"At least they won't be after him anymore." "It's him." "A shoot-out in downtown Athens revealed an illegal immigrant and organ trafficking ring." "A vital player seems to be a young serial killer from Northern Epirus who was found shot to death." "Evidence points to a young Albanian of Greek origin who worked as a hit man under the code name Jace." "He committed murders as a member of a ruthless gang, known as the Reds." "This is everything they need to know." "I like horny elephants and confused boys like you." "J.A.C.E. What's that?" " I don't know." "We're looking." "This is from the police." "Does he have a name?" " He has a few." "We have to find out more about him." "His family were mixed up in troubles in Albania." "You mean the story we aired last month?" "That's his uncle." "His mother's brother." "What about his parents?" " He was an orphan." "YOUR FATHER, WITH LOVE" "Daddy." "CHAPTER I FATHER" "Gjirokaster, Albania 1989" "Go away!" "You're not having him." "Tell me!" "Let me go!" " Who's the father?" "He's not from around here." "You don't know him." "The baby's mine!" "Give me the bastard." "No one has to know." "Let me go!" "Get off!" "Ma!" "Shut up ma!" "If I knew who the father was I'd have killed him instead." "The whore has shamed us." "What'll you do with a baby?" " Why, what'll you do with it?" "You bastard!" "She's your sister!" "Cover her." "7 years later" "Daddy, come back now!" "Where are you, you devil?" "We're leaving!" " Why're you taking him along?" "I teach him Greek along the way." " To the graveyard?" "She was your sister." "What's your problem?" "I'm supposed to leave my girl's grave untended?" "He might get ideas." "Did she know me?" "She died before you were born." "What was she to me?" " She was your mother's sister." "My other daughter." "If I do my magic, will I find her?" "Go play, you crazy kid!" "What's up?" "Happy arrivals!" " Same to you." "Come on." "Let's go." "Look at the colors on that TV!" "They're so lifelike!" "Shut up so we can listen." "Tell us about Greece." "Money, pretty girls, loads of food." "And a hard life for us." "But they asked us to go back to Greece." "We're foreigners there too." "Here we're Greeks, there we're Albanians!" "When are you going back to Athens?" "When he gets my girl pregnant again!" "Welcome, my son-in-law!" "Your Daddy." "Go give him a kiss." "Where are you going, you rascal?" "What's the matter, boy?" "Did the elephants scare you?" "What are they?" " They're good animals." "Like us." "Do you want to see them up close?" " When?" "When you grow up." "Can we go see them now?" "For now, watch them on the TV I brought you." "And when you grow up we'll go." "Daddy, are you going away again?" "I only just got back, silly." "I can do magic tricks too." "I made you come back." " Lf you show me it's yours!" "Come on." "Let's go to our hiding place." "This is our secret." "For magicians only!" "Don't say a word." "TO MY SON" "To... my... son." "TO MY SON ELEPHANTS" "Daddy, I'm going to fall!" "Don't be a crybaby!" "Do your magic tricks!" "You're a magician, no?" "How is it going?" "God bless your child." "Take the kid and let's go to the fair." "I only just got here." "Friends we help don't say "no" to us." "We'll all be there." "Go inside." "Some other time." "You brought the dough?" "I paid you." "The Big One said..." " I've no more business with you." "We got you across the border." "Got you a job." "You're making a mistake." "Who asked you?" "Looking for a chance to take the boy?" "Give him to us and we're even." "You stay away from my son!" " Now he's yours?" "I'll go to the police!" "Lets get out of here." "He isn't kidding!" "Good riddance." "Playing boss in my house?" "I'll show you!" "What are you doing here?" " We're the welcoming committee!" "Get out of here, cowards!" "Or what?" "I thought you only killed your daughters." "You scum!" " Stop!" "I'll kill you myself!" "Bastards!" "One move and you're dead!" "Where's the dough?" "Shut up, you old hag!" "No more games." "Talk!" " The money!" "Talk!" "Talk!" "Not the baby, you idiot!" "We don't need it!" "It's too young!" "Where's the dough?" "Where are you hiding it?" "Come out, you little bastard." "We'll get him too." "Will you talk?" "Where's the money?" "Well, look who's here." "Daddy..." "Don't say a word." "Why don't you tell him?" "Tell him who his mother was." "Tell him who knocked her up." "Why didn't you speak up when they did her in?" "Shut up!" "Don't listen to them!" "They're lying!" "Aren't you going to tell him the truth?" "That you knocked up your wife's sister?" "That she was his mother?" "And then you just let them kill her?" "I'll kill you, you fucker!" "You want to save him?" "Yes." " Where's the dough?" "The boy doesn't know." "And I was about to believe you." "Lying again." "Take the money and leave us alone." "He gave it to us." "Not you." "Don't touch him, you faggot!" "Shut him up!" "We'll make a man of him." "He'll avenge his mother." "Daddy..." "Don't say a word to them." "I'll never leave you." "I won't talk." "Will you come back?" "CHAPTER II THE BORDER" "No one else will make trouble." "I've arranged it." "How many did you get?" " I've got six for you." "Get in, you little shit." "Do I meet them at the border?" "The others are headed there now." "The Reds never forget." "Stop here." "There's police here." "Shut up!" " Have we crossed the border?" "There's no time." "It'll be daybreak soon." "Where are we going?" "Shut up or I'll