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.

more 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,

any positive change.”

her

noticed a number of areas on

trauma.”

pressed her lips together. She knew damn well who and what

the doctor, it seemed like he was digging for information. He probably thought her an abused woman. And she had

come in the form

of wealthy

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

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

traumas and how they

Miss Cummins had

at the time, the conversation would be different

now…”

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

so the effects will be less

can play

of complications?” Jason

future, you may often feel pain in your joints. There

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

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

attacks had been painful, and the time spent recovering from them, even

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

she asked.

the contrary, Grace seemed

and

and was lost to

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

ever know any

we can monitor her,” Dr.

I want to

think you should listen to the

“I’ll take it easy and

barely

Jason said. “Please work with Dr. Craigge to determine any medicines Grace

arms to Jay and he carefully, gently helped