"25.000" "PELLET" "One, two, three." "One, two, three, four, fiv e, six... s e v en, eight, nine, 10, 11, 12, 13." "You're a smart-ass." "You ran before it got to the stick." "You're so smart." " And you're a son of a bitch." " Say it to my face." "H i, Dad." "Dad?" "Bring me the bag that's out there." " Where?" " U nder the counter." " This one?" " Yeah." " What is it?" " Something for your mother." "Let's go." " See you later." " By e." "Go get a haircut this afternoon." "Make sure the y cut it." "Don't come back looking the same." "Ask your mom for the mone y." " You hear me?" " Yes." "Who cut your hair, Juanjo or Vidal?" "Vidal, Juanjo wasn't there." "N ext time, wait for Juanjo." "H e does a better job." "H e cut it too short." "Again, Grandma?" "What's wrong?" ""What's wrong?" She peed hers elf again, that's what." "We'll clean it up, that's all." "I'm not gonna leav e it there." "Get up." " I didn't e v en notice." " Ask me, Grandma." "I don't hav e all day to take care of you." "Come on." " The floor is a mess." " It's nothing." "I hav e to change all your clothes or the hous e will smell like piss." "My God." "I don't know why you didn't say anything." "Come on." "Take off your sweater first." "Will you stop playing with that ball and eat?" "But I am eating." "Put it away or I'll throw it out." " N ice haircut." " Watch it, kid." "It wasn't me." "No, it was my dad." "Fuck off." "H ello." " Carlos, can I s ee you a moment?" " Yes." "Settle down, guys." "Settle down." "This is Alfredo." "H e'll be with you guys." "H i, Alfredo." "Come with me." "Go sit up front." "Let's continue, guys." "Manolo." "Pass this to him." "The y pass ed this to me." " Did you s ee her?" " No." "She's not coming." " Pellet, is that India thing true?" " I don't know." "Piòo said the y're from India." " H e's an idiot." " What tits, man." " Giv e it to me." " Wait." "There he is." "Cafe, that kid's an idiot." "The y'v e already busted him for being a smart-ass." "You're the smart-ass." "H i." "H i." " What do you want?" " Me?" "Nothing." " Why are you following me?" " I wasn't following you." "Yeah, you were." "What do you want?" "I just wanted to talk to you." "What's your name?" "Pablo, but e v eryone calls me "Pellet."" " What did the Bear say to you?" " What bear?" "The teacher who y elled at you for smoking." " That you can't smoke at s chool." " What did you say?" "Nothing." "I put it out." "Did you pass me the note?" "Who did it?" "Don't tell me if you don't want to." " Cobeta." " Who's he?" "A guy who sits behind you." "Is he your friend?" "I don't hav e friends." "And you hav e thes e here." "Any bigger, the y won't work." "I'll be right with you." "Thes e too." "Go wait on Mrs. Encarna." "So giv e me three..." "10 of them." " H i, Pablito, how are you?" " H i, Encarna." "Do you hav e thes e kinds of bulbs?" "Dad, where are the candlelight bulbs?" "On the s e cond shelf, behind you, on the left." "That'll be 1,000." "Goodby e." " How's your back?" " It has a mind of its own." " What do the doctors say?" " What are the y going to say?" "The y giv e me tons of us eless medicine." "It's my age." "Many would lov e to be as healthy as you." " What do I owe you?" " 300." "What I am is tired, Mariano." "If we were Pablito's age, we wouldn't hav e problems." "I bet nothing's bothering you, you're fine." "You s ee?" "Goodby e." " How was s chool?" " Okay." "Is there anything going on?" "Is something suppos ed to be going on?" "I don't know, since you ne v er tell me anything." " Nothing's going on?" " Are you talking about the new kid?" " What new kid?" " There's a new kid in class." "Yeah?" "What is he like?" "I don't know anything about him." " See you later, Ramon." " See you later, Mariano." "Don't look away from me, Pablo." "I didn't do anything." "Don't look away from me, espe cially in public." "Got it?" " Who is it?" " It's me, Sebas." " H i." " H i." " Are you gonna go out later?" " Where are you guys going?" " To the fair." " What time are you going?" "Around 7:00, 7:30 at Moro Park." "Are you going?" "Yeah, Torro owes me 20." "H e said he'd giv e it back to me today." " Are you going to the train tracks?" " If you don't go I won't either." " No, I'm not going." " Cobeta's going." " Pablo?" " What?" "In or out, but don't stand at the door." "In a s e cond." "I'v e gotta go." "You're not coming?" "No, I can't." "Don't tell Cobeta you saw me." " Okay?" " Okay." "See