whack you." "She's burning up." "Let her go!" "Aren't you cold?" "Are you hungry?" "What's your name?" "Mine's Alma." "What is it, you little fuck?" "Halt!" "Who goes there?" "Come out or I shoot!" "Which way are they going?" "We'll get to them first!" "This way!" "Get the kids and follow us!" "Come here, you little shit!" "One of our men's been hit." "They're going to the river." "We're bringing them here." "We can't wait for the trucks." "Start the special effects." "Hide them in the sound truck." "Where are you from, boy?" "Speak up, you little prick." "We'll be here all night!" "Is this yours?" "It's in Greek." "Are you going to talk?" "Who fired those shots at the border?" "Did you see them?" "Did you see them?" "You're not talking, eh?" "D'you think he's a mute?" "Let's hope he's a mute!" "Hope all you like." "You can't get past Dimitriou." "The Athenian's come to clean up the border?" "Fuck him!" "He thinks he can take on the Reds?" "What's going on?" "Well, if it isn't Dimitriou!" "Roughing up a kid now?" "If we don't know where he's from, we can't send him back." "First find out who shot the border guard!" "Are you all warmed up?" "Don't waste your breath." "He doesn't understand much." "Are these yours?" "This isn't for kids!" "A dark blue Audi." "License plate YBX 9099." "He's taking him to Athens." "DON'T SAY A WORD" "I won't talk." "Will you come back?" "If you won't talk, you can write." "Do you want to go back home?" "If you tell me where you're from, I can send you back home." "What happened, kiddo?" "Somebody did them in?" "Who?" "If I show them to you, will you recognize them?" "We'll find them." "And they'll go to jail." "The place we're going to..." "You'll get help there." "Keep this." "That's my phone number." "Hi, it's me, Thomas." "I've got him." "Wait for me at the shed." "How much is it?" "Little shit!" "CHAPTER III A NEW HOME" "Hurry and grow up so you can take over the shop." "I've had enough of these crazy priests!" "LORENZO FEDERICI IS GOOD" "I'll put him to bed." "Your week's pay." " Thank you, Mr. Federici." "I'll be back late tonight." " I'll take care of him." "You're a fast learner." "When you grow up, we'll be an unbeatable duo!" "Now that you speak English too!" "But don't call me father!" "Lorenzo and Lorenzo Junior." "Go to sleep." "If you speak, I'll leave the light on for you." "Will you speak?" "Daddy, where are you?" "LORENZO FEDERICI IS A GOOD FATHER" "I'll leave the light on, junior, but go to sleep straight away." "What are you doing?" "He'll see you!" "You're raising him like a king." "His price will go up." "That's bullshit!" "I'm looking for money so you can live like a queen." "You want me to lose my job?" "Some job!" "With that faggot!" " I'm just fine here." "He didn't pay as much as he should have!" "A fine boy like that!" "He got him for peanuts!" "Are you going to take him back?" "I help orphans, remember?" "He has a father." "He's adopted." "So lay off him." "What's up, little buddy?" "Out for a walk again?" "Thank you." "What's this?" " A kid!" "Bring him to me." "Mr. Federici!" " Is fucking all you can think about?" "I saw that punk, waiting for me to leave!" "So you came back to catch me?" " I said get out!" "Letting scum into my house!" " What's it to you, you old faggot?" "Let me tell you who I am." " You can tell the police." "You scoundrels!" "No wonder your own countries kick you out!" "But first you'll tell them how much you paid for the boy!" "He's not breathing." " Get the hell out!" "Go!" "Get up, you little shit!" "CHAPTER IV GREEK" "You're asking too much." "But look at what I'm offering." "The girl's sprouting titties." "We'll take her today." "Alma!" "Come here!" "What are you up to, you little shits?" "I'll fix you, you mute fuck!" "Cops!" " Everyone go!" "Hurry up!" "I'll fix you, you..." "I tried to catch him for you!" "And what are you doing here?" " Photos." "Trying to make a living." "They're a rotten lot!" "Even their kids are criminals!" "Tell us your goddamn name!" "What's that?" "DIMITRIOU" "So it's Dimitriou, is it?" "Di-mi-tri-ou" "So, little guy." "I like boys who keep their mouth shut." "So, Dimitriou, if you're good and do as you're told  I'll give you money, anything you want." "Give me a little kiss." "Here." "Show me how fast you learn." "The number you have dialed is no longer in use." "DADD Y COME BACK NOW" "Daddy... come... back... now." "Daddy... come... back... now." "Shut up and let us sleep." " Crybaby!" "A taste of my dick will set him right." "C'mon." "Let him sleep in your bed." "He can't climb up." "Take Dimitriou and come along." " You!" "And you." "The one on the top." "You on the lower bunk!" "C'mon!" "C'mon, let's go!" "Come on!" "Get up!" "A free blood test and you're complaining!" "Morons!" "DIMITRIOU" "Are you sure that's his name?" "He had a slip of paper with that name on it." "And he's a mute?" " He never speaks." "Bring him here." "Where d'you get that name?" "Trying to pass for a Greek?" "We'll always be Albanians to them!" "Don't you remember me?" "I'm a friend of your father." "We used to work together." "You were all he talked about!" "How he wanted to bring you to Greece..." "I promised him I'd help you, if anything happened to him." "Don't you want me to get you out of here?" "I'll do it for your father." "If you get appendicitis, they'll take you to hospital." "From there you escape." "I'll take care of you after that." "Act like you're in pain." "Low down in your