Gone to Ground by Cheryl Taylor

Author:Cheryl Taylor
Language: eng
Format: mobi, epub
Tags: Action & Adventure, Dystopian, Science Fiction & Fantasy, Science Fiction, Genre Fiction, Literature & Fiction
ISBN: 9780615945163
Publisher: CT Communications
Published: 2014-01-02T05:00:00+00:00

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In the end it took O’Reilly four days before he was ready to head out on his next scavenging foray. The morning following his telling Magg

ie about his father’s death she came to him and told him about her nightmare and her concern that they were not prepared for any type of medical emergency. He had to admit she was right.

He also had to point out that neither of them was exactly trained as a doctor, so being prepared might be the least of their worries. But Maggie was adamant. They needed medical supplies, antibiotics, other medicines. As far as he was concerned, too many medical supplies in the hands of untrained novices could be as dangerous as the diseases and injuries themselves. Maybe more so. He might have experience in sewing up injuries on cattle and horses, as well as diagnosing and treating many bovine illnesses, but the idea of trying to jab one of those needles into Maggie or Lindy made his stomach clench.

Nonetheless Maggie was right in one aspect. If something happened, an injury or infection, antibiotics could be the difference between life and death. And, the only place to get antibiotics, or any other medications they might need, was a pharmacy. Maggie and O’Reilly discussed their options, O’Reilly hating the necessity that would drive him back into danger.

“The way I see it there are three, no four, options,” O’Reilly stated as he was working beside Maggie in the garden the next morning while Mark was doing his schoolwork. “I could head south to Prescott or Chino Valley, west to Wikieup or Kingman, or north to Ashfork, Williams, or maybe Seligman.”

“What’s the fourth option?” Maggie asked as she attacked a particularly stubborn weed.

“I could just make the rounds of all the camps and ranches in the area and collect whatever I can find in the medicine cabinets.” O’Reilly stood up and stretched his back, then leaned on his digging stick and watched Maggie aggressively assail the large horehound that had begun to grow among the tomatoes.

He caught himself admiring how the muscles of her back and arms moved under the t-shirt and how her golden, honey blond hair stuck to the nape of her neck. Mentally shaking himself he bent his head back to his row in the garden before Maggie caught him looking at her. He was relatively certain that she wouldn’t appreciate being scrutinized. Lately there seemed to be a definite softening in their relationship. She wasn’t quite as ready with a quick comeback when he showed too much authority for her taste. He didn’t want to damage this strengthening friendship just for the sake of a momentary look, nice as that look might be.

“I know going to town would be more dangerous than the camps, but I’m not sure you’d find what we need just by going through houses,” Maggie said, breathing hard after her exertions while pulling up the stubborn plant. “Who the heck invented horehound anyway? Whoever it was had a real sick sense of humor.

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