"SUCH IS LIFE..." "And what about me?" "He leaves with another one, so carefree, so happy." "And I say, what about me?" "And now what?" "What?" "Easy, just like that, right off... he asks me to leave, right?" "Easy, real easy, fly away little bird." "And what about me?" "What?" "What the fuck, that cock, shit on me." "What the fuck about me?" "And the children I gave you?" "And the years I gave you, and... the part of me I gave?" "What?" "Look at how you've left me, and now you say no more." "That it's over, that you're tired, you're bored." "Bastard, just like that." "Tell me, what do I do?" "And poor stupid me..." "I came over here I left everything..." "I had your children, had them... for you and because of you." "You said you wanted blood of my blood, right... and worst of all, stupid me..." "I gave you your kids and I say that's... how he'll abide, he wants me and loves me this way." "But no, no, fuck it." "I leave my house, my own house... my people, my things, my life, right?" "Because of you, Nicolas." "You asked me to help you and I did." "You wanted to be a boxer going from town to town... they kicked you but and I kept saying "you're good."" "But we didn't believe it." "But there I was, with you I'd embroider... your shorts and rubbed your legs with alcohol." "If you lacked money, if you wanted new clothes... anything, everything was for you." "Only for you." "And now, Nicolas, now you say you don't like me." "That you have another one... and what the fuck about me?" "What the God damned fuck." "I came over here." "You put me in this hole... without a worry, me going at it... taking away the sin from the pregnant." "I cure love sickness, take... away moles, take away spells." "And you further away." "So fresh... so carefree." "Such a bastard!" "And it's so lonely here." "I only have them..." "My children!" "When they touch or give me... wet kisses, it breaks me apart." "They're like firewood, frozen firewood." "I kiss them and they make me feel far away." "They smell like you, Nicolas, you bastard." "Maybe it's because they smell... like you, taste like you." "Children of my womb, of your needs... the poor children of our sins." "Because of you, Nico, I have sinned." "Everyone looks at me as if I were possessed." "They say I'm a witch and make the sign of the cross." "But those assholes sure use me." "Witch and all, sign of the cross and all... one by one they come to the clinic." "They make signs to go inside... and they start going at it saying..." ""my husband does this and that", and another one..." ""a potion for the neighbor... that killed my expensive dog."" "I tolerated everything for you, Nico, just to be with you." "To have you inside, Nico." "Little Nico." "Nico, you bastard!" "And now you come up with this, that nothing, nothing... and you go with the frog's butt... because you forgot about me... me, the flesh that made you so ardent." "You forgot even the children you said you loved." "It's not fair, Nicolas, there are things that aren't fair." "There are things you don't even remember." "Why remember that for you..." "I came to this city that smells... like shit, like wet carrion, me, submerged in shit." "Because the kids you loved... shit even through the ears." "And I stay submerged in shit... alone." "My soul is Lonely and all because you." "Just for you." "And I say, what about me?" "... and more moderate in Campeche, Hidalgo, Mexico..." "City, Puebla, Morelos, Yucatan and Quintana Roo." "Rain due to the affluence of tropical air coming from the..." "Pacific, Gulf and the Caribbean Sea." "This will come together with the cold air from the Pole." "The tropical mass will bring rain along the Coast... in the western part of the country." "Hurricanes Floyd and Greg will not affect but will be observed." "That's what happens to women... for not thinking with reason." "For believing all promises... of every young man." "A lady's heart... was born not to doubt." "And man comes and lies... taking what he has to take." "Then he turns around... and moves out." "But handsome Nicolas... was so ungrateful... that one memorable sad day... he brought her the news... that he's leaving her for another one." "And he goes with another love." "Julia, Julia, sad Julia... understand this well, woman." "All love ends... one day, just like that." "There is no fresh well water... that will make it grow back again." "That love is treacherous... and constantly moving." "It's not fair." "It's not fair." "It's not fair." "Does it surprise you?" "I was waiting for it to happen." "It was on top of us, like the rainy season, sooner or later." "When men are born, they should break their neck." "They're so tender, it's like... breaking a chicken wing." "It breaks like a dry stick." "He was born a man, too bad." "They're