rhubarb pie

..."King was trying to drown Linette" (...)

All the pies were smashed. Torn open. Black juice bleeding through the crusts. Bits of jagged shells were stuck to the wall and some were turned completely upside down. Chunks of rhubarb were scraped across the floor. Meringue dripped from the towels.

"The pies!" I shrieked. "You goddam sonofabitch, you broke the pies!"

His eyes widened. When he glanced around at the destruction, Lynette scuttled under the table. He took in what he could, and then his fists lowered and a look at least resembling shame, confusion, swept over his face, and he rushed past me."

Louise Erdrich em Love Medicine.

aqui, em .pdf, The World's Greatest Fishermen, com boas ilustrações de John Schmelzer.
este conto escrito em colaboração com o seu marido esteve na origem de Love Medicine.
este pedaço de texto sofreu mínimas alterações.

talvez o que verdadeiramente reste seja - Black juice bleeding through the crusts.