you later." " H e y, Sebas." " What?" "Do you know where the new kid liv es?" " In one of the new buildings." " Pablo!" "See you." "The one with rounded windows, that looks like a ship." "Is this kid an idiot?" "In or out, but don't stand there!" "I was just a s e cond." "Don't talk back!" "How many times did I tell you?" "!" "Okay, you can help me." "Pass me the pliers." "Thes e?" "No, thos e are the tongs." "The pliers hav e the red handles." " Thes e?" " Yeah." "Pass them to me." "I'll get it." "Be careful." "Don't trip." " H i." " H i." " Who are you?" " I'm Pellet." "And you?" "I'm Juan." "Come on in." "Who is it?" "Who is it, Juan?" " H i." " H i." " Is Alfredo here?" " You're not my brother's friend." "No, he's my friend." "But I hav en't s een him with Alfre." "That doesn't mean the y're not friends." "Down the hall, Alfredo's is the first room on the left." "Okay." "Are you tattoed?" "What?" " Are you tattoed?" " Do you hav e a tattoo?" "My mom has one on her ass." "You share all of my s e crets." "Leav e him alone." "H e came to s ee your brother, not you." "See you, Pellet." "Later." "By e." "See you later." " What did you call him?" " Pellet." "Pellet?" "That's not a name." "H e must'v e told you Juan, or Pedro or Alfonso." " H e told me Pellet!" " Okay." "I belie v e you." "Yeah?" " H i." " H i." "Come on in." "Don't worry, he won't hurt you." "Get out." "Hav e a s eat." "How did you know where I liv e?" " Sebas told me." " How did he know?" "Someone must'v e told him." " Cool." " What is?" "Your room." "Your hous e is cool too." "What do you want?" "To s ee if you wanted to go out." "Where?" "Some kids from class are going to a fair." "Who'll be there?" "People from class and the neighborhood." "Cobeta's gonna be there." "That's not why I asked." " Are you gonna go?" " I don't know." "That fair sucks." "Last y ear I went and there was nothing." "I'd rather go to the amus ement park." "I don't hav e mone y." "That's okay." "I know someone who works at the entrance, and he'll probably hook us up with something." "I don't know." "Come on." "Are you coming or not?" "Come on, that fair sucks." "Who's that?" "Who?" " The guy in the picture." " My old man." "H e y, Birras." "Come around back." "Are you gonna introduce me to your friend?" "Yeah." "Pellet, Birras;" "Birras, Pellet." " H i." " What's up, kid?" "Did you come to s ee me or what?" " To s ee you." " Oh." "And to s ee if you'd let us in." "Killing two birds with one stone." "Son of a bitch." "You're no dummy." "A couple of stickers... and two tickets for the "Freefall." Don't say I didn't hook you up." " Thanks." " You're welcome." "So, you came to s ee me and you saw me." "Giv e me a kiss." "Come on." "Tell your dad to come visit." "I hav en't s een him since you left." "Come on, you got two hours left." "We clos e at 9:00." "Go." " See you later." " So long." " Birras." " What?" " You got a cigarette?" " A cigarette?" "God damn!" "H ere." "Go on." "Leav e before I change my mind." "That kid." "Hav e you been on this before?" "Yeah." " How is it?" " You're done for, kid." " I don't think so." " You'll s ee." " You don't s care me." " You're s cared shitless." "You're the one s cared shitless." "Do you always carry that ball with you?" "It's not a ball, it's a ball bearing." "It brings me good luck." "I don't belie v e in that stupid shit." "Anyway, hold onto it tight so you don't drop it now." "Are you shitting your pants?" "Imagine if a bolt broke." "If a bolt breaks, we'll be fucked!" "Holy shit." "Relax, Pablo." "Nothing's wrong." " H e y." " What?" " Do you s cream?" " No." "Do you?" "Who?" "Me?" "Hav e you e v er s een someone get tattooed?" "Yeah, one time on a TV show." "It must hurt like a bitch." "Depends on where you get it." "If you get it someplace s ensitiv e, like your ankles, shins or knees, it hurts more clos er to the bone." "So, it doesn't hurt where there's no bone?" "It hurts, but a lot less." "What's so funny?" " A dick tattoo must hurt like shit." " You idiot." " It would be cool to go to India." " Yeah." "I'd lov e to go to Africa." "It must be amazing." "What part would you want to visit?" "The des ert." "What for?" "Thanks, man." "No problem." "N ext time, it's your treat." "If it wasn't for this, I'd still be throwing up." "Why didn't you tell me you were dizzy on the Turbine, moron?" " I was embarrass ed." " You should hav e told me." " I had a great time." " Me