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of those things suggest an infection in the urine.” Despite her admonition to Tarc that he needed to stop being so self-conscious, she blushed a little, “Infections in the urine are common in women right after they get married.”
Tarc blushed as well. About all he knew about sex came from the stories boys his age told one another, but from those stories he could guess how getting married might affect your bladder. Especially after he’d just finished poking around down inside Denny Smith with his ghost and knew how close together things were down there. A sense of foreboding came over him. Infections were really terrible things. He wondered. “Is… Denny gonna die?”
“Well,” his mother said, tilting her head and thought, “maybe. But usually not. The body can fight off a lot of urine infections itself, especially if we give it some help.”
Tarc frowned, “What kind of help can we give? I thought there weren’t any medicines for infection anymore.”
Eva got down a couple of plates and started loading them with food off the grill. “Mostly, we give her advice. She needs to drink lots of fluid so that she’ll make lots of urine to wash away the bacteria causing the infection. Cranberries are good for UTI , though there aren’t any fresh ones this time of year. Usually Benson’s store has dried cranberries and I keep some in case they run out.
“UTI?”
“That’s what your grandmother called it. She said it stood for ‘urinary tract infection.’ That was what they called it back in the old days when they had medicines that would cure a UTI with just a few doses.” She held out the plates, “Here, take these to the Garcias. I’m going to take a quick look out back to see if Daussie has gotten over her snit. Then we’ll talk to Denny together.”
Just then Daussie came in the door, looking sullen. She looked at the plates, “I’ll take them out ; apparently that’s all I’m good for anyway.”
Tarc already had the plates in his hands. He suddenly remembered the two men by the door, “No, I’ll take them.”
Daussie sneered at him, “Since when are you willing to do any extra work?”
Tarc considered just turning and going out there with the plates. But, what if Daussie comes out into the big room after me? “Um, those two men by the door…? They’re trouble. You shouldn’t go out there.”
Daussie’s eyes narrowed, “What do you mean, ‘trouble’?” She started to step towards the door as if she were going to peer out into the big room.
Tarc blocked her from the door and said uncomfortably, “They said things, um, about you… Like that big soldier from a week or so ago. They wouldn’t pay me, said they wanted you to pick up the money. I don’t think you should go out there.”
Now his mother frowned at him, “You left them their food when they didn’t pay?!”
It was Tarc’s turn to look sullen. But he also blushed with some embarrassment. Quietly he said, “They’re pretty scary. I didn’t know what to do.”
“You just pick their plates up and bring them back to the kitchen!”
“I know.” Tarc said miserably, “I’m sorry.”
“At the least,” Eva said, “you should have told me about it right away. By now they’ll have finished eating it all!”
“Sorry. I was going to, but then you asked me about Denny…”
His mother stepped to the door and peered out of the kitchen at the two men. When she turned back she had an unhappy look on her face. “I can see why they worried you.”
Eva turned to Daussie, “He’s right, you shouldn’t go back out there until they’re gone. In fact, I think you should go offer the deputies a free meal again. We won’t ask those men for their payment again until after the deputies come in.” She looked at Tarc, “You go ahead and take this food to the Garcias. Then stop and let your dad know what’s going on. When you get back we’ll talk to Denny together.”
Tarc frowned and tilted his head. “But
Tarc blushed as well. About all he knew about sex came from the stories boys his age told one another, but from those stories he could guess how getting married might affect your bladder. Especially after he’d just finished poking around down inside Denny Smith with his ghost and knew how close together things were down there. A sense of foreboding came over him. Infections were really terrible things. He wondered. “Is… Denny gonna die?”
“Well,” his mother said, tilting her head and thought, “maybe. But usually not. The body can fight off a lot of urine infections itself, especially if we give it some help.”
Tarc frowned, “What kind of help can we give? I thought there weren’t any medicines for infection anymore.”
Eva got down a couple of plates and started loading them with food off the grill. “Mostly, we give her advice. She needs to drink lots of fluid so that she’ll make lots of urine to wash away the bacteria causing the infection. Cranberries are good for UTI , though there aren’t any fresh ones this time of year. Usually Benson’s store has dried cranberries and I keep some in case they run out.
“UTI?”
“That’s what your grandmother called it. She said it stood for ‘urinary tract infection.’ That was what they called it back in the old days when they had medicines that would cure a UTI with just a few doses.” She held out the plates, “Here, take these to the Garcias. I’m going to take a quick look out back to see if Daussie has gotten over her snit. Then we’ll talk to Denny together.”
Just then Daussie came in the door, looking sullen. She looked at the plates, “I’ll take them out ; apparently that’s all I’m good for anyway.”
Tarc already had the plates in his hands. He suddenly remembered the two men by the door, “No, I’ll take them.”
Daussie sneered at him, “Since when are you willing to do any extra work?”
Tarc considered just turning and going out there with the plates. But, what if Daussie comes out into the big room after me? “Um, those two men by the door…? They’re trouble. You shouldn’t go out there.”
Daussie’s eyes narrowed, “What do you mean, ‘trouble’?” She started to step towards the door as if she were going to peer out into the big room.
Tarc blocked her from the door and said uncomfortably, “They said things, um, about you… Like that big soldier from a week or so ago. They wouldn’t pay me, said they wanted you to pick up the money. I don’t think you should go out there.”
Now his mother frowned at him, “You left them their food when they didn’t pay?!”
It was Tarc’s turn to look sullen. But he also blushed with some embarrassment. Quietly he said, “They’re pretty scary. I didn’t know what to do.”
“You just pick their plates up and bring them back to the kitchen!”
“I know.” Tarc said miserably, “I’m sorry.”
“At the least,” Eva said, “you should have told me about it right away. By now they’ll have finished eating it all!”
“Sorry. I was going to, but then you asked me about Denny…”
His mother stepped to the door and peered out of the kitchen at the two men. When she turned back she had an unhappy look on her face. “I can see why they worried you.”
Eva turned to Daussie, “He’s right, you shouldn’t go back out there until they’re gone. In fact, I think you should go offer the deputies a free meal again. We won’t ask those men for their payment again until after the deputies come in.” She looked at Tarc, “You go ahead and take this food to the Garcias. Then stop and let your dad know what’s going on. When you get back we’ll talk to Denny together.”
Tarc frowned and tilted his head. “But
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