lice, carrion." "All their life they just pester and pester." "The mother, the sister, this one, that one." "Right, Julia?" "When he promised heaven and earth, wasn't it?" "Clear he would leave you if let your guard down?" "Of course." "Even the most... stupid or forlorn by God, know." "And I say, why ignore it, when... you knew it." "So accept it." "There is nothing you can do." "If they feel like it... nothing will stop them." "It's all written down." "There's no cure." "And it's not the end of the world." "Someone else will come, of another type." "If you look hard, you'll find one." "Who knows, a foreigner." "A strong worker who'll treat you like a queen." "You'll see." "And if he doesn't come along, what the hell." "I'll find a redress, Godmother, you'll see." "I won't wait around for the adulterer and the whore." "He's gone." "With that one or another one." "It's destiny." "Don't you think anyone has felt... your rage, your same rage?" "We all go through it." "And heavens won't fail." "It might happen to the rest... to others." "But not to me." " Not to me." "I swear it." " Oh, dear child." "Find another one." "Someone to help you support your kids." "And toil away at life." "One day at a time." "No one dies from divorce." "Not from being abandoned." "So then?" "You'll have to go someplace, find a man, support, have kids." "Start all over again." "This life, it never ends." "Me, that's why I'm so happy, so at peace." "Did I tell you that when they... said my child was dead," "I asked what it was, male or female?" "And when she said male, I said one less." "Godmother, the things you say." "They're our kids and it doesn't... matter what they have between their legs." "Maybe nobody understands me... but when I feel lonely in the afternoons..." "Only in the womb, do you know what I do?" "I go to my room, raise the glass bell I put on... the fetus... to protect it from humidity, from the wind... and I see him there so quiet, so happy..." "I say it's better." "It saves him and me suffering." "Tell me why would I in my right... mind bring him to this world?" "Then I say, you're foolish..." "Adela, he's better of dead." "They're wet." "The morning dew ruined them." "You should leave them to dry until noon." "I'm not crazy." "The sky will come down any minute." " Damp they'll just stink." "It's all written, right?" " It's just a saying." " A saying is a saying." "If it's a saying, I'll say mine." "I'm not to be left just like that." "So you're leaving me?" "And he'll pay, godmother..." "I tell you, he'll pay with blood from the heart." "I'll leave him alone, of soul, of body, alone... like a possum, like a spider." "Shut up, shut up." "The things you say make your hair stand up." "Some things you don't say or... think and if you do, forget them." "The clothes are a mess and with so many patients in the dispensary that need clean bed sheets." "In the rainy season it's better to hang them inside." "When the children wake up... they'll throw them on the floor." "Where do you want them to play?" "It'll rain." "It'll rain, Godmother, it will rain." "It's clear, Godmother, I'll take... measures." "I swear by my kids." "Saint, God of the Universe... forgive her, she doesn't know what she wants." "Saint, saint, saint, protect your servants." "What can happen to me?" "If he... leaves, what else can happen?" "I hope he doesn't hear you, you have kids." "What I said before, don't pay... attention." "It was a lie, just a... tease." "If I miss my womb it's because I lack a lot." "There's no but about it." "You have a man who's leaving... you, but at least he was yours." "You have kids that remind you... of him but they're yours." "I don't have anything with my seal on it." "I'm all alone." " Godmother you have me." " You're not mine don't fool." "The only thing mine is that... fetus and 13 solid saints." "What's really mine fits into a stupid soap box." "I'm old." "I've been around." "I'm not bleeding anymore." "And everything fits into a box of Fab with lemon... that leaves your sheets squeaky clean." "Damn sheets, they're dirty and... today is Friday and the clinic... must be full." "Don't stand there or everyone... will be gossiping later on." " Will you be grateful?" " What?" "What do you think or imagine?" "Taking that child away." "This life hurts a lot and if you... don't let it live, life won't hurt." "That good motherly love, good love, right?" "Well, well..." "Well, what?" "Cat eat your tongue?" "Answer." "You're not dumb." "Answer." "You're afraid of me, as if I were to hurt you." "As if I were different, as if..." "I hadn't been just like you." "Then came one." "One of many, just like many." "His name was Nicolas." "My godmother said, "take it out, don't be foolish."" "But stubborn me, I left it inside." "He had absorbed