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.

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 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 bones would

any positive change.”

her

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

trauma.”

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

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

had come in the

wealthy

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

Dr. Craigge admitted. “In my professional

and how

Perhaps if Miss Cummins had sustained

the time, the conversation would be different

now…”

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

young now, so the effects will be less

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

kind of complications?” Jason asked

you may often feel

nerve damage or cramping. If it is serious, you may not be able to lift heavy things with your hands, and you

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

been painful, and the time spent

no doubt, what the doctor said about residual pain and worsening, debilitating injuries over time…

there any way to cure

she asked.

contrary, Grace seemed

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 can’t afford to continue to abuse your body,”

was lost to her thoughts

years, it seemed all she had known was abuse. Being out of prison, she’d been accosted by her own sister, by ‘friends’ of Sean and

know

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

I want to go

should listen

will,” she agreed. “I’ll take it easy and rest. Please. I just want to go home.”

a barely perceptible nod.

said. “Please work with Dr. Craigge to determine any medicines Grace will need and what