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well. I was panicked; it wasn’t
anything like what I had gone through that night at the hospital.
This was something different and I hadn’t the slightest clue what
to do.
     
    “ It’s bad isn’t it?” Her
voice was barely more than a whisper as she opened her eyes to
me.
     
    “ Uh... No.” I lied. She
smirked as rolled her head to the side once more, allowing it to
rest on the window next to her.
     
    “ You’re a terrible liar.”
I started the engine and pulled onto the road like a man possessed.
I didn’t know where I was going or if a doctor could even help her
but after last night’s encounter I wasn’t about to lose her to
something like this, something that was so comparatively
small.
     
    As I made my way down narrow side
streets and onto the main road I didn’t have time to notice
anything about my surroundings other than the apparent lack of a
hospital. I saw a line of stores to my right and decided I better
ask someone. I pulled the old girl up to the curb outside of what
looked like a drugstore, not even bothering to correct my horrid
parking job before I killed the engine and turned to
Cordillia.
     
    “ I’ll be right back.” She
nodded softly and with that I jumped out of the truck, slammed the
door behind me and ran into the drugstore. It was small and as I
pulled open the glass door the smell of alcohol and sterility
filled my senses. There was no one behind the counter and I felt
myself growing frantic and impatient as I peered around the
back.
     
    “ Hello?” I called as I
smacked my fist onto the counter. “Hello!?” I nearly screamed. A
young man came out of a backroom. He couldn’t have been out of his
early twenties, his short round face carried a smile that could
melt ice and in all honesty I really wished I had more time to
enjoy his apparent kindness. He met my eyes and his smile quickly
changed to concern.
     
    “ Can I help you?” He asked
as he bent down to place a small white bag behind the
counter.
     
    “ My sister, she’s really
sick.” I explained frantically. He nodded as he listened to me.
“She’s running a fever. There’s an infection in her shoulder. I
really think she needs a doctor.” A smile crossed his lips as his
posture began to relax.
     
    “ There is no need to worry
sir.” He tried to assure me. “I’m sure it’s nothing, I see family
overreact about this kind of thing all the time.” He paused for a
moment to think. “We have peroxide and a lot of over the counter
pain killers…”
     
    “ That’s not going to do
it.” I cut him off sharply. “It’s bad, really bad.” His face didn’t
change and in that moment I could tell he wasn’t going to believe
me. I turned and stomped out of the small drugstore and back to the
truck. I didn’t want to do this but I knew there was no other way
to convince him.
     
    I opened the passenger door and helped
Cordillia to her feet.
     
    “ What? Where are we
going?” She groaned as she leaned her head against my chest. I
picked her up and carried her into the store, her arms rested
across her stomach and her head bent back as I ducked through the
front door and laid her down on the counter.
     
    The small man’s face immediately went
white, his expression mirroring the horror and concern that I felt.
She had gotten worse since I first came into the tiny store and it
wasn’t until I looked down that I realized the redness in her arm
had spread down to her wrist, the wound itself had become putrid
and sickly and it was all I had not to drag him over the counter in
a panic..
     
    “ Peroxide isn’t going to
do it.” I pleaded with him desperately. “I need a doctor PLEASE.”
My breath grew short and I bordered on tears as I waited for him to
reply.
     
    “ Outside of town.” Was all
he could muster as he shook his head. “You could drive there, I
could give you instructions.” He stammered as he lifted his eyes to
meet my gaze.
     
    “ I don’t have that kind of
time. It wasn’t