my brains." "Love had absorbed my brains." "My luck was set." "Take 3 every 2 hours." "In less... than 3 days you'll bleed." "Hemorrhage." "It hurts a little, but it hurts more to have it." "If you get sick and a doctor... asks what you took, say quinine." "And if I come to you?" "By then I won't be here." " And if I look for you?" " You won't find me." "Remember... quinine." "If it doesn't come out and you... turn black, go fast to a hospital..." "Our luck is a bitch, right?" "A bitch, a real bitch." "Don't wake Raquel up." "She's like me, a light sleeper." "Leave it, it's the Pig." "How could you?" "His things are his." "Good morning, dear Pig." "Sow, I wanted to ask you... well, I wanted to ask you..." "Sow, with all due respect some help." "About the license." "The lawyer called yesterday." "You know how things are." "Say hello to your handsome godson..." "He even looks like you, Pig." "I wonder why." " His eyes are light brown." " Good morning, Pig." "I wonder why, it must be because of your eyes..." " light, colored, lovely eyes, Pig." " Pig, Pig." " I need help." " Pig, Pig." "You know how things are." "Where are you going?" "Sow will be mad, doesn't like strangers." "Raquel is here." "Careful not to wake her up." "He'll be angry at me." "He's touchy about his girl." "Hey, what are you doing?" "Leave, go." "Leave, go." "It won't happen to me." "Tell me." "Swear it." "It won't happen to me." "I was born standing up." "I wasn't born for treason." "Some are, just like there are men born to be left." "The abandoned ones, the downtrodden." "Those that bring bad luck and are unlucky." "Those that have misfortune written on their face." "Not me." "I'm not one of those." "You can see it right away." "I was born on a Sunday and have a widow's peak." "Look at it." "Look." "The ones that have it, men only... leave them when they die." "That's why it won't happen to me." "I have my father to defend me." "Takes care of me, protects me." "Do you think they call him Pig... for being big and fat?" "It's because he plays dirty... when defending what he loves." "That's why you won't leave me." "I have a lucky star on my forehead." "I'm not like her." "No, I'm not." "Why did you stop loving her?" "Was it just like that or how was it?" "How do you stop loving someone?" "Well... things that happen... happen." "They happened with her." "But God knows, how can you read destiny?" " And my destiny?" " You won't have one." "You were born with a star on your forehead." "On the forehead and the ass." "On the ass and on the tits." "And yesterday's rain took lives... and multiple losses in the... high risk areas." "The authorities warned the... population that the rainy season... is just beginning and this... year will be stronger due to..." "Damn, you're under contract... and can't be running around." "If sadness invades you... if the one you love has broken your heart... if you miss him... and you want him... we come to tell you... there's nothing to be done." "There's nothing to be done." "And in the middle of the news." "One can't work like that." "And me?" "Where am I to go?" "Where?" "What can I say?" "Find something." "There's always someone for everyone." "If that everyone is not full of children." "You know, Pig, I'd be accepted... by myself, not with children... hanging from her skirt." "Let's not be fools, Julia, it's... quite clear between us." "Your husband left with my daughter." "You can't stay around." "Imagine my Raquel." "What if you give her the eye... or dry up her fetus, or take... away her womb." "They say you..." "They only say, and they say what they feel." "It may be, but I won't have her... fearing you and your mischief." "It might be, it might be... it might be this is my destiny." "Imagine, he leaves me and I'm the one that has... to go with all my stuff." "Complain later." "You're leaving... me numb." "You grabbed a vein." "And I have to go to leave the field open." "Me." "Me and my children..." "Go..." "leave." "Leave, go." "Just like that, God help me... it's not fair, it's not fair." "Don't make it harder, Julia, just don't." "I come in good faith 'cause that's how I am." "I like to take care of my people." "From cops, from thieves, from... the guy who's a nuisance." "You're part of my people." "She's not." "She's a stranger, not one of us." "Do you think I like to kick out a woman?" "I kick out the lazy ones... the ones that beat up their mothers." "People like that." "But I don't like to kick out a woman." "Maybe you'll start liking it from now on." "He kicked my crony like that... and they had just stolen her plastic... prosthesis, the one she won at the Hospital." " Sometimes you can't help it." " And?" "This is my daughter and you're in between." "Me, me." "And all because your Raquel... told you she