belly." "Guard!" "He's just perfect." "Nobody will come looking for him." "You keep taking my kids." "It's to take care of one of our people." "They'll catch on to me!" " I'll bring him back in one piece." "His blood type matched." "Dimitriou you said his name was?" "It's an emergency." "Appendicitis." "His pulse is dropping." "No pulse." "What's wrong?" " Got him on defibrillator." "Are you going to keep him?" " He trusted me." "He's a pain in the ass!" " He's okay." "More of a bad ass." "I'll fix the little prick!" " Easy, man." "We'll break him in." "Everything is okay, Doctor." "I did as you said." "We have to wait and see if your body will take the transplant." "Get well soon, Doc." "These are from the Big One." "They can't find him anywhere." "Sign and we'll hush it up." "I'm not licensed to perform surgery." "We say you are." "This is Greece." "Licenses don't mean a thing." "MARKOS EMMANUEL KRUGER" "CHAPTER V J.A.C.E." "The nurses fucked it up." "I'll take care of it." "If you're scared of him, he can feel it." "They understand everything." "Just like people." "What have you got there?" " An elephant." "This one here is a J.A.C.E." "His parents were killed by gamekeepers." "They shoot the elephants when they are useless to them." "The young male orphans like him, become aggressive without their parents." "The guards find dead rhinos with visible signs of rape and scars from tusks." "They say it's the orphaned elephants." "They are observed by hidden cameras and they are marked so they can be distinguished." "They think it's because they grow up without a family." "That's why they borrow old elephants from passing circuses to act as parents to the orphans." "They call them J.A.C.E." "Just Another Confused Elephant." "Careful with J.A.C.E." "He can be violent, and still be unpredictable." "Do you have a name?" "Oh!" "Another J.A.C.E.!" "Come." "Take it." "Do it." "Carefully, alright?" "Daddy..." "Are you sure you're a mute and not just a liar?" "He knows what he's doing." "He keeps his mouth shut and they've kept him on." "Come on." "Good luck, boy." "Go for it." "Ladies and gentlemen  Andrei the Magician is very pleased to present you Jace!" "This is Jace in his first appearance." "May I?" "I think I'll use this for the show." "Theater?" " No." "Circus-jungle show." "But I need one more." "There's no one else like us." "What about him?" "Does it hurt?" "Young baby elephants sometimes go nuts!" "They're going to get rid of him." "They can't keep him!" "They wouldn't risk him to go crazy again." "How is he?" "They've come to take away the elephant." "Hold him!" "You fucked it up!" "What is it?" "You don't want the elephant to leave?" "OK, then." "He's not leaving." "But no one goes near him except me." "You understand?" "Come with us." "Let's have some fun." "CHAPTER VI "FOLLOW ME" CLUB" "Give us a hand, will you?" "Young men, asleep on their feet!" "A waste of muscles, darling!" "Antonio." "Pleased to meet you." "You don't seem too pleased." "Do you mind I'm a bit different?" "Drink up." "It won't kill you." "You're cute." "What?" "You're afraid I'll hit on you?" "No, darling!" "Guys have to chase after me for a long time." "I've made lots of boys happy." "And they asked for it... not me!" "Drink up." "Where are you from?" "You're not talking, eh?" "I guess you've got your reasons." "I'm all nerves tonight!" "How will I ever sing?" "You're on!" " I can't tonight!" "No way!" "Pour me a shot, will you?" "Cut the shit!" "It's only a rehearsal." "Help me!" "Okay, people." "Let's start the rehearsal." "Come on!" "Thank you!" "Let's go from the top." "Now!" "Help us out, darling." "Not so fast." "I'll fall over!" "She's at it again." "And who's that with her?" "Where'd she get that beefcake?" "He belongs to the artist!" " The artist?" "So what are you waiting for?" " We can't be in the show." "And why not?" "The animals rights groups, they're all over us." "They're making the circus leave." "You mean, now that we had an understanding, I'm losing you?" "We leave you some collateral." "You're not taking him?" " He doesn't have a passport." "That's bullshit." "The manager's pissed off with him and doesn't want to take him along." "Well, I'm sure I'll figure out something for him to do." "Smile, darling!" "That's how careers get started!" "Are you okay?" "Okay people, listen up!" "Let's go from the top!" "Andrei and the elephant are gone." "He had to go with the animal." "He will take him to the elephant sanctuary." "It's better there." "Get yourself a job." "We are leaving tomorrow morning." "We've got him a job." "Don't worry." "We will be back in the summer." "CHAPTER VII NICHOLAS" "The shots don't do anything for me anymore." "You'll see the difference in about 15 days." "Maybe it's time we do some work on my face." "If you feel that you need it." "You look rejuvenated." "Is it because of the boy?" "Well, he is different." "I feel like I'm starting all over again." "But slowly." "You, patient?" "In love more like it!" "Love?" "Don't exaggerate!" "I was looking for people for the show and I found him in a circus." "He handled a mad elephant and I was quite impressed." "J.A.C.E." "Yeah?" "What's that?" "The new AIDS?" "Just Another Confused Elephant." "Orphaned confused baby elephants with premature heats." "A bit unpredictable." "From my neck of the woods." "He doesn't look South African." "I think I'll use these for the show." "You know, I like horny elephants." "And confused boys." "Like