too." "What now?" "We should let our food go down." " Which one are we riding first?" " What do you prefer?" "I don't care as long as it's not the Turbine." "Let's go on the coaster." " The coaster?" "What for?" " What an idiot." "You're crazy, kid." "Oh my God, I'm gonna fall." "Calm down, Grandma." "I'v e got you." "Hold on." "Stay still, pleas e." "You're digging your nails into me!" "Don't complicate things." "Lift up your arm." "Lift up your arm!" "Don't y ell at me." "Why are you y elling?" " I'm not y elling at you." " Yes you are." "Whate v er you say." "Turn around." "In front of the boy..." "I'm so embarrass ed." "I'm not looking, Grandma." "If you'd let me wash you, he wouldn't need to be here." "I wash mys elf e v ery day." "Only your face, that's not enough." " I wash more than my face." " I don't want to argue with you." "See you later." "Where are you going?" "Out." "You can't e v en stay home on the anniv ersary of your brother's death?" "You want me to stay?" "No." "Leav e." "Go on." "That's all you know how to do..." "go out all day." "Let him go." "It wouldn't hurt him to spend an afternoon with us." "Or is it just me?" " H i." " H i." "I didn't think you were coming." "I got held up." " Why are you dress ed like that?" " No reason." "No need to get dress ed up for my dad." "It's not be caus e of that." " Come on." " Is it far?" " The studio?" " Yeah." "It's six subway stops away." "Come on." "Look at you, partner." " H i, Dad." " H i." " What's up, champ?" " H i." " What are you doing here?" " Nothing." "I came to s ee you." "So I s ee." "Hav e you told your mom?" "Yeah." "H e hasn't told her." "That's not a good thing to do." "E v er s een someone get tattooed?" "H ere's the sketch." " Hav e you done the dragon?" " Yeah, but you can't s ee it." " I wanted Pellet to s ee it." " I said no, Alfredo." "Let him s ee it, man." "You faggot." "Yeah, I'm on my way ov er there." "No, he can't." "H e told me he can't." "H e has things to do." "The other one's for you, right?" "Thanks." "Thank you." " This one's mine." " Yeah." "Alfredo says he wants to come to the studio." "You hav e some nerv e." "The other day you asked for mone y, today you came unannounced, now you want to go to Alfonso's re cording studio." "You liv e like you're God." "You're such a shark." "You always say you hav e to be a go-getter." "Yes." "But without going ov erboard, and you're a bit out of hand now." "You got something to do this afternoon?" " You're not going home?" " No, I'm not going home." "You can go back on the subway." "Or do you need a chauffeur?" " Where are you going?" " Where am I going?" "I'm going to s ee Felix at the hospital." " You'v e got something to do?" " Tons of stuff." "Come with me to the hospital." " Why not?" " Be caus e." "It's okay." "H e's fine." "H e's always fine." "When I saw him, he didn't e v en re cognize me." "H e asked about you." "H e does e v ery day." "I said no." " I don't understand you." " You don't?" "It's v ery simple." "I'm sick of s eeing my friends die." "I'v e spent three y ears burying friends." "I don't want to s ee Felix like that." "I don't want that to be my last memory of him." "Dad, can I go with you?" "No, Alfredo, I'v e told you, you can't." "Why not?" "I told you." "Don't make me repeat mys elf!" "Who's Felix?" "My godfather." "What's wrong with him?" "H e has Al D S." "That's why your dad doesn't let you s ee him?" "Yeah." "But I want to s ee him." "I'm gonna go to the hospital during re cess tomorrow." "The y won't let you get out." "If the y don't, I'll sneak out." "H e y." " What?" " Wanna come with me?" "I can't miss class." "We can go next weekend." "No, I want to s ee him tomorrow." "You hav e to meet him." "H e's cool as shit." "I'm sure he'll lov e you." "I can't." "I would if I could, but I can't." "How are you gonna sneak out?" "Through the door." "What do you think?" "The door's locked." "I know a better way." " Pellet." " What?" " Thanks." " You're welcome." "Why don't you come with me?" "Come on." " I can't, man." " You're a bastard." "I'm going." "See you tomorrow." "See you later." "Pellet, we're going to the tracks tomorrow." "Good for you." "What's wrong?" "You're not coming tomorrow?" "Fuck off, Cobeta." "You're s cared." "Forget about me, kid." "Alfredo!" "How come you came?" "I didn't want you to go alone." " I knew you'd come." " How come?" "I just knew you would." "H ello." "H i." " We came