wants a wedding..." " her, so loose." " She's not, she's a virgin." "I had her checked out." "She hasn't been penetrated." "She deserves her white dress, her wedding." " She's not used..." " They checked her out." "She is still intact and if... she wants to get married, married... she will be." "And if that means you have to leave... then you leave, sorry." " Just like that?" " Just like that, or what?" "Don't you know life is like that?" "Such is life." "Life is a bitch." "Let's not be fools." " Leave." "I finished." " And the corns?" "I paid a full treatment and need the liniment." " I'm not in the mood." " We have a family affair." "Must be because they both... share the milk of the same man." "Don't be mean, don't throw me out." "From my house." "Give me a house." "Don't... throw me out." "Don't throw me out on the street." "I have my children and no place to go." "I left... my family, my house, my town." "I can't go back." "I can't go back." "Everything... is finished." "Don't throw me out." "The rainy season is coming." "It'll... rain today, and where to go?" "That's your problem." "And I swear I feel sorry for... you, sorry, sorry, very sorry." "But there's no remedy." "For my children, I love my children..." "And I love mine, I give you my word." "As if you had one." " Your God damned word." " I do have it." "I set order in this neighborhood." "I told the motherfuckers... you have to walk straight." "And they know I mean it and..." "I come through." "I don't falter." "Then don't, and be fair." "Let me stay." "Come on, between you and me." "I've never begged anyone." "I beg you on my knees." "More than my knees." " Give me a chance, I beg you." " Don't beg." "You're the woman of the man who'll marry... my daughter." "Almost a relative." "Relatives don't beg other relatives." "And we're almost relatives." " Almost relatives, right." " Tough." "Stay today but tomorrow after... the wedding you'll leave." "Today my daughter is not yet... married to your man." "Today." "Today the rain is coming." "It'll be a storm." "Yes... today there'll be a storm." "Agreed?" "Agreed." "One day... one meager day and just... because we're almost relatives." "You jeer me." "Pig, you asshole." "Nonsense." "Pure nonsense." "Look at you, not even when... your poor mother has problems." "You had to shit just at this moment... you cad, Tomasito." "What?" "Can't you tell how the poor thing is?" "Take heart." "Look at her, mad, with her hair... unbound and eyes like coals... but you had to be a male." "You get queasy and you had to shit." "Be grateful that I help this nitwit... who looks like a deranged cat." "Can't you see that even to get impaired... you have to find the moment." "It's over;" "I'll go wash this... and you won't be able to tell." "Why make her heart shrink?" "I'll wash this in a jiffy and she won't notice it." "The wretch shouldn't toil." "She's not used to a harsh life." "It's just that at her house we had everything." "Fruit in the morning, peeled... and on the mouth, as they say." "My Julia had it, her bed with, a burlap mattress and box." "It was aired weekly because... it's an area for lice, tics... and she had delicate skin... so fine, so smooth, so fair." "She had everything, that's why..." "I say, how can she be used to... task and drudgery?" "She's not trying to act coy... she's just not used to it." "They didn't tell her how." "High temperature rain all afternoon and to combat... the afternoon heat, Anselmo Fuentes and his boys..." "Your world is far away." "Your world is vanquished." "Now we're left with advice... that we give you lovingly." "Forget that Arcadia... that raised you with such love." "As you see, you only have left... heart anguish." "As you see, you only have left... heart anguish." "I'll back." "Don't make a fuss, she won't notice it." "Holy God of the armies... protect us from Satan and his work." "I felt you were doing something stupid... you senseless girl." "What got into you, can't you see... you must be hardy for... the kids God gave you." "I don't know why you're doing it." "It's Satan's work and if you... have this power, it's because he gave it to you." "Spit at Satan." "Say this, God, I'm a loyal believer... and won't betray you." "Why won't I if they betray me?" "The sow left me without a house, unsheltered." "I begged and nothing, I begged again and nothing." "God gave me this destiny." "God betrayed me." "Why shouldn't I betray Him?" "Come, let's go home, we have... balms to clean that blood." "You look like a tinged clown... let's go away, away from here." "Let's go, let's go, let's get out of here." "Let's get away from here." "One of these days she'll learn to be happy... like I couldn't." "I never did learn." "But it won't happen to her." "I'm here to take care of her." "You