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

any positive change.”

her gaze.

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

trauma.”

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

the doctor, it seemed like he was digging for information. He probably thought her an abused woman. And she had been.

the

wealthy

Jason asked carefully. Again, his voice was underlaced

Dr. Craigge admitted.

given the traumas and how they

if Miss Cummins

at the time, the

now…”

“But I don’t think there’s anything wrong with my

young now, so the effects will be less

play into degenerative issues, so as you age, the complications will slowly come

complications?”

the future, you may often feel

serious, you may not be able to

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

attacks had been painful, and the time spent recovering

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

cure it?”

she asked.

seemed

in calcium. Osteoporosis later in life would compound these issues significantly. Eat foods that reduce swelling and inflammation. Take

leaned back and was lost to

Being out of prison, she’d been

ever know

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

I want to go

should listen to the

easy and rest. Please. I just want to go home.”

a barely perceptible nod.

with Dr. Craigge to determine any medicines Grace will