to s ee a patient." " What room?" " 210." " One moment." "No one's answering." "Is someone expe cting you?" "You can't go in without an adult." "Sorry." " Is he a relativ e of yours?" " H e's my godfather." " Is someone with him?" " I think so." "Wait there if you want, I'll let you know when he answers." "Okay." "That's such shit." " What do we do?" " Let's wait for a while." "If your mom comes, she won't let you s ee him." "I don't know, but I'm not leaving until I get in." "Forcing your way in will be a bit hard." "Felix?" "Come on, let's go." "Let's go, man." "Could he be such a son of a bitch?" "Will you tell your old man that you saw him?" "No." "H e was right." "I shouldn't hav e gone." "Why not?" "Be caus e." "I know why Alfonso didn't want to s ee him." "If you hadn't gone, you would hav e spent your life wondering." "Why did the y shav e his head?" "I don't know." "How can the y keep someone like that?" "I do know it won't happen to me." "Before I ended up like that, I would kill mys elf." "The y won't leav e me there half dead." "When I die, I want to be cremated and hav e my ashes s cattered... anywhere, as long as I don't end up in one of thos e gross tombs." "I don't care either way." "You're already dead." "I do care." "That's why you're stuck in a hole." "I don't want to die." "Don't be stupid." "I don't want to either." " But that's impossible." " Why?" "Be caus e e v eryone dies." " I don't understand why." " I don't know... be caus e of God or whate v er." " God doesn't exist." " How do you know?" "Be caus e I know." "God doesn't exist." "I'v e ne v er fucking s een H im." "If H e does exist, let God impede this rock from hitting that light refle ction in the water." "You'll ne v er hit it." "Oh no?" "Get in here, you son of a bitch!" "Damnit!" " I didn't do anything." " You didn't?" "!" "N ext time you ditch class you're gonna really get it!" "What's E.T.'s father's name?" " What?" " Don E.T." " You in, Manolo?" " I pass." "And you, new guy?" "If you're not gonna play, why did you come?" " What?" "I can't be here?" " Sure, I don't mind lookers." "I wasn't looking at you." " What did you say?" " What you heard." " Don't look at me, kid." " Leav e him alone." "Wis e ass es bother me." "Let's cast lots with our fingers." "Adri?" "Are you playing or what?" "Come on, damnit!" " Right hands." " One, two, three." "One, two, three, four, fiv e, six, s e v en, eight, nine, 10, 11, 12." "Six, s e v en, eight, nine, 10, 11." "Sebas against..." "That guy's cheating." "You s ee how he takes off early?" "I didn't notice." "H e always takes off early." "H e's a pie ce of shit." "H e won't do it to me." "'Caus e I'm not playing." " It's stupid." " What is?" "That game's stupid." "What are you saying?" "It's great." " I don't know why." " It's exciting." "It will be the day the train rips somebody's head off." " Like the tall kid." " What tall kid?" "Last y ear some tall kid got killed." " What's wrong?" " H e's not coming." "Shit." "One less person." "Why?" " H is dad punished him." " Why?" "What did he do?" "I don't know." "What should we do?" "Try talking to him." "You go, Alfonso." "But I don't know the guy." "Damn." "Do you know his name?" "Well... all right." "I'll be right back." "Jos e." "Be diplomatic, will you?" "And hide the tattoo." " Good morning." " H ello." " Is this Pablo's hous e?" " Yes." "I'm Alfredo's father, the boy who just left." " H i." " H i." " Could I speak with your husband?" " Of cours e." "Come in." "Come in." " Good morning." " H i." "How are you?" " H i, Pablo." " H i." "H e's the father of the boy who came for Pablo." "I'm sorry to bother you." "It's no bother." "Go ahead." " Would you like to sit down?" " No, thank you." "A group of our friends are going to a hous e in the mountains." "We'd like to bring the boy with us." "Right." " Will you come back today?" " Yes." "We'll be back at 10:00 or 11:00." "Depends on the traffic." "You know how it gets on the weekends." "Do you want to go?" "I don't know." "I hav e to do what you told me." "You can do it tomorrow." "Go, if you want." "Thank you v ery much." "Goodby e." "By e." "Who farted?" " Damn, it stinks." " You farted, huh?" "It was you." "Don't lie, you s coundrel." " It was you." " Me?" " H e's gross." " Open a window." " Mine too." " Aren't you exaggerating?" "There the y are." "Mom, Alfonso farted." "H e laid a really stinky fart." "Hop in." " H i." " H i." " H