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 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

any positive change.”

lowered her

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

trauma.”

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

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

injuries had come in the form

of wealthy

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

Craigge admitted.

the traumas and how they

Miss Cummins had

care at the time, the conversation would be

now…”

“But I don’t think there’s anything

still young now, so the effects will be less

this can play into degenerative

complications?” Jason asked bluntly.

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

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

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

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

joints ached. So no doubt, what the doctor said

there any way to cure it?”

she asked.

seemed to be relatively

reduce swelling and inflammation. Take

and was lost to her thoughts

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

know

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

to

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

“I’ll take it easy and rest. Please.

barely

said. “Please work with Dr. Craigge to determine any medicines Grace will need and what follow up treatments he recommends.”