13x22 Los Desmayos De Dona Nieves-las Manzanas-... Page

To be continued… or forgotten. Doña Nieves isn’t sure which is worse. [End of 13x22]

“No las mires cuando giren, hija. Las manzanas que giran buscan dueño.” 13x22 Los desmayos de Dona Nieves-Las manzanas-...

Nieves sits in her rocking chair. The room is dark. Forty-seven apples line the sill. They are beginning to hum—a low, green sound, like a refrigerator full of secrets. To be continued… or forgotten

And then: the faint.

Nieves touches her chest. Her lips part. A small gasp, like a bird falling from a nest. two streets away

Last Tuesday, a boy threw a rotten apple at a dog. Doña Nieves, two streets away, dropped her groceries and collapsed onto a pile of plantains. The boy was grounded.