Broken Horses Page #2

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- Hey.

- Hey.

Yeah?

- Yeah.

- Yeah.

- Look at that.

- Yeah, my boss got it for me.

You know, for your wedding.

Yeah, you know, he told the tailor...

- Your boss goes with you to the tailor, Buds?

- No, dummy, no.

The tailor comes to him.

Listen. You know, he told the tailor

that if I wasn't the bestest-looking man

at your wedding,

there'd be a lot of trouble.

A lot of trouble.

He was just kidding.

- No, I know. I know.

- That was a joke.

He seems like a really, really nice man.

- Yeah.

- When do you think I can meet him?

Tomorrow.

Yeah, you know,

he said that after church

that he's gonna take us out to dinner

at El Cortez,

just like Pop used to, remember?

- Yeah.

- Yeah.

Great.

Buds, you think

I could take your car for a drive?

Right now? Yeah.

Here.

- Just don't take long, okay? Please.

- I won't, I won't.

Ignacio?

Ignacio?

Jakey Heckum!

Jakey! Jakey Heckum!

Why did you come back, Jakey?

Why did you...

Go away, Jakey.

What happened? What happened to you?

I saved my hands, Jakey.

I saved my hands so I could still play.

But the music...

The music's gone, Jakey.

The music just stopped.

The fire's the only thing I hear.

And the animal is scared of fire.

Who is scared of fire?

Hench is scared of fire.

What's going on here, Ignacio?

What happened?

Two legs

for two train tickets.

Julius Hench

gave me a choice.

Two hands, or two legs.

That's two for two tickets.

Legs!

Legs!

God! F***!

You just tried to kill me.

Why?

I had to.

I was told.

Buddy was quitting because of you.

Nobody leaves Hench.

Definitely not Buddy.

Hench loves the kid.

You shouldn't have never have come back.

But it's not too late.

Give me the phone

and get away from this town.

I won't say a word.

- Hey...

- Give me the phone.

Give it to me!

Move your f***ing feet

the f*** over here

and give me the phone.

Give it to me

or I'll blow your f***ing head off.

Toss it!

Is he dead, or do I have

to buy him dinner?

Don't.

I hear you breathing.

Talk to me, son. You okay?

What's going on there? Where are you at?

Don't.

Eric!

Talk to me, Eric!

I'll send someone over there!

Where are you at?

Miners...

Eric! Eric!

You okay, son?

- Sh*t!

- Eric!

Jacob?

Take a deep breath. Ready?

The Philharmonic wrote!

You got the job, baby!

You did it! Can you believe it?

I'm so happy for you! So happy!

Come home quick, okay?

Buds?

Vittoria called. She wants us to...

They killed Eric!

What?

They killed him!

Who?

Do they know who did it?

Yeah.

Who?

Who, Buds?

A bad man.

Who, Buds? Who? Who killed him?

They killed my brother.

They killed my partner!

Buddy. Buds, it'll be okay.

- It'll be all right.

- No, it won't.

- Yeah.

- No.

- It will, Buds.

- I'll get him. I'll get him, Jakey.

Buds. Hey, Buds. Buds, listen to me.

I want you to come with me.

- I got a job at the Philharmonic...

- No, I can't go with you now.

I can't go with you now!

I gotta find that bad man

and I gotta crack his skull in!

Do you understand?

Buds, the cops will handle it.

No, they won't. No, they won't.

Do you think they got the guy who shot Pop?

You think they got him?

No, Jakey!

I did!

I did.

Bud.

There's a lot of bad people

out there, Jakey.

And somebody's gotta stop them.

Did Hench tell you that?

Yeah.

If Hench told you I was a bad man...

Me.

Would you believe him?

He would never say that.

- He would never say that.

- He's not a good man, okay?

- He's not a good man.

- Yes, he is!

- You don't understand Julius!

- You don't understand, Buds!

You don't understand!

When I was driving,

I backed into a fence post, okay?

So, if anyone asks what we were doing,

I was playing checkers

with you all night, okay?

Buds?

- Hey!

- Don't cry.

I'm with you now. I'm with you now, son.

Hey, don't cry.

Hey. Let's have a sit down. Come on.

Read it out.

"Mario Garza."

He's the one.

He robbed us in our corridor.

And then he hunted down and he killed Eric.

Your friend, your brother.

You see, he's not one of our kind.

He's a bad man.

And what are we gonna do about him?

You know where he lives?

Yeah. He's across the border.

He's well protected.

We got to get you there

and get you back.

No! No, just get me to him.

I don't care about getting back.

Son.

God damn!

That's my boy.

This will be your last job.

After this, you can go live

with your brother.

Yeah? Okay.

Where is he at?

He's... Hey, Jakey?

Julius wants to see you.

Jakey!

Jakey. Julius.

I didn't think you'd be here.

Yeah, I was just

playing checkers with Buds.

Who won that game of checkers, Buddy?

I did.

I always lick Jakey at checkers.

Well, welcome home, kid.

Thank you, Mr. Hench. Thank you.

Buddy's gonna die.

They're sending him across.

I have to get him out.

Out?

Hench's wife tried to get out.

Ran off with their son.

I was his music teacher.

I got her train tickets.

Two train tickets.

What does Hench do?

He burns 'em both alive.

You want Buddy out?

There's only one way to do it.

You see that mountain?

They're gonna take it down

to get the silver out.

They're gonna tunnel in, they're gonna

blow it up from the inside out.

That's how you get Hench.

From the inside out.

Just like he took down your daddy.

It was an inside job, Jakey.

Your father's partner, Joe,

he just looked the other way.

You were performing

your first solo, Jakey.

Hench was conducting

your daddy's requiem.

- I'm gonna go talk to Joe.

- Okay.

Thank you for coming by, Joe.

See you, Julius.

Mr. Hench.

You took care of Buddy all these years.

I'm very grateful to you for that.

I want to ask you one more favor.

If you'd let me,

I'd like to take Eric's place.

If you send Buddy across the fence,

I wanna go with him.

I wanna be his partner.

What about your life in New York?

New York made me forget

what I promised my father.

Kept me away from home,

kept me away from Buddy.

You know, my brother dropped out

of school to take care of me.

So I could play the violin.

What did I do?

Every couple of years, he'd come visit me.

I'd take him to the Central Park Zoo.

And he was so grateful.

All he asked in return is that

I come see him,

I come and spend some time with him.

But I didn't.

I...

I abandoned him.

I'm back now and I'd like

to be a real brother.

Sir, I love Buddy

and I wanna take care of him.

We'll talk at the Alamo.

I promised Buddy I'd buy you dinner.

I like vegetarians.

It's humane. No blood.

Hey!

He eats fish.

Okay?

You tell him that you eat fish.

Why don't you make him

a plate of fish, Buddy?

Some cowboy shot Eric with his own gun.

But it's yours now.

After your audition.

You got his audition set up, Franco?

Yup.

Hey, where's Jakey?

He went on his audition.

Hey.

Do you think he's gonna pass that test?

Do you?

He's gonna fail it.

Hey, light me a cigar. Come on.

Ignacio?

Jakey Heckum.

Now, I know why you came back, Jakey.

You came back to set me free.

I can't. I can't kill you.

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