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

known that you would suffer so much, I would have protected you three years ago.”

was something that had come from the bottom of

because of him. He was cold, yes,

wasn’t cruel. And Grace

reason than that he might bestow some

tormentors.

thought sickened him.

her when she said it was all an

She patted his hand. “Alright, let’s not

doing this more and more frequently

and paused beside them, she

feet awkwardly. “I, uh, got the medicine,”

them. “And Dr. Craigge included two other prescriptions

Lina,” Grace said.

the underground parking

to the entrance and wait for

“Alright,” Jason agreed.

arms beneath

are you doing?”

should be obvious, no?”

have wheelchairs, you don’t need to

give you won’t suffice. You should probably

intended to carry her back into the hospital room to argue for said

Grace said. “I’m fine. I just need some

“That means rest

if

for you to carry me

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