Chapter 80

When she said his name Jason’s whole body stiffened.

“Do you hate Jason Reed?” he murmured.

She sighed and said, “Everyone in this City knows him. When

I had the car accident, Jennifer Atkinson was Jason’s fiancée. So, of course, I was not going to get out of it easily. How many people want to curry favor with him? How many people think that by hurting me it’ll gain them favor with him?”

Grace’s eyes took on a faraway look. “Who knows… maybe

if that accident had involved someone else. Someone other than Jennifer Atkinson, I could have won the lawsuit. Would I have been spared from being in jail for three years and

experienced all those things? Maybe.” Her eyes were so earnest when they met his. “I didn’t drink and drive, Jay. I

wouldn’t do that. I still can’t understand how the evidence

could corroborate that sort of thing.”

Jason knew the ins and outs of the case intimately.

She was not angry or sad, but the faint self-degradation she showed made him feel very guilty.

Perhaps half of her pain was because of him.

He squatted in front of her, staring at her bent hands. “It I had

you would suffer so much, I

game but was something that had come from the bottom

of him. He

He wasn’t cruel. And Grace

reason than that he might bestow some favors

tormentors.

sickened

he believed her when she said it was all an accident… it opened something in his

his hand. “Alright, let’s not talk about this.” Grace smiled again and lifted her hand

had been doing this more and more frequently

entered the hallway and paused beside them, she shifted

feet awkwardly. “I, uh, got the

them. “And Dr. Craigge included two other prescriptions which we can fill once we

Lina,” Grace said.

from the underground parking lot. Jay, help

entrance and

“Alright,” Jason agreed.

arms beneath

what are you

should be obvious, no?”

don’t need to

should probably have crutches.”

into the hospital room to

fine. I just need

“That means rest from walking,”

if

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