can

I want to go home.”

think you should listen to the doctor,” Jason said.

and rest. Please. I just want to go

barely perceptible

Dr. Craigge to determine any medicines Grace