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.

are injuries that would point 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

any positive change.”

lowered her gaze.

of areas on your

trauma.”

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

was digging for information. He probably thought her an abused woman. And

injuries had come in the form of

of wealthy families.

asked carefully.

to say,” Dr. Craigge

the traumas and how they

complications. Perhaps if Miss Cummins had

the conversation would be

now…”

I don’t think there’s anything wrong with my body.”

are still young now, so the

injuries like this can play into degenerative issues, so as you age, the complications will slowly come out!”

complications?”

the future, you may often feel pain in your

serious, you may not be able to lift heavy things with your

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 fingers were

the time spent recovering from

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

any way to cure it?” Lina’s voice trembled

she asked.

Grace seemed to be relatively quiet.

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

lost to

she had known was abuse. Being out of prison, she’d been accosted by her own sister, by ‘friends’

she ever know any

can stay a few days and we can monitor her,”

want to go

I think you should listen to the doctor,” Jason

and rest. Please. I just

a barely

determine any medicines Grace will need and what follow up