The Case of the Good-for-Nothing Girlfriend by Mabel Maney

Author:Mabel Maney
Language: eng
Format: mobi, epub
Tags: Pulp
ISBN: 9781573442275
Publisher: Cleis Press
Published: 1970-01-01T06:00:00+00:00

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CHAPTER 29

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"Bess? Bees?"

"She might need medical assistance!" Cherry cried. Midge raced downstairs while Cherry ran to get her firstaid kit. Within minutes she had pinned on her nurse's cap and was heading for the basement stairs. Cherry threw caution to the wind and, putting aside her own safety, took the stairs two at a time. Awaiting her was a gruesome sight. Bess was sprawled motionless on the damp basement floor, surrounded by jars of canned fruit.

"I didn't know whether or not to move her," Midge said in a shaky voice as she watched Cherry take Bess's pulse. Cherry nodded her head. Midge had done the right thing, but there would be time later to let her know that! Cherry barked out orders. "Get all the warm blankets you can find. Wake up George. And bring me an ice bag!"

While the others raced about on their important missions, Cherry checked Bess for broken bones, all the time keeping an eye on her pulse. She was relieved to find that, outside of a badly twisted ankle, Bess had no major injuries. "If she's fainted, she should be coming to any minute," Cherry thought. But Bess's breathing grew more labored. Cherry checked her pulse again. She was shocked to find a large, sharp stinger buried deep in Bess's palm.

"Why, she's been bitten by a bee!" Cherry suddenly realized. She quickly injected Bess with the life-saving bee-sting serum she always carried in her firstaid kit. Within seconds, the color came back into Bess's face and her breathing steadied. After sterilizing her tweezers with a match, Cherry removed the barb from Bess's hand and cleansed the wound.

George arrived, her shaking arms loaded down with blankets. Right behind her was Midge, holding an ice bag. Velma and Lauren waited at the foot of the stairs, keeping out of Cherry's way.

"Is Bess going to be okay? What happened?" George frantically quizzed Cherry.

"She's fine," Cherry said. "She had an allergic reaction to a bee sting. Luckily, I had the right medication in my firstaid kit." She held up the stinger for George's inspection.

"Bess? Bees?" George gasped in surprise. "Why, she isn't allergic to bees. In fact, she was bitten several times while we were at Lake Merrimen, and she had no reaction at all!"

"That's odd," Cherry puzzled. She knew it was most unusual for someone to develop a bee allergy late in life. Cherry took a blanket from George, and, using some planks of wood she found nearby, fashioned an emergency stretcher. "Let's get her upstairs and comfortable, and then discuss her medical history," Cherry said. She tucked her patient into the stretcher, and George and Midge headed upstairs with their precious cargo.

"Ugh, what's that?" Cherry cried aloud as she stepped on something big and squishy. She examined the sole of her shoe. "It was a bee," she shuddered. "Here it is!"

Lauren whistled. "That's the biggest bee I've ever seen," she declared. Cherry had to agree. In all the bee-sting lectures she had attended,

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