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Hu boots off, rolled my jeans up past the muck and the cut inI could find I ran the water until it was scalding hot, then cleaned out the cut I’d sat throughCli back upstairs, I ransacked the bathroo I could use to disinfect et an infection

Bad boys bad boys, whatcha gonna do? Whatcha gonna do when your horse poops pooI sang to ht as I poked around in Aunt Maude’s bathroo but a bottle of iodine--did they even sell iodine anymore?--I saturated a cotton ball with the brown liquid and dotted it on and around Gross But effective for now First-aid needs testore for real disinfectant

Grocery store for food

Liquor store for the love of all that is holy

I changed into a clean pair of jeans and boots, grabbed , and headed back out to the car On omery had said there was a car, a real looker Did I even want to go there?

My leg was stinging I passed on the garage, I’d takeback into town, looking right and left I knew I’d passed a--aha! A drugstore Right next to the grocery store and everything else I needed Parkingtoward me Jareeting

"Did I say that out loud?" I asked,to hit

"No, but you had that look How’s the house?" she asked, falling into step as I walked along the sidewalk toward the drugstore

"The house? H to see the inside of it Maude’s kept to herself so roceries in, not really co about so to an older couple passing by "Evening, Owen, Polly"

"Lovely evening, isn’t it, Jessica?" the older gentle at me

"Certainly is," Jessica replied

Mayberry Literally Mayberry

"So where you headed?" she asked Nosy But nice

"Had a run-in with a splintered porch step, so I’ some disinfectant Then some beer"

"Good call Well, if you need a recommendation for a quick bite, the pizza across the street is the best in town The fact that my boyfriend owns the restaurant is only part of the reason it’s the best" She laughed, her eyes twinkling I looked where she was pointing and saw a bustling, co up, the sun had sunk low across the ocean The lights of the toere turning on Streetla up but still spilled a soft light out onto the pavement And that fiery ball lit up the western sky like a painting