A sequel to my 2018 story "The Recluse of 4B and the Waitresses". Part 7, Hospital.

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30 minutes after the phone call Sheldon and Leonard arrived at the hospital, they were soon joined by Penny, Howard and Bernadette. They had an anxious 2 hour wait before a female "real Doctor" came to the waiting area.

"Hello, anyone here for Sally Garcia?"

Sheldon jumped up "that's us"

"Who might you be"

"I'm her boyfriend, the rest are her friends"

"Any family members?"

"Sally's closest family members are all in Florida."

"OK then friends of Sally Garcia. I am Dr. Barnett, your friend is going to be OK. She had a car accident this morning, her car was pushed off the highway and hit a parked car. She has a broken right arm and a badly bruised right leg. She should be out of hospital in a couple of days but she will need looking after when she gets back home. Do you want to go and see her?"

Five minutes later they were all in Sally's hospital room. Sally was awake enough to greet her friends although no friendly hugs were possible, all she could do was hold hands with her friends. Sheldon did most of the hand holding.

"Good afternoon Dr. Garcia."

"Good afternoon to you Dr. Cooper, sorry I missed the Physics discussion this morning but I was assisting with an X-ray scattering experiment on my right arm."

"As long as you were doing some Physics."

"How do you feel?"

"Terrible."

Suddenly the door opened, it was Dr. Edwards!

"Sally, I came as fast as I could."

Sally replied "Well Dr. Edwards I am in good medical hands here, I believe that you know Dr. Barnett? If you are here professionally then you are in the wrong place, we don't need a gynaecologist for this case. So go and do your Doctor stuff, I know it takes up so much of your time."

Dr. Edwards hurriedly left the room.

Dr. Barnett said "Oh I enjoyed that, but don't over exert yourself. I will leave you for while to talk to your friends, ring the bell for assistance, I will see you shortly. Good afternoon friends of Sally Garcia."