i, Pablo." " Get off, Golfo." "Golfo, get off." " Where are we going?" " To the top." "Where are you guys going?" "Be careful!" "Let's go up to that little stop." " Little stop?" " The little stop." "There we go." "We made it inside." " Dad." " What?" " My ass hurts." " It's nothing." " Take him." " Get in here, Golfo." " Get in here." " That came out of nowhere." " I'm soaked." " Me too." "We're toast." "You didn't want to take the path, huh?" " There you go, morons." " It's cool being wet like this." "Espe cially for the balls, real warm, right?" "H ere." "This one's for you... and this one's for your friend." "Leav e your wet clothes, espe cially your shoes, in the tub." " Okay." " The y're a bit big, but that's all we hav e." "I'll put your clothes in the wash." "H e y..." "don't get them dirty." "No." "See you later." "See you later." "Damn, I'm freezing!" "Me too." "Take the boots." "Shit." " It's a little big." " A little, he says." " And my clothes?" " In the basket." "The y're right there." "Take them." "How did you get that?" "What?" "On your back." "I fell down the other day." "See you later, Pablo." "By e." " What are you doing?" " I'm washing my hands." "That's the last time you'll s ee thos e people." " Why?" " Be caus e I said so, damnit." "All right." "Dry off and go to bed." "It's past 11:00." "Take thos e clothes off." "Son of a bitch." "I hope you die." "You know where Pellet is?" " Hav e you s een him?" " I hav en't s een him." "We saw him at the hardware store." " What about you, Salv a?" " I hav en't s een him." "H e must be sick." " For a whole week?" " Can't he be sick for a week?" " H is old man beats him." " How do you know?" "I just do." "H e told you it was his dad?" "No, but e v eryone knows." "You're a loudmouth." " Why?" "Be caus e you say so?" " Be caus e." "You're a loudmouth." "It's me, Alfredo." " Open up." " I can't." "Why not?" "Be caus e I can't." "Pleas e leav e, be caus e my dad will be here any minute." "How are you?" "Fine." "Are you sure?" "Yeah." "You can't open?" "I told you I can't." "Open up a s e cond and I'll leav e." "I can't." "Pleas e, go and don't come back." "If you don't, I'm gonna get it." "Has he hit you?" "Your old man beat you, right?" "Are you there, Pablo?" "Just tell me if he hit you." "Tell me and I'll leav e, I swear." "Can I giv e Golfo a tortilla?" "No, you can't feed the dog." "I always giv e it to him when you're not here." "Fine, but since I'm here, you'll hav e to wait." " U nderstand, little tadpole?" " I'm not a tadpole." "What's wrong with you?" "Nothing." "Don't say "nothing." I know you too well." "What's wrong?" "Come on, a little bite." "Nothing." "You hav en't said a word at the table." "What's wrong, damn it?" "It's not me, it's Pellet." "What's wrong with him?" "Golfo." "No more?" "H e hasn't been to class in a week." "So?" "Remember the day we went to the mountains with him?" "When we were changing out of our wet clothes..." "I saw his back." "It was full of marks and bruis es." "I asked him what happened, and he said that he had fallen." "But it's not true." "What do you mean it's not true?" "H is dad did it to him." "How do you know that?" "E v erybody knows his dad beats him." "Can I help you?" "I don't know if you remember me, I'm..." " I remember." " How's your son?" "Is something wrong?" "So?" "Since he hasn't been to s chool, we thought he was sick or something was wrong." "My son's been trying to s ee him, and he says no one's e v er home." " I told him it was nothing..." " H e's sick at his grandma's." "Okay." "All right, then." "Tell him that Alfredo was asking about him." " Who?" " My son, Alfredo." "I'll tell him." "Don't worry." "Thank you, and forgiv e me." "Don't worry." "See you later." "By e." "Wait a s e cond!" "How did you get thos e?" "Wait up!" " Are you going home?" " Yeah." " Where were you during re cess?" " I was on the patio." "I didn't s ee you." "What are you doing tomorrow?" "I don't know." "My dad said we can go to his studio." " H e's gonna tattoo Ramiro." " I can't go." " Why?" " Be caus e I can't." "Later." " Where did he hav e the marks?" " On his back and side." "Did he just hav e bruis es, or s cars too?" "I think he had s cars too." "How did he say he got them?" " Falling down." " Are you sure?" "Laura, e v eryone knows his dad beats him." "I saw the kid y esterday." "People say anything." "We need proof." " Did you s ee his dad hit