The bumblebee in the Iced Tea

"I was sitting at a picnic table in the backyard of my childhood home, trying to finish an urgent email on my laptop even though I didn't have Wi-Fi. I went to take a sip from a clear glass cup of iced tea, and suddenly this huge bumblebee was floating right inside the liquid. Before I could even set the glass down, it zipped out and stung me right on the tip of my thumb. It felt like a hot needle getting shoved under my skin, and this sharp, throbbing heat radiated instantly up my forearm. Next thing I knew, I was standing in the middle of a grocery store checkout line, staring down at my hand. My thumb was swollen to three times its normal size, turning this strange, glossy purple, but I couldn't find my wallet to pay for a box of band-aids. I kept trying to pull the stinger out with my teeth, but my jaw felt completely locked shut. This intense, dizzying wave of panic swept over me because I was sure the swelling was going to spread before I could reach my car."