you." "Okay, relax." "No one's going to rape you." "So, where are you from?" "You think I won't find out?" "Great job!" " Thanks to you." "She's a real chick." "No tranny." "You've been avoiding us lately." " Well, we've been very busy." "If you have more stuff that needs to be pushed... bring it on." "With boys like that and the coke, it won't be hard to push it." "I want the money for the last lot." "You'll have it soon." " You're already late." "Look, I said I'll find the money." "I really need that coke now." "And I need you to pay the money." "When you got it, let me know." "Why are you constantly in my face?" "Beat it!" "Tell him to leave me alone!" "Don't you touch me!" "Hey, baby!" "Antonio?" "And that little twerp was sure you were a woman." "Sorry to barge in like this." "The "kitten" was so exciting, I wanted to see her up close." "That kiss..." "I liked it a lot." "Why won't you speak?" "Are you shy?" "Okay, I agree." "There are moments when you don't need words." "You slut!" "You don't waste any time, do you?" "Hurry up, or you'll have to stand in line!" "So you're the new kid!" " No, he's only pretending." "You dumb cunt!" "God just gives it out to anyone!" "Antonio says you're very good." "And silent." "That's important!" "You should try it." "So, why didn't you join in?" "Would you rather it was just the two of us?" "You know, when you stay somewhere for free it would be polite to offer something in return." "Playing the idiot now?" "What have you got in there?" "Oh, I'm sorry!" "Now you are upset!" "DIMITRIOU" "So you do have a name." "You want these?" "And what do I get?" "Fuck!" "You want to play tough?" "What the hell?" "Get dressed and beat it!" "What's the matter?" "What did those faggots do to you?" "It's a small world!" "Remember him?" "Your little friend." "At the border." "The fucker!" "Do you know that one?" "Nobody gets away." "He came in with us." "Another knife." "Just like at the traffic lights." "Boys knifing each other over my girl!" "You were late." "He played tough on me." "You take care of us, we take care of him." "Here." "I could really use a line right now." "What's this shit?" "Where's my money?" "I know it's short." "I'll have the rest of it soon, don't worry." "Cut the crap!" "Give me the fucking money!" "I told you I'll find the clients." "I just need some more time." "Bullshit!" "Give me the money!" "Give me a break!" "After all I've done for you!" "You think, you can fuck with us?" "You don't talk to me like that." " How should I talk?" "Exactly as you should talk to somebody who knows a lot about you." "Is that a threat?" "Look, I've been your front man for free." "Isn't that enough?" "I get ten of you... any day." "Take your bitch and get out." "Now!" "Let's go." "I said, get out!" "Both of you!" "Now!" "Easy." "What the fuck do you think you're doing?" "I'm shutting your mouth." "I'm gonna..." " You're gonna what?" "You're gonna do shit!" "Let's go!" "DIMITRIOU" "Watch out." "He's a nosey bastard." "He got passed over for promotion and now he's playing the hero." "You know, I like horny elephants and confused boys like you." "What's the Aliens Bureau doing here?" "Why, Banias?" "Am I in the way?" " Never." "I've always helped you rid the country of foreigners." "He knew lots of foreigners." "Callboys, you mean." "If you find out who did it you're looking at a promotion." "You're the one who made captain." "And I call the shots here." "Keep your nose out of it." "At least I keep my hand out of the pot." "Dimitriou, you've already been suspended twice." "Another Dimitriou!" "Coincidence?" "It's a common name." "The pool camera's broken and the hard disk's missing." "The killer was smart." " Who was here before you?" "The gardener didn't see anyone." " How about his family?" "No family." "He had an appointment with the doctor." "A South African." "Nips and tucks the rich." "He identified the body but doesn't know any of them." "Find them." "Get on it!" "The murder of the famous fashion designer Nicholas who lived in Athens..." "I saw everything." "I've got him where I want him." "And this is my friend Antonia and a friend of hers who doesn't work with us." "What have we here?" "A guided tour of the wild side?" "How well did you know Nicholas?" "We had a purely professional relationship." "I left his house early." "I had to get to work." "I wasn't alone." "When we left him he was fine." "I'll have to talk with your friends." "Go ahead, Captain!" "I've nothing to hide." "You must suspect somebody." "Who offed him?" "If I knew, I'd have told you." "If only to spare the other "girls"." "This is who we're looking for." " Let's see!" "If we knew such studs, we wouldn't be slaving away here!" "Nicholas had a preference for foreigners, correct?" "What can I say, Captain?" "I myself prefer Greeks." "Greece, land of glory..." "Why are you covering for him?" " He was with me that night." "You know damn well who wasted that bitch!" "Oh so we're in love?" "Yeah, I wished for an orphan to make a queen out of me!" "Well then?" "They're trying to pin it on him." " Eventually, they'll find him." "I'm transferring him out." "They'll get tired of looking." "You'll get us into trouble!" " You're not on CSI, darling!" "CHAPTER VIII MARIA" "Antonio says you're a great talent, but I don't see it..." "What's this?" "You're not into women?" "Or are you just shy?" "What do you want, you goons?" "Thank God." "Is he asleep?" "Has anyone come in?" " No." "Always lock the door