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 resetting the

any positive change.”

lowered her gaze.

doctor cleared his throat. “I’ve noticed a number of areas on your hands, arms, feet and legs that point to

trauma.”

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

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

injuries had come in the form of retaliation

of wealthy families.

asked carefully. Again, his voice

Craigge admitted. “In my professional

and how they healed, there will

if Miss

care at the time, the conversation

now…”

frowned. “But I don’t think there’s

so the

But injuries like this can play into degenerative issues, so as you age, the

complications?” Jason

the future, you may often feel pain in

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

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

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

and joints ached. So no doubt, what the doctor said about residual pain and worsening, debilitating injuries

way to cure it?” Lina’s voice trembled

she asked.

contrary, Grace seemed to be relatively quiet.

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

was lost

out of prison, she’d been accosted

ever know any

days and we can monitor

to go

you should listen to the

take it easy and rest. Please.

a barely

medicines Grace will need and