know, you're identical to him." "Heave." "Heave." "Watch it, stud, don't let anyone touch you." "Don't let anyone stick it in, let no one say..." "I caught you, and rammed you." "I got your rope and found you..." "Bawling and bawling, crying and crying." "One's man, right?" "And takes it, right?" "And if you feel anything, you take it." "And fuck you, asshole, and shut up, asshole." "And one has his feelings and everyone says... he's a macho, he fucks." "He fucks them all and then forgets." "But one has a heart... and I, Julia, I have a heart." "Bastard, my heart, just like me a bastard." "And you were in my heart." "I swear it." "I loved you, I did love you." "It's true, I loved you." "When I saw you I said... this is my Virgin of Guadalupe." "My virgin... mine." "I saw you and you'd take my breath away." "You and your smell." "You and your mango skin." "You... and you came into my entrails." "I loved you from my soul." "From my liver, my kidneys." "And I told you forever, because I wanted it forever." "Then came time." "I'm not guilty of time." "I didn't think about time when I said forever." "Forever is forever." "But time exists." "I lied to you, and to me too." "It would be great if things... were forever, but they're not." "One day I had another one inside my body." "And, shit, I didn't want to." "I wanted you forever." "But what to do?" "You can't prolong what's dead." "And whatever there was... one day it dawned and it was dead." "I would have preferred to be forever in your frock." "Warm, right?" "Well-known, right?" "Easy, right?" "But destiny doesn't favor what one wants." "My love died and the children remained." "Your children, Julia." "Your children, with your almond eyes." "I see them and I say, they have her eyes." "But they're mine too." "They have my flesh, my blood, my entrails." "And they even, maybe, have my eyes." "Today I leave you but not them." "Because where does God say... they're more hers than mine?" "Why the fuck are they more their children than mine?" "You take care of them, so do I." "You shop, I feed them." "You bathe them, so do I." "Everyone says this bastard... his kids don't grieve him." "But no." "Julia has left my soul, but not them." "They are mine." "They're my blood, my law, my things." "They're mine, same as hers." "What the fuck." "Why the fuck do they go with her." "Why the fuck am I the bastard father." "Like that... no name, no countenance, no bastion." "Love ends, the kids don't." "That's why tomorrow I'm getting them." "Tomorrow." "Tomorrow." "You can go starve, not them." "You go to the gutter, to oblivion, not them." "Julia, you leave my life, but not them." "You were so good before at nagging, give, give... give you money for this, for that, for rent." "If I'm good enough to pay..." "I'm good enough to keep them." "You've been forgotten." "Not them." "With them there's no turning a page." "I have them in my blood and in my feelings." "I don't want to screw you, Julia." "Life's a bitch." "It'll come to them." "So... let me support them these years, yes?" "Bastard, yes, bastard." "But I have a heart." "The heart of a macho." "But in the end a macho with a heart." "And no one rules the heart." "No one, Julia, no one rules the heart." "Mother." " Mother." " I said shut up, shut up." "Where are you going?" "I put them to bed." "Move." "I don't want to hurt you." " They're my children too." " You care?" "You want..." " to leave, but not hurt me." " Are you starting again?" " Just complaints." " Imagine, more complaints." "Complain, complain." "I'm up to my balls." "Is that why you left me?" "For complaining or for that flat ass?" "For her flat ass or her father's money?" "Because don't think I don't... know she's the Pig's daughter... the pig daughter of the Pig." "I left you because things end." "And when it's over, it's over." "And there no turning back." "Easy, just like that." "It's over and good bye." "See you." "And what about me?" "You... you like me." "You go your way and I go mine." "Way?" "Which way?" "Wherever you want, Julia." "The world is vast and wide... make your world without me." " The world won't end." " Mine will." "Mine will." "You're all I have." "And your children?" "What about them?" "My children are yours." "They're nothing without you." "My children are for you and about you." "They're your flesh, your smell, your memory." "They're pieces of you." "Nonsense." "Let me in." "I don't want to hurt you." "You tear me to pieces, and you don't want to... mistreat me." "When you boxed" "I'd travel all over to see you lose, and..." "I rubbed your swollen eye." " I did it all for you." " It was what you wanted." "I never asked you, you did it for yourself." "And I was a boxer way before I met you." "You want to believe I owe you everything." "You were a