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.

hands. “You sustained multiple broken bones and fractures. Many of these injuries to your fingers did not set properly, and at this stage,

any positive change.”

lowered her gaze.

on your hands,

trauma.”

together. She knew damn well

he was digging for information. He probably thought her an abused woman.

had come in the form of retaliation

wealthy

asked carefully. Again, his voice was underlaced with hostility.

hard to say,” Dr. Craigge admitted. “In my professional

traumas and how they healed,

Perhaps if Miss Cummins had

time, the conversation

now…”

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

now, so the effects will be

you’ve properly adapted to the pain. But injuries like this can play into

of complications?” Jason

you may often feel pain in your

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

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

the time spent recovering from them, even more

ached. So no doubt, what the doctor said about residual pain

way to cure it?” Lina’s voice trembled

she asked.

contrary, Grace seemed to

that’s 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,” Dr. Craigge said.

leaned back and was lost to her thoughts after that.

Being out of prison, she’d been accosted by her own sister, by ‘friends’ of Sean and even his sister and fiancee.

know any

and we can monitor her,”

to go home.”

I think you should listen to the doctor,”

and rest. Please. I

barely perceptible

with Dr. Craigge to determine any medicines Grace will need and

out her arms to Jay and he

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