him?" " No." "That's what counts in a statement." "Did he tell you why he couldn't come?" "Get him to come and talk to Laura." "I'll talk to a social worker to s ee what can be done." "And meanwhile?" "Meanwhile, we can't do anything, unless you want to press charges, Jos e." "If I were you, I wouldn't do it unless I were absolutely sure." " We hav e to wait." " For him to hit him again?" "No, Jos e, e v erything will be easier if the kid admits it." "H ello?" "Right." "H e's right here." "When did it happen?" "No, we ended up leaving later on." "I know where it is." "Don't worry." "Tomorrow at 5:00." "Okay." "By e." "Alfredo, come here a s e cond." " Come here." " What do you want?" "Come here." " What happened?" " Nothing." "Felix is dead." "It's okay." "It's okay." " H i." " H i." " What brings you here?" " I came to s ee Alfredo." "Where is he?" "Ov er here." "Come with me." " Hav e you called your mother?" " Yes." "H i." " How are you?" " Fine." "Hav e you s een your godmother?" "Yeah." "She's a bit sad." "Cheer up." "If she s ees you, she'll get e v en sadder." " Want something els e to drink?" " I just had a Coca-Cola." " And you, Pablo?" " No thanks." " Are you sure?" " Yeah." "You guys?" " I'm gonna get a coffee." " Okay." "Sit down." " H i." " H i." " How did you find out?" " The y told me at s chool." "When's the burial?" "The y're not gonna bury him, the y're gonna cremate him." "That's better." "The y buried my brother and it sucks." "I didn't know you had a brother who died." "Remember the day we went to the studio?" "I was dress ed like that be caus e I had come from the cemetery." "I'm sorry." " For what?" " Your brother." "I'm like this be caus e of my godfather," "I can't imagine having a brother die." "I didn't know him." "H e died before I was born." "Doesn't it hurt you anyway?" " H e must'v e been an idiot." " Why do you say that?" "If my dad spends all fucking day comparing me to him, he must'v e been an idiot." "How did he die?" "In a car accident." "One, two, three, four, fiv e, six..." " s e v en, eight, nine..." " H e mov ed." " Don't mov e." " Go on. 12." "One, two, three, four, fiv e, six... s e v en, eight, nine, 10, 11, 12." "It's me against... you!" "I'm talking to you, new kid." "What?" " You playing or not?" " You're a pain." "Leav e me alone." "That kid is weird." "Yeah, he's a faggot like his godfather." "What about my godfather?" " I didn't say anything." " I heard you." "You don't hav e the balls to play." "I'v e got balls, but the game is stupid." "Right." " You wanna play against me?" " If you're up for it." "Relax, I won't do anything." "U nits 204 and 205, respond, ov er." "This is 204, ov er." "Go to the train tracks." "There are some kids ov er there." "We're on our way." "What are you doing?" "You should hav e gotten hit, idiot." "What happened?" "Nothing, I called him an idiot." " Why didn't you cross?" " I didn't want to." "I'm heading back, this is a shithole." " Where are you going?" " To the neighborhood." "You coming?" "Sure." "Pellet, wait up." "H e y, kids." "Wait there a s e cond." " Where are you going?" " Home." "Come on, get up." " What's the rush?" " Let me s ee." "What hurts?" "Your knee?" "Are you gonna tell me about the trains?" " It's a game." " A game?" "Don't fuck with me." "A little s e v ere for a game." " I'v e ne v er play ed it." " What?" " I ne v er play." " You're smarter than that, right?" "You just go to watch your friends gets killed?" "Is that what you're telling me?" "The rest of them are fucking idiots?" "I didn't say that." "I'm not gonna be watching..." "Alfredo, don't laugh." "I'm s erious." "I'm starting to get piss ed off." "Do you hear me?" " Do you hear me?" " Yes." "I can't be watching what you're doing when you go out with your friends." "I'm not a cop." "Let me tell you something:" "If you kill yours elf on thos e tracks, you're gonna ruin the liv es of all of us who lov e you." "You know?" "Do it for yours elf." "Life is bad enough, we don't need to los e you doing stupid shit on the tracks." "You want to kill yours elf." "Life is too short already." "Don't giv e me that look." "I say this be caus e I lov e you." " What a s ermon." " Don't talk back to me." "You'll end up doing whate v er you want." "That's what we all did when we were your age." "The same goes for you, e v en though you're not my son." "I won't go back there." "What?" "I won't play that game again." "It's stupid." "Son