when you're inside and give me the key." "Clear?" "Now go to bed." "He loves his little buddy." "He can't live without him." "He needs a family." "Not living like a fugitive in hotels." "He's my little secret." "Alexander." "Will you stay here tonight?" "With us?" "Found anything?" " You never give up, do you?" "A relative of yours?" "DIMITRIOU" "A coincidence." "That's my old cell phone number." "So you know him." "You're getting old, Dimitriou." "You're starting to forget!" "TO MY SON" "MARKOS EMMANUEL-KRUGER" "You signed for an appendectomy due to acute peritonitis." "You're a plastic surgeon, aren't you?" "I'm a doctor." "I help out in emergencies." "Even though your license has been revoked?" "I have another document here." ""Illegal plastic surgery done on fugitives in Cape Town."" "What do you want?" "I want to know who offed Nicholas, and why." "I don't know." "I don't need help." "Thank you." "Let's start with this." "What about it?" "You know where I found it." "I don't want any trouble." " It's too late for that." "Help me and I'll help you." "Do you know this Dimitriou?" " No." "He ran after the surgery." "Didn't you perform it?" " No." "Then why did you sign?" " What's this about?" "They let you work for favors." "Who are they?" " They don't introduce themselves!" "If you cooperate, you'll have police protection." "Anything you say will stay between us." "Didn't I parcel you off to Maria?" "Why did you leave?" "She's looking for you." "Did the beast inside finally wake up?" "Yes, you!" "What would she want with me?" "Lesbian love?" "Although she likes pretty women too." "Her man kept her prisoner." "What did she see in him?" "Money?" "A big dick?" "Who knows?" "We women are such fools." "With Maria you'd be done with hustling and with the cops." "She must be single again." "That's why she's staying in a hotel." "It's tough being rich!" "Then she meets a sexy lady elephant... with a dick..." "What's a woman to do?" "Help!" "How do I look?" "You've fallen for her hard!" "So go be with her!" "And stay away from the club." "Cops were there with pictures of you." "Asking questions." "We'll meet at home, not here." "Are you angry?" "I want it to be different this time." "Like it's the first time." "For both of us." "Will you stay?" "MOM" " ME" " JACE" " ELEPHANT" "Will you stay a while?" "Is all this true?" "Now I know more about you." "We're alike, you know?" "Will you speak?" "For me." "Say, "I want you"." "Say it." ""I want you."" "I want you to speak." "Just for me." "I'm sorry." "I'm sorry." "Get done with it." "Tell your goons to leave us alone!" "The boy is staying with me!" "I have to go." "You know that, no matter what, I'll always love you, right?" "I want to end it with him." "I LOVE YOU" "They told us to pack." "We'll be quick." "That girl got the cops off your back." "How was I to know you'd fall for her?" "Maria's not for you." "If you get back together, no good will come of it, hon." "I wish you were in the clear." "D'you want to stay here with me?" "I miss your non-stop chatter." "CHAPTER IX SCARS" "You haven't given me anything." " I told you everything I know." "Who could have murdered him?" "Who's Dimitriou?" "Maybe it isn't one of them." "Nicholas changed boys constantly." "This one here?" "He's in a lot of the pictures." "His latest find." "He hired him for the show and shacked up with him." "You didn't mention it when you were questioned." "I'm not a snitch." " I want him." "I'll look." "That's the last thing I'll do for you." "If it's not your thing, take the money and leave." "Okay?" "Take off your clothes." "Come closer." "Come." "You don't have much experience, eh?" "What's this scar?" "Surgery?" "You never speak." "I remember you at Nicholas's place." "You know him?" "I suspected as much." "You're missing a kidney." "Your other one is fine." "So you're him!" "Whatever you need, you know where to find me." "I want to help you." "Hello?" "Hello?" "Where are you?" "You got what you wanted." "Now you must go." "That's the way it has to be." "He had Alexander abducted to make me go back to him." "Now he won't let me see him." "He says he won't harm the boy, as long as I stay with him." "This is the only place he lets me be alone." "This is where it all began." "I lost them all in this house." "He became my family." "My everything." "He's insanely jealous." "Even of Alexander." "With you it all became better." "But he was always there." "Always watching." "Threatening unless I went back to him." "Don't call me again." "I'll find you." "CHAPTER X ALMA" "They're intent on solving Nicholas's murder." "Keep them away from the club." " I'm taking a chance." "I took whatever evidence I could." "One of our guys has taken it personally, the fucker!" "Close the case." " Someone has to take the rap." "You've got him." "He's on Nicholas's surveillance tapes." "I'm Alma Pointi." "From Heimara." "Are you shy all of a sudden?" "I like it when you're angry." " Don't mess with me!" "Tough women turn me on." "You're a hit, you can't help it." "Pregnant women make them horny." "When is this going to stop?" " We need money for our future." "I'm fucking all these bastards for our future?" "Alma, didn't we say that we're going to start a family?" "You know that I love you." "Stop bitching." "Sweetie, the Big One is happy with both of us." "Get over it!" "She has little boys like you for breakfast!" "She had her fun, she got bored, she took off!" "Forget her!" "I'm keeping my