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.”

with the game but was something that had come

thinking that this woman had suffered because of him. He was

cruel. And Grace had been tortured for no

might

tormentors.

sickened him.

that he knew her. That he believed her when she said

not talk about this.” Grace smiled again and lifted her

had been doing this more and more

and paused beside them,

awkwardly. “I, uh, got the

Craigge included two other prescriptions which we

Lina,” Grace

get the car from the underground

and wait

“Alright,” Jason agreed.

his arms beneath

are

be

wheelchairs, you don’t need to

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

back into the hospital

Grace said. “I’m fine. I

Jason agreed. “That means rest from walking,” he

if it explained everything.

for you to carry me

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