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.

injuries to your fingers did not set properly, and at this

any positive change.”

lowered her gaze.

on your hands,

trauma.”

She knew damn well who and what

her an abused woman. And she

come in the form of

of wealthy families.

Jason asked carefully. Again, his

Dr. Craigge

traumas and how they healed, there

complications. Perhaps if Miss

at the time, the conversation would

now…”

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

are still young now, so the effects will

But injuries like this can play into degenerative

kind of complications?” Jason

may often feel pain in

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

and feet. Her old wounds 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 put in soft splints and taped.

time spent recovering from them, even more

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

cure it?” Lina’s voice trembled as

she asked.

contrary, Grace seemed to

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

and was lost to her thoughts

she’d been accosted by her

know any peace?

can stay a few days and we

I want to go home.”

you should listen to the doctor,” Jason

take it easy and rest. Please. I just want

a barely

with Dr. Craigge to determine any medicines Grace will