Sorry this chapter is a bit short. Thanks all for following this story.

A/N: My Thanks to Mikiss

TRIXIE CHAPTER 19

After he got his foot bandaged and a prescription for pain, he quickly slipped into the utility room on the ground floor.
He searched around for the things he needed, looked at the size and put it round himself. Satisfied, he bundled it under his shirt and peeped out, saw nobody in the corridor and quietly went out.

He saw the breakfast cart and waited till the attendant went inside the room. He went to the cart and opened the cover of the trays and looked inside.
It was beans with two rashers of bacon and two buns, checked the rest and saw that it was the same.

He took a cover to put in the two buns and two rashers of bacon and took the same thing from another tray. He saw the tea but he could not carry it without spilling, didn't take it and with a quick look around again, he ran off.

He went back to his car as fast as he could and he sat down to enjoy his stolen breakfast.

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It was almost 10am when Charlie and Alan arrived at the hospital.

Alan took Charlie to the clinic to have his bandage changed, for it was still damp.

Alan and Charlie went up to the counter and gave the nurse Charlie's doctor's appointment card and said, "Miss, he's supposed to come in three days' time but he managed to get his bandages wet, can he see the doctor now?"

"Yes, I see if Dr. Chandra will stay a bit to see him. Please wait here."

After a while the door opened, "Mr. Eppes, Charlie?"

"You want me to go with you?"

Charlie nodded and Alan walked ahead him, he opened the door and went in thinking that Charlie was right behind him.

'Thank you Doctor for staying to see Charlie," Alan said looking at the tall Asian doctor.

"Ah yes, you are Mr. Eppes?"

"Yes, I'm Alan Eppes but you are seeing Charlie."

"I am seeing you, I don't see Charlie, is he your little son?"

"Yes, my son Charlie here……'Alan turned around but he did not see Charlie.

"Ah, you must hold the little one's hand; they tend to do the wander about.
I will wait until you catch him here." Dr. Chandra nodded.

"Charlie? Wander about….Sorry Doctor, can you please excuse me for a moment." Alan smiled at the doctor and went out hurriedly to look for Charlie.

He saw Charlie standing where he was and starring at something he was holding in his hand.

"Charlie! Come on the doctor is waiting."

"Huh? Oh coming." Charlie said and quickly put something in his coat pocket.

Alan whispered to him at the door, "What are you doing? What's the matter with you? The doctor had kindly stayed to see you."

"Sorry to keep you waiting, Doc." Charlie said, sitting in front of the doctor.

"Oh you are Charlie? Then you are not small."

"Huh?" Charlie was confused.

"Never mind, Doctor this is Charlie, he had stitches in his hand…."

"OK, wait, I call his name in my computer." The doctor punched in the letters Eppes, "Ah, yes, Charlie Eppes, knife wound, OK what's wrong now, you also broke stitches?" Dr. Chandra turned to look at Charlie.

"You treated another one with torn stitches?" Charlie asked.

"AH, this morning I had another Eppes, this is common surname?"

"What wrong with the other Eppes?" Alan asked leaning forward.

"He got three recalcitrant stitches."

"Huh?" Alan said

"Don tore some stitches, Dad."

"Ah yes, Don, you know him?"

"Yes, he's my other son. What's was wrong, may I ask?" Alan insisted.

"Well, the nurse Kassie said the little girl he's sleeping with..."

Charlie hooted and laughed right out loud but stopped when his dad gave him the look.

Alan stared at him and then turned to explain to the doctor, "No, he's not sleeping with the little girl. The little girl had no one to look after her, so the good Doctor Stewart allowed little Trixie to move her bed to Don's room so that Don can keep an eye on her."

"Oh forgive me, I don't mean that way, sorry, the little girl was so upset in her little dreams that Kassie cannot wake her. Mr. Eppes helped her wake up, and she hugged him too crushed?"

"Oh, okay thank you for your explanation. Wonder if the little girl was alright?"

"Oh sleeping like a babe in the woods."

Charlie made a phf sound and Alan looked at him.

"OK, not so young Charlie , let me have a look at your hand.
Next time don't wet it, must be bone dry, then it'll heal better and faster.
Ah see stitches intact good, let me test here and…." He poked lightly round the knife wounds.

"Ow," Charlie's reaction to the sudden pain made him lift his hand straight up and he managed to give Dr.Chandra a slap on his face.

"Oh, oh, am so sorry, Doctor..." Charlie was red in the face.

"Oh never mind, comes with the job, a slap here and almost a kick there…."

"Huh, someone tried to kick you there?" Alan asked in surprised.

"Almost, but jewels safe and sound."

Charlie hooted again and Dr. Chandra was shaking his head left and right,
"You can laugh now, it was a near miss, really nearly."

Now all of them were laughing wholeheartedly.

After a while, Dr. Chandra said, "Sorry, I press to see if it's watery but you got pain? I just touch, ok this time no slap."

"Sorry Doc." Charlie mumbled.

"OK, good, good, remember next time don't wet your hand, Use your other hand. Come in two days one time check alright with you?"

"Ok come in two days' time to check." Alan said.

"No, no, come in two days' one, one, time check." Dr. Chandra insisted.

Charlie just sat there looking at his father and Dr. Chandra and laughter was just round the corner again.

"Umm... Ok we know, we know, thank you doctor." Charlie quickly said and started to get out of the chair.

"OK, ready, go next door, nurse ready for you, you up now?

Charlie hooted again and this time Alan pushed him out of the door, Alan turned to Dr.Chandra and said. "Thank you Doctor for your time, it's most enlightening."

"Yes, Yes, you're welcome, Your Charlie is like little boy, laughing all the time, good."

"Yes, he's a gas, thanks again doc." Alan quickly went next door and he met Jenny by the door.

"Hello, good morning Jenny, how are you?" Alan asked pleasantly.

"Good morning Alan, I'm fine but Don's not too good. He's having a moderate fever and I came to get the doctor to approve a higher dosage of antibiotics for him."

Tbc