LSP 8

Lily had been sitting in the dark hospital room with her son. The room was so silent and dark. The only light emitting from the room came from the small muted television that was attached to the hospital wall. She found the silence comforting, it allowed her to relax in her uncomfortable hospital chair and contemplate her next move. Lily let her eyes roam over her son once more. He looked so different, almost innocent with the lights from the television bouncing off of his face highlighting his sharp angles. Chuck had been sleeping so still the entire time she'd been there. It was almost midnight now and had it not been for the constant beep of the machines that he was hooked to scrutinizing his stats she would have thought he was no longer alive.

She glanced across the room at Rufus. He was still sitting seated in the chair on the other side of their son's bed asleep. She'd offered him the chance to go home and get some rest hours ago but he refused to take it. So, here they were waiting patiently for their son to come back to them. Lily glanced at the sleeping child once more and she couldn't resist the urge to reach out and touch him. She reached out her hand once more and ran her fingers through his hair, she needed to touch him, feel his warmth and reassure herself that that he was indeed okay.

She had just finished the process of pushing his dark hair away from his face when he stirred, then moaned in pain he coughed and gagged causing Rufus to jump up from his seat now fully awake."You're oaky" Rufus whispered to a very confused Charles who did not even seem to notice that he was there. He patted his son on the arm and pushed the call button for the nurse.

Lily gasped and felt tears once again began to sting her eyes. She was so happy her son was awake.

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Blair moaned when her cell phone rang. It was almost midnight who the hell would call her she wondered as she reached over to answer her phone. She had just gotten into bed about twenty minutes ago and she was so not in the mood to get out just yet.

She paused when she looked over and saw the private investigators name that she'd hired came up on her screen. All former thoughts asleep evaporated from her mind as she answered her phone as fast as she could.

"Hello did you find something?" she asked as soon as the phone was to her ear. She sighed in relief when she was told that Chuck had been found sometime this morning only to find her heart skip a beat when she was then told that he was currently at a hospital in Brooklyn recovering from an overdose. She dressed as quickly as possible, and tried to control her tears as she left her home and headed to the hospital to see about Chuck.

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"So how is he doctor?" Lily asked. She and Rufus were both standing outside the busy hospital room while a flux of nurses attended to Chuck.

The doctor sighed he hated these types of emergency cases because alone with the good news that the patient had survived the overdose came the bad news the incident might not have been accidental and the patient might in fact be suicidal and would require a full mental stability test to determine whether they were at risk again for such behavior. Most families were in denial and couldn't face the fact that their family member wanted to end their own life.

"We'll he came in some time this morning he had overdose on Triazolam which is used as a sedative to treat severe or debilitating insomnia. But it was taken off the market in many countries a while ago and only acceptable in low doses in America. Charles doesn't have a prescription for the stuff anywhere in his medical records and we don't even know where he would have gotten his hands on the stuff." Lily sighed "Well Charles has…resources so it's no telling" she added. The doctor nodded his head in a sign of understanding. He figured as much when he'd seen the patients name and medical records. "We'll when can we take him home?" Lily asked she was so ready to leave this hospital. She hated hospitals. The doctor frowned this was the hard part. "It won't be soon" the doctor informed the seemingly concerned parents. "We have to watch him for signs of a reaction and the drugs he took have been known to cause strange behavior and in some instances violent reactions." Lily exhaled sharply but the doctor continued "Charles seems fine but, we want to watch him closely for a few days to make sure he is okay. We uh… also want to talk to you about admitting your son for psychological evaluation we have reason to believe that the incident may have been intentional" the doctor stopped talking Lily was furious. "My son would not try to take his own life. He love s life you know nothing about my child" she yelled at the doctor causing people in the hallway to stop and take notice.

"So if he is evaluated and its determined that he is in fact suicidal, what do we do then?" Rufus asked he was calmer. More in control. "We are not committing my son. I've had to do this once with my younger son and I will not go down this road again. No!" Lily said his voice shaking but calmer. "Lily listen to the doctor he's trying to help Chuck" Rufus told her she was not being reasonable.

"I have the final say right?" Lily asked. The doctor rechecked the files and returned his gaze to Lily.

"It says here that you Lily Bass are the step mother and only living relative of Charles Bass so yes, you would have some say but if he's deemed mentally unstable we would still have to treat him in some type of facility to insure his health" the doctor responed and both Lily and Rufus were left at a lost for words.

TBC

Next Blair comes to the hospital and Lily talks with Chuck