of a bitch." "What a couple of sons of bitches you'v e be come." "Bastards." " See this one?" " It's okay." "There's not one spot that isn't tattooed." "This samurai, it doesn't hav e much form..." " And this one?" " It's much better." "That's the same one, but in profile." "This one's great." "Javier, do you hav e any plans?" "Nothing." "I was gonna go home." "I'd like you to help me with something." "Do you mind staying a little longer?" "Get the kit ready." "Alfredo, Pablo, come here." "Sit here, Pablo." " Take that off." " Why?" "Take it off." "Are you done?" "Wait." "Stay still." "Let me s ee it." " See you later." " See you later." " Mom?" " You're home so late." " And Grandma?" " She's asleep." "Sit down and eat." "Can you e v er come home on time?" " I got held up." " Right." " What's this?" " It's food." "Eat." "Can you tell me where you'v e been?" "Where hav e I been?" "Don't play dumb with me, I'm not one of your little friends." "You understand." "Where hav e you been?" "At s chool, where els e?" "Where?" "I told you, at s chool." "That's a lie!" "It's not a lie." "I was at s chool." "How come you weren't there when I went to pick you up?" "I'm asking you a question." "I skipped the last class." "You skipped the last class?" "Where hav e you been, then?" "Answer me." "Are you deaf?" " I said answer me!" " Don't hit him." "Shut your mouth." "I'm waiting." "Did you hear me?" "I was at the train tracks." "Really?" "What the hell were you doing there?" " Nothing." " Nothing?" "Are you lying to me again?" "You want me to tell you where you were?" "Should I tell you, or will you tell me?" "Where are you going?" "Sit down!" "N ext time I s ee you with that s cumbag," "I'll rip your head off." "You hear me?" "Sit down!" "You hear me?" "!" "Answer me." "Answer me!" "Answer me, you son of a bitch!" "Yes." "What did you say?" "What did you say?" " Yes." " Louder!" " Don't start, pleas e." " Louder!" "I hope you die, you son of a bitch!" "Leav e him alone." "Don't hit him, Mariano." " Get off me." " Pleas e, don't do it." " Let go!" " Pleas e!" "Stay out of this." "Fuck you!" "You dare spit on your father?" "Go to hell." "Are you gonna spit on your father, you son of a bitch?" "Son of a bitch." "Go to hell!" "Get up!" "You fucking pie ce of shit!" "Son of a bitch." "Open up." "Go to hell." "Where are you going?" "Come here." "You gonna start crying now?" "You gonna cry?" "Get out of there!" "Get out of there!" "You son of a bitch!" "Get out of there, you bastard." "Get out, you bastard!" "Get out, you son of a bitch!" "Son of a bitch!" " Where are you going?" " Let go of him, damn it!" " Bastard." " Calm down." " Are you crazy?" " Pablo!" "Where are you going?" "Wait, son!" "Let's s ee you spit on me now." "Relax." "Come back!" "Where are you going, my son?" "Come back!" "Son of a bitch." "You son of a bitch!" "You bastard!" "I hope you die right there." "Leav e my boy alone." " We're about to hav e dinner." " Just a little chorizo." " You're gonna turn into a cow." " Funny." " Want some chocolate?" " Yes." "If you want chocolate, you hav e to eat all of this." " Okay." " Okay?" " I'll get it!" " Come back and finish your dinner." " Okay." " Okay?" "H i." "Who is it?" "Is Pablo a good boy?" "Of cours e he's good." " Then why does his dad beat him up?" " I don't know." "Laura?" "It's me again, Marisa." "Call me when you get this message." "Call me, it doesn't matter at what time." "It's about Alfredo's friend." "Nothing." "She still hasn't answered." " You want something to drink?" " No thanks." " You sure?" " I want a Coke." "I didn't ask you, I asked your brother." "You already drank a lot." "What are we going to do now?" "I don't know." "We'll s ee." "We'll s ee what your father says when he gets out." "Does it hurt?" "A little." "Jos e?" "Yeah." "Can I sleep at your place tonight?" "Of cours e." "Don't worry." "I don't want to s ee my father." "Don't think about that." "It's 5.0." "Should we giv e him the anti-tetanus shot?" "Yes." "You promis e?" "Relax, e v erything will be all right." "Promis e me." "I promis e." "Relax, will you?" "Come on." "Lie down, pleas e." "Take the gauze off your wound." "This will hurt a little." "Don't mov e." "Hold his hand, pleas e." "What's your name?" "Giv e me your hand." "Hang on." "N ice and still." "H e's passing out." "How do you know this bastard won't beat him again tonight?" "I can't promis e you anything." "I