drunk and never showed up." "I spent nights in shitty rings... watching you get smashed." "They always did and you pay me with treason." " Let me in." " And you say you're leaving." "You're leaving and taking your things and that's it." "Let me through willingly, fuck, shit." "Not them." "Don't touch them." "You don't touch them." "What about the rest of my clothes?" "Your rags?" "The ones to brag... with, the ones you care about." "Over there in the pail." "These too." "I swear you won't take one damned rag." "Have the Pig pay for everything... like the husband he's buying." "Look at you, you insane bitch." "You're totally crazy." "And now you notice it." "I'm crazy about you." "And for wanting you... and you leave me." "And I stay crazy and without you." "And with the... children of my madness..." "yours." "With your same skin." "Your same smell, that sour smell... of dark skin, of fruit..." "Yes I'm crazy about you." "Nicolas, please don't leave me." "I've nowhere to go, please Nico..." "Love me again, love me again..." "Or was it a lie?" "I loved you." "You were embedded in my soul." "And then?" "Then what happened?" "Life passed by, Julia." "That's what happened." "I'm leaving, want it or not." "So this way... be quiet... quiet... don't crawl Julia, for me or for anyone." "So... you really did love me?" "I told you, and besides, it doesn't matter." "Where am I to go?" " Where do I go?" "Tell me." " I don't know, somewhere." "Just look at this." "You're raving mad." "You know the Pig kicked me out." "He gave me until tomorrow." "What will happen to your kids?" "I wanted to talk to you about... that." "I thought and thought... you're always very angry." "Raging mad." "And you said it." "The Sow threw... you out, It's not your fault." "But you're not well." "Where will you take them?" "And you get that way, you... scare them, you frighten them." "Fine moment to remember your children." "The ones you're abandoning." "I'm leaving you, not them." "I thought and thought about it." "I thought seriously on it." "Since when are you serious?" "When it's about my children." "And I thought about it." "I'm keeping them." " What did you say?" " They're staying with me." "You're crazy and that's not my fault." "You're taking everything away?" "It's best for all." "They're mine... you said so yourself." "They're also mine." "I'll pick them up tomorrow at 11." "It'll be better." "Have them ready, with a change... of clothes and combed." "They won't say they're kids... of a lunatic, they're mine too." "And let make this clear." "It's not true they always smashed my face... it's a fucking fabrication." "I might be crazy... but he's a bastard." "I might be crazy... but not an asshole." "Look at you, child." "If he were a gentleman... he'd have given you a color TV, but... no, he gave you this ancient black and white." "With brains, you'd have asked for a color TV." "It'll be your only companion." "Let's see, Julia." "I wash you, I put you to bed, and you be quiet." "And today, with the dawn you'll stop crying." "Look at how you are, child." "You're burning with fever." "Swear you won't cry any more... for that piece of nothing." " The last one." " That's what I wanted... to hear out loud." "Forget him." "Don't tempt Satan." "Revenge doesn't yield." "It doesn't." " Too bad." " Too bad." "She lost her mind." "They say she lost her love... they say she bet and lost." "Like they lose... the women... that lose... their heart." "I hope you have enjoyed the..." "Fuentes brothers and his boys..." "You will forgive me but I don't feel too well." "I'm in one of those days." "Give her some encouragement... that it's one of those days... it's feminine temperament... bullshit." "It's a matter of tightening the belt... wham, bam, it's over." "I always say..." "Machos castrated or dead..." "there's no choice." "Still." "If you move your head the ponytail will loosen." "What happened?" "The firemen left, even the ambulance left." "They scorched." "Nothing to do." "They were sleeping." "They're charred." "Once again, another Mexican home is lost in flames." "Another family that won't have a place... to live during winter." "Don't see." "It's better you don't see some things." "And we're busy right now." "You have to look like a princess today." "May I know why so dressed up?" "Today?" "Why today?" "Today is today." "And her father asked me." "And you're doing it because... he's marrying someone else." "It's a special day." "For them and for me." "They prepared everything." "Me too." "I made my arrangements." "Today is today." "Don't go making a scene during the wedding." "No, I made my arrangements." "These?" "You're stupid." "These are your arrangements?" "My princess." "My sugar princess." "My little chick." "Heart of a mother." "Part of my bowels." "My