baby." "You promised!" "And how do I know who the fuck the father is?" "Let go of my bag!" "Come back, you asshole!" "Give me back my passport!" "My passport!" "Quit busting my balls!" " Give it to me!" "Give me my passport!" "Have the baby, then you get it." "You can't say I don't look after you!" "I hate that." "Move!" "Move, damn you!" "Marilu said that little fuck keeps coming here." "Who?" " Come off it!" "You mean the mute?" "I haven't seen him for days." "And he isn't at the doctor's." " So he found a new love!" "I want him." "Lf he shows up, you'll know." " Find him." "Where are you going?" " I'm not coming with you!" "When I talk, you listen!" "She'll lose the baby!" " You find that mute fuck!" "What d'you want him for?" " Just do it!" "The creep almost strangled me!" "Why d'you mess with them?" "I can't take it any more!" "You know I can take him down!" " And where would that get you?" "Be patient." "Don't let them get to you." "Put on some lipstick." "You look like death warmed over." "Want me to keep it for you?" "He's looking for him." "He wants to pin Nicholas's murder on him." "Remember me?" "It's Alma." "I'm telling you the truth." "Jace has disappeared!" "What about Alma?" " Who knows where the bitch is!" "Quit jerking me around." " I'm not the Lost and Found!" "Talk!" "Do I look like a detective?" "I love her." "I won't hurt her." "THOMAS" "He'll be looking for me all over." "I'm afraid." "If he finds me, he'll waste me like he did Nicholas." "He killed him." "I was there." "That's why he's after you." "I won't let them pin it on you." "Help me escape." "I don't want them to sell him." "Or have him fucked by every faggot!" "D'you want to listen to him?" "He won't stop kicking." "He's getting ready." "They'll take him away from me." "I've already had two." "They took them both." "I'll find them." "One day I'll find them." "I don't know what to do." "They've taken everything!" "Keep the noise down!" "I need a passport." "We've got to get out of here." "Go to the basement." "Where it says "No entry"." "Can you do it?" "Don't let them see you." "They're looking for you." "And they have eyes everywhere!" "I've got more money hidden in the room under the bed." "He trusted you." " He wants to help the girl." "And the girl will help me." "Are they after her?" "I don't know." "Here are his tests." "It's him?" "Yes." "What did they do to him?" "He's missing a kidney." "Is that why they had you sign for the operation?" "I don't want to get in deeper." "As long as you cooperate, you're in no danger." "Where do I find him?" "At the "Follow Me" club." "They're putting people in the basement?" "During the show?" "There were riots up north and problems with the shipment." "Unload the truck and move it." "You!" "Come with me!" "Hurry up!" "Hurry up!" "Move it!" "Let's hussle!" "Hurry up!" "Come on!" "Move it!" "Move it!" "Get on with it!" "Move it!" "Bread!" "Bread!" "Bread!" "Bread!" "What's this bullshit?" " Thomas will take care of it." "Once he finds Alma, he'll go and fix things at the border." "These gruesome images show the clash between locals in two Albanian villages..." "This domestic conflict brought to light evidence of child trafficking and immigrant smuggling." ""This is only the beginning" threaten the locals who also leaked these images of unprecedented violence to the international press." "This is a well-organized gang that has been exploiting..." "No room for more here." "Did you choose?" "How many do you need at the hospital?" "ALMA" "Can you hear me?" "We'll level them." "They're screwed." "You think you're so smart?" "You motherfucker!" "How did you find me?" "You think we're idiots?" "Of course I'd find my girl!" "You won't get away with it!" " I missed you!" "You're screwed!" "I saw it all on TV!" "Won't you protect us?" "Until you have the baby?" "You're just going to leave me like this?" "The number you are calling is unavailable..." "What's your problem?" "We found it here." "We didn't touch it!" "What's going on?" "Where's Alma?" "She went into labor and left." "When?" "I just spoke to her." "Who did she leave with?" " Her husband and another guy." "What are you doing here?" "Didn't I tell you to vanish?" "I'll find her." "You stay put!" "And don't hang with the wrong crowd!" "Some "girl" you got there!" "In the bloom of youth!" "CHAPTER XI KNIFE" "TO MY SON" "DIMITRIOU" "That's why they called you Dimitriou." "Because of my phone number." "It's changed." "I searched everywhere for you that night at the gas station." "You're in trouble." "I've seen your file." "Did you do it?" "Like the Romanian at the traffic lights." "Everything points to you." "The back of someone's head?" "I saw him at the club today." "And why should I believe you when you say he did it?" "Is there an eyewitness?" "The girl?" "OUTBREAK OF VIOLENCE" "What else do you know?" "They found Nicholas's surveillance cameras." "They're going to pin the murder on the kid." "They had a fight by the pool." "A lovers' spat." "Case closed." "What do you want?" " The girl." "They've taken her." "She left her passport behind." "I want him too." " Should I arrest him for you?" "You figure I can't?" " No." "I'll never get away from him." "None of us will." "Go away!" "As far away as you can." "They'll turn you in to the cops." "That's why I called you." "You've got to go." "I don't believe anything they say about you." "Where are you?" "Over here." "Come join me." "Planning to waste me, dude?" "I told you I