can only tell you how I think we should proceed." "That's why you called me." "If you don't like my suggestions, then I'll get out of the way" " and you can go do it your way." " How is he?" "Fine." "H e asked me for some water." "If you need anything, let us know." "Okay." "The kid doesn't want to go home." "It's not the kid's de cision." "We hav e to call his parents and tell them the kid is here." " Why?" " Be caus e, damn it!" "The cops might be looking for the kid." "You can't hide him here." " I'm not hiding him." " Jos e... you'v e had a minor in your home since 10:00 PM." "It's 2:00 in the morning and you hav en't told his parents." "If you don't tell them, the y could charge you with kidnapping." "It's true." "If his bastard father wants to, he could say there was nothing wrong with the kid when he left." "We'd be s crewed." "H ere." "Thanks." "My dad gav e it to me." "You dropped it in the hospital." "Does it hurt a lot?" "A little." " And you?" " What?" "The tattoo." "Not anymore." "What did your dad say?" "H e's talking with Laura." "What does she say?" "The y're gonna call your dad to come pick you up." "Why?" "Laura says it's the best way." "If not, there could be problems." "Your dad said I could stay with you guys tonight." "Your dad promis ed me." "Maybe Laura's right and it's best if you go." "H e promis ed me." "H e wanted you to stay." "If my dad comes he'll kill me." "I swear." "H e'll kill me." " H ello?" " I'm Pablo's father." "Good e v ening." "Come on in." "Pellet... you should go to the alle y next to the park." "Where's Pablo?" "Oh, fuck me." "Do you hav e a light?" "Jos e, do you hav e a light?" "H ere." "H ere." "Thanks." "Do you want one?" "No thanks." "I don't smoke." "Pablo's not around here." "Where's that park you guys go to?" " Maybe he's there." " Moro Park?" " Where v er you guys always meet." " Moro Park." "Where is it?" "N ext to the church." "Okay." "Let's go there." "It would be better if you stay ed here." "If your son s ees you, it'll get much more complicated." "H e's not here." "Wait." "What do you want?" " Where is he?" " What?" " Where's Pablo?" " I don't know." "You do know." "Tell me where he is." "I swear I don't know." "Don't lie to me." "I'm not lying." "Where is he?" "Don't tell me you don't know, be caus e you do." "You can't fool me." "I can't tell you." " What?" " I won't tell you." "If I tell you, he'll go home with his father." " H e has to." " You promis ed he'd stay with us." "I did, but things hav e changed and he can't." " You don't want to." " I want to, but I can't." "You'll understand when you're older." "I can't explain it now." "Come on." "Stop s crewing around and tell me where Pablo is." "You're making this really difficult." "Don't make me repeat mys elf." "You hav e to understand." "Don't make me do something I don't want to." "Tell me." " Are you gonna tell me or not?" " No." "Tell me where the hell Pablo is." "I don't know." "There he is." " Pablo!" "Wait." " Is my dad there?" " What?" " Is my dad there?" "Yeah, but don't worry..." "Pablo!" "Stop." "Wait." "Calm down." " I don't want..." " What?" "I don't want to go with my dad." "You're not going to go with your dad." "Calm down." "Calm down." "Dad." "Alfredo." "Stay with him." "Cov er yours elf up." "I'll be right back." " Laura, come here." " What happened?" " Nothing." "Come here." " What is it?" " I'm taking the kid home." " Don't do it..." "Listen to me." "Take the dad, tell him whate v er." "I'll s ee you at home." "You're gonna get in trouble." "This won't do you any good." "I'm not worried about mys elf." "I'm worried about the kid." "Come on." "Get up." " My leg hurts." " It hurts?" "Giv e it a try." "I can't." "Don't worry." "Hold on tight." "That's it." "U p you go." "H e would kick me and pull me by my hair." "H e'd burn me with cigarettes, and make me drink my own piss." "Before going to bed, he'd giv e me a pill so that I'd poop." "When I was bad, he'd lock me in a dark room and put me in the clos et." "H e'd say he wouldn't let me out until I was sorry for what I did, and keep me there until I died." "H e wouldn't let me go out with my friends and he made me work in the hardware shop." "H e would insult me." "H e would spit on me." "H e would tell me that I repuls ed him... that I should hav e died and not my brother." "I hate him." "God damn son of a bitch... bastard... pie ce of shit... idiot... pig... faggot..."