beloved token." "The only thing left." "Don't get dirty, I'll feed you later." "She dressed you before... feeding you so you'd get dirty." " Leave me." " I'll do it when you're at peace." "And that'll be when you know it's not her fault... and neither her father's." "He's the one that left you." "He and only he." "That's why, Godmother." "He took what's mine, and I'll take his." "It's justice." "It's my turn." "And I'll do what will hurt him." "I'll break his heart, like he broke mine." "What for?" "Julia, no one can turn back the clock." "Much less for love." "That never comes back." "Get that hate off your chest." "No, that's all that's left." "Hate and only that." "You have your children." "My children are his..." "Randomly, witnesses say it burned spontaneously." "The firemen can't find a reason for the fire." " What do you say, ma'am?" " There's never a how or when." "Precisely on the day Raquel was to get married." "She was to get married, but she didn't." "It wasn't to be." "Part of destiny." "Could you say a few words for "Urban Alert"?" "The wedding, the..." " audience wants to know." " The 'tamales' are soggy... but if we air them, they be fine to eat tomorrow." "The dress burned, just like Raquel." "Too bad, right?" "Hate... hate and rancor... that's all that has remained." "The only inheritance that has lasted." "My hate and your abandonment." "Stronger than death... stronger than love... they join us forever... the fingers of pain." "They join us forever... the fingers of pain." "They join us forever... the fingers of pain." "Oh, my children... my heart's design." "Hey, careful." "My headdress, you'll ruin it." "Get away, fuck." "Did you read anywhere you can crash the party?" "Get out and don't meddle." "I'm fed up." "Get away." "That's how I wanted to see you, arrayed and ready... with your blossom and all..." "like a groom on a cake." "She's my princess." "And take care of her." "Don't be untimely... much less on a day like today." "Today is the other one's day." "The due date..." "I'm a man with a heart... and since she's the mother of your kids... she feels like family." "She softened my heart yesterday for a day." "Today she leaves." "Let that be clear between us two." "Today." "Julia is not from here." " She's got nowhere to go." " What do you think?" "They'll tear each other apart." "There's no way out." " She's my daughter." " Julia is my children's mother." "And I'm the father of mine." "So..." "Too bad, right?" "Too bad." "Too bad." "What has to be done, has to be done." "What has to be done, has to be done." "Too bad." "Some things have to be done... and even though you don't understand..." "I have to tell you one and a thousand times." "Neither you nor anyone can understand me." "And look at how things are..." "I won't even understand it tomorrow." "Only now and here... here and now..." "And I feel sorry for me." "I swear, my little daughter... that my heart breaks." "The one that was broken, is breaking again." "When I see you like this, with... your big eyes, big, saying... what's wrong with this one?" "The thing is, my world is ending... it's rotten inside." "So why leave you... my children." "Pieces of flesh." "It's better like this, isn't it?" "But why am I telling you?" "Why explain?" "What for?" "To tell you that I'm overcome with ire... and I'm not even thinking about you." "What I do is... because of him." "Your father... your ill bred father." "Why tell you, with what little... you see, you barely know him." "But that's precisely why." "Don't worry, my queen." "You wont' even notice it." "I swear it won't hurt." "I'm your mother... and your mother takes care of you always... always." "You won't even notice it." "I came for her, why stay without her?" "I was born alone, alone I came... alone I remained, alone I'm leaving." "Light skirt, with a pleat in the middle." "Lace blouse, with flowered collar..." "Checkered apron, with hole in pocket." "Woman... woman's tits." "Woman's pussy... woman's legs... woman's tits... small blouse..." "Woman's tits, woman's pussy..." "with lace..." "A small blouse..." "Cunt with a hole..." "It won't hurt." "Don't you see I'm your mother?" "They have our blood, yours and mine and... we must destroy our blood, Nicolas." "There won't be a drop of that blood we call ours... you wont' forget me." "I have become unforgettable." "Pig... my children." "Look at what they've done." "Look at what she's done." "Look at what you've done." "Look at what I've done." "Do something, can't you see... a frightful thing happened." "Oh, how sad is destiny... without sense... without a reason." "Cruel it had been written... death in the heart." "It was destiny's history... what happened to her." "And it was also destiny... that revenge... gave her." "SUCH IS LIFE..."