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.”

nothing to do with the game but was

of him.

cruel. And Grace had been

than that he might

tormentors.

thought sickened

now that he knew her. That he believed her when

his hand. “Alright, let’s not talk about this.”

that she had been doing this more and more frequently recently.

entered the hallway and paused beside

got the medicine,”

two other prescriptions which we can fill once

you, Lina,” Grace said.

car from the underground parking

entrance and wait for me.”

“Alright,” Jason agreed.

arms beneath

what are

should be

wheelchairs, you don’t

suffice. You should probably have crutches.” He hefted her into

hospital room to

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

means rest

simply, as if it

too heavy for you to carry me like

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