always show up without a sound..." "And never alone..." "Let's say someone steals from me." "If they return the money, maybe that changes something." "Then the mistake is corrected." "But how do I un-screw your screwing my wife?" "As hard as I try, I don't see how." "Unless you do it again." "In front of me." "Then I won't be jealous." "You, I warned long ago." " We said..." "We said you'd cut the crap!" "Somebody's got to pay." "You or Maria?" "Wow, man!" "Self-sacrifice!" "I'm touched!" "Let him go!" "Let him go!" "I always do what you ask of me." "So..." "I say it's Maria who will hurt us most of all." "All of us." "Unless you know of some other way." "Do you?" "I..." "You?" "So no one's a total mute then!" "You, yes, go on!" "I wanted to..." " You wanted to what?" "You..." "Me?" "I think he's blowing you off!" "What did you want from me?" "Work." "By fucking my wife, dude?" "Is that why you went after her?" "And you kept fucking her until she brought you to me?" "And how do you know what I do for work?" "What's this bullshit?" "Did he spoil it for you?" "You always spoil it for me." "I think I've been very understanding." "What will you do with him?" " Worried about your callboy?" "Let him go." " Is that what you want?" "I want Alexander." "We said we'd fix up this place and live here." "You wanted a family, no?" " I can't stay in this place." "It never bothered you before." "And you want your sex toy with you?" "Why?" "Would you let him?" "Are you asking me to?" "Will you help?" "She'll be ready in three hours." "You lowlife!" "They have her here." "In the operating room." "You fucked up with her." "I'll take her to the border and I'll be back." "That shit Markos ratted us out." " Where are you taking me?" "Shut up." "That fucking snitch!" "Banias will find out what Markos told them." "Empty the club right away." "Bring him in." "Will he do it?" " Does he have a choice?" "Tell Banias he'll have a perp for two murders." "And the fucking doctor dead." "Maria's leaving." "With the boy." "You want to go with her?" "I'm sick of chasing after her." "She's all yours." "I'm giving you Maria..." "A passport..." "A place to hide away from the cops who are after you for Nicholas's murder." "On one condition." "You'll take out the doctor." "Just like you did Nicholas." "You know your way around his house." "It helps to be a callboy." "Either you do it, or I turn you in." "Are you chickening out?" "In a few hours you'll be with Maria at the airport." "D'you want it?" "Your passport will be waiting for you at the airport." "CHAPTER XII REVENGE" "You don't mess with them." "They'll find out I talked." "Grab your stuff and let's get the hell out." "Coming here is a mistake." "They're looking for you." "I'm leaving." "They'll know I spoke to the police." "So, you know?" "They've sent you to kill me." "To get your revenge?" "I needed a kidney." "The Reds gave me a child's kidney." "Yours." "I took it." "That's why I was looking for your scar." "To see if it was you." "I helped you out of guilt." "Do it." "Either way I'm done for." "He saved you." "For the second time." "They know." " So do we." "It's the first time I'm this close to them." "They'll get me." "They'll get the kid." "Maybe even you." "I'll protect you." " Who will?" "Your men?" "Aren't they doing it already?" "They've got the police in their pocket." "Aren't I enough?" "Where can you hide out?" "If you take my baby, I'll fuck you up." "I'm not enough for you any more, eh?" "I'm really disappointed!" "How about a blow job?" "All work and no play makes Alma a cranky girl." "We had some good times together." "What the hell's this?" "A man and a woman were found brutally murdered in a car." "A heavily pregnant woman in a hospital gown was found..." "They got Alma." "Take a good look, you bitches!" "You fucking faggots!" "Before you waste us take a good look at us, you fuckers!" "We can't take them on." "They'll kill us all like they did her." "The murder is believed to be a settling of accounts or a sex crime." "The position of the bodies suggests they were engaged in a sexual act." "You did everything you could." "There's nothing more you could've done to help her." "Take her money and go." "Save yourself." "While there's still time." "They'll get you too." "Take this gun." "Save yourself!" "I'm Alma Pointi." "From Heimara." "The "Reds"brought me here." "Thomas Tepelenis rounded us up when we were kids." "They turned us into whores." "They sell drugs." "They sell babies, their organs." "I had two babies." "They took them away from me." "I've got the papers." "Police captains Giorgos Banias Victoras Apostolou and Giannis Fagrezos, they're with the "Reds"." "They've fucked me." "All three of them." "Angelos Karras is their leader." "They hide people in the basement of the "Follow Me" club." "He's behind everything." "Alma was the only one with balls!" "I have their leader now." "Him and his people." "Angelos is invisible." "He likes group sex." "He has them fuck his wife..." "He watches, takes pictures..." "She leaves him..." "he goes after her..." "Angelos doesn't have a wife." "But what about her?" "There's also a child." "There's no child either." "What about Maria?" "And Alexander?" "I'd know if he was married, or had a child." "You stay put." "You're not finished with Markos and Banias wants a murderer for Nicholas." "You stay close to him." "Keep them away from the Reds." "I don't know what Markos has told them." "He won't be talking much