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

would suffer so much, I would have protected you

sentence had nothing to do with the game but was something that had come from the bottom of his heart.

because of him. He was cold, yes,

He wasn’t cruel. And Grace had been tortured for no

he might bestow

tormentors.

sickened

now that he knew her. That he believed her when she said it was all an accident… it opened something in his chest that made him ache

let’s not talk about this.” Grace smiled again and lifted her hand to rub his

had been doing this more

entered the hallway and paused beside them,

awkwardly. “I, uh, got the

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

you, Lina,” Grace

car from the underground parking

the entrance and wait for

“Alright,” Jason agreed.

slid his arms

are you

should be

you don’t need to carry me.”

they give you won’t suffice. You should probably have crutches.” He hefted her into his

her back into the hospital room to argue

“I’m fine. I just need some rest.”

Jason agreed. “That means rest from

if it explained everything.

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