longer." "Are you willing to risk it?" "Soon the doctor will be a corpse." "You'll find him at his house, just like Nicholas in the pool." "And the callboy?" "I have the tapes but no killer." "He'll be at the airport at 6." " With Maria?" "Don't you have any faith in the Greek police?" "I'M LEAVING." "DON'T COME TO THE AIRPORT." "YOU'RE IN DANGER." "MARIA." "Your call is being diverted." "CHAPTER XIII BROTHER" "There's no one here." "What we're doing is a mistake!" "If they find you, you're fucked." "I'll meet you inside." "He's got you killing now?" "Did you do it?" "Didn't you want to work for him?" "Why did you ask for this?" "For me?" "You were afraid?" "He won't allow anyone to be with me." "Not with me and not with the boy." "That's why I told you not to come." "Don't you believe me?" "He's not his father." "I didn't try to trick you." "I just couldn't tell you the truth." "He's my brother." "Did you open the presents?" "They'll yell at us." "I won't open mine." "I don't like to be scolded." "We were only kids." "Stop it." "Our parents were always away." "It was like a game to us." "I'm going to shoot." "Can you?" " Yes, I can." "If we talk to them they'll see that it's wrong." "I'll split them up!" "I'm sending him away today!" "When they caught us..." "Angelos burned down the house to keep the two of us together." "He saved me." "Since that day, he can't walk." "I couldn't leave him." "I didn't know how to tell you." "I tried to get away from him using any trick, any man." "Even with Alexander, I couldn't do it." "He kept bringing me back." "I want to save Alexander." "I still haven't seen him." "Ever since the hotel." "Can you leave us alone for two minutes?" "He's not here yet." " Will he show up?" "I have his passport." "If he doesn't take out the doctor he won't come." "He has a reason to come." "I saw a tranny of yours in the parking lot." "From the club?" "Hello?" "Just a minute." "Don't let anyone near him." "I'll take them to my place." "Come by later." "They'll find us." "The cop will take care of it." "He's protecting him." "Angelos has the whole force on his payroll." "They're emptying out the club." "You're small fry." "Wake up!" "I'm going to bathe him." "Go back to sleep." "Did they leave on their own?" "Antonio was in the parking lot." "I want the boy." "Find them!" "I can't do it." "I'll go alone." "Don't let him do anything foolish." "Is the other one upstairs?" " I don't know where he is." "We'll soon find out." "You go home." "Leave." "Use the back stairs." "Everybody's down below." "Hurry up!" "I LOVE YOU I'M SORRY" "We came to take you home." " I'm not coming." "Go away." "You'll come." " This time I won't." "Leave him!" "Leave the boy!" " Cut the shit!" "He stays with me." "Get lost, you lowlife!" "Give me that." "No..." "Come on!" "Give it to me!" "I'll take care of everything." "Mama!" "Fucking bitch!" "The boy!" "Go get that faggot!" "CHAPTER XIV ORPHANS" "I've been expecting you." "She sent you to clear things up?" "She told you the same story, eh?" "That I'm a threat to them." "She's told that story to lots of men." "Then she'd get tired of them." "And she'd come back." "Always back to me." "She told you I took the boy to make her come back?" "I would never hurt my own child." "Didn't she tell you that he's my son?" "You can't do it, eh?" "That's why you didn't take out the doctor." "He took your kidney and you let him live." "And now you're going to kill me." "Do it." "All your life you've been going after the wrong people." "We two we're alike." "We killed our fathers." "Both of us." "You learned to kill while still a boy." "We taught you." "If you kill me you lose her." "For good." "If you bring her here, I'll give you one more chance." "She'll never leave my side." "Neither she, nor Alexander." "I can't live without her." "Did you find her?" "Motherfuckers!" "I told you to watch out for her!" "From the moment you came, everything got fucked up." "No!" "We don't own anything, man!" "Not a damn thing!" "At least they won't be after him any more." "MELIO J.A.C.E. ALEXANDROU" "I knew you weren't a faggot." " And I didn't know you had guts." "I'm a big chicken." "It's my fault they found Alma." "Lieutenant, can we get a move on?" "We've got another identification coming in." "Melio Alexandrou or J.A.C.E." "What does that mean?" " Who gives a shit?" "I didn't even know his real name." "We're up to our ears in foreigners and crooks!" "Are we done?" "It's him." "TO ALEXANDER" "From the moment you came, everything got fucked up." "No!" "We don't own anything, man!" "Not a damn thing!" "Leave." "Leave, I tell you!" "What's happening?" " You're fresh out of protectors." "You're through with all of them." "Beat it!" "So now you're protecting wanted criminals?" "You're after him even when he's dead?" "Let him be." "I've got a warrant." " And I've got witnesses." "Who know all about your dirty deeds." "I'm afraid that the doctor was your last screw-up." "He's under protection." "Is he?" "We found him with a bullet in his head." "You motherfucker!" "Fuck your warrant!" "Can I see him?" " You saw him." "He was fucking Angelos's wife." "Angelos killed him and then blew his brains out." "Why should I believe you?" "So I forget everything I know about you." "Write up your report." "At least they won't be after him any more." "Are we done?" "It's him." "What about his parents?" " He was an orphan." "You knew him well." "No one knew him well." "YOUR FATHER, WITH LOVE"