City of Men Page #5

I can't go back to the hill

because of the gang war.

- Want a glass of water?

- Sure.

Here, buy yourself something,

some clothes.

- Wow, $ 200?

- Is that enough?

Yeah! Who's Roberto

Carvalho de Mello, though?

My client.

What kind of client?

I buy building materials for him.

Oh, okay. Thanks.

Bring your girlfriend

over for dinner tomorrow.

She's at Dead End Hill.

Her brother's with the enemy.

I can't even talk to her.

I'll invite Ace, he's more

than a friend. He's a brother.

No, not him.

Think about it, three guys

eating together! No way!

Don't you know any other girls?

I'll see...

- Heraldo...

- What?

Thanks for the present.

No problem.

Can I ask one more favor?

Go ahead...

Heraldo Tome Coutlnho.

So you're now

Wallace Silva Coutinho.

Here you go.

Let's go.

If you're not doing anything later,

come over, I'll make dinner.

- Sure, but I'll be there before you.

- Okay. Got the key?

No.

- Here.

- Thanks.

Yeah...

What now?

I'm going to look for a job,

a career, responsibility.

- I meant, right now.

- Oh, right now!

Buy some CDs, some clothes,

spend all this cash.

- You do that.

- See you.

I rounded it up to $ 200.

You can keep the change, okay?

Your phone number

on the back, please.

I don't have one.

When I do, you'll be the first to know.

Write your address, then.

Will you come visit me?

Midnight, the hardware has arrived.

Open it up.

The ammunition too.

Quick! My finger's itching.

Where's the machine guns?

Check this out, man!

Here, kid, take this pistol.

- And you?

- Call the other guys.

- Check this one out, Midnight.

- Cool!

Hey, Caju, I put batteries

in the walkie-talkies.

Good.

- What's that?

- A map.

Some of the guys don't know

their way around.

Look, here's the soccer field,

and here's the stairway.

That's not where the field is.

You're all mixed up.

- It's not right?

- It's over here!

- Fix it for me.

- I'll make another map.

- Okay, make 5 copies.

- 5? What for, man?

And do it fast!

Midnight wanted them yesterday!

What a pain in the ass!

- For children or adults?

- Whatever.

For children, then.

Let me put a note in it.

Deliver it now, please.

It's for Miss Camila.

Camila!

Delivery for the lady.

I didn't order anything.

You crippled or what?

- No, don't...

- Let me see...

You look nice.

Is that a new backpack?

My dad gave it to me.

You like it?

I like it.

Ace is in deep trouble.

I know.

He came to my dad's place

and I let him down.

- No, not that.

- What, then?

Flel thlnks Ace told Mldnlqht

he was allve.

But he only told me,

and I only told you.

- So Fasto Is out to klll Ace.

- What are you talklnq about?

And Ace is now with Midnight.

I got something for you.

Ace? He'd never do that.

- No, thanks, man.

- You're with us now.

I was just helping out.

I saw you needed a hand,

and you let me stay here...

so it was like an exchange.

It's not that simple.

You came. You chose to stay.

- Where is he?

- I think he's on Bald Hill.

I better go get him.

- No, don't.

- This is serious, I have to go.

- I've never fired a gun.

- Then you better learn fast.

You know who first

put a gun in my hand?

Your father.

It was your father's gun.

I was just a kid.

He was a security guard

in a steakhouse.

We'd go by at night.

- Hey, kids!

- Me and my qanq...

- You're getting spoiled.

- He'd qlve us lots of food.

I was a little punk.

I bugged him to let me use his. 38...

to shoot cats in the parking lot.

We shot them all and

had enouqh barbeque...

for the whole week!

Real sinister.

Your dad was a cool guy.

A big black guy, a real man.

He was really cool.

He had a gun like this one.

A black. 38,just llke thls one.

Here, feel it, man.

Where was this steakhouse?

Over in So Conrado.

Closed down a long time ago.

It's gone now.

What was it called?

Sh*t, man, I don't remember...

It was... Something with bull...

The Fine Bull?

The Fighting Bull...

Something like that.

The Fiery Bull?

Sh*t, yeah, that's it.

The Fiery Bull. Haven't heard

that name in a long time.

How long ago was that?

A while back, I was 7 or 8.

Come back here!

One thing I'll never forgive...

is what they did to your dad.

They set him up

and shot him in the back.

Only a f***ing traitor

would do that.

Did you know Wallace's father

shot a man in that steakhouse?

- Whose father?

- Wallace's.

No way, man.

That's crazy.

You're imagining things.

Forget about it.

Wallace!

- They're after us!

- Not me, you!

You mean you're not gonna

help me?

It's your problem,

solve it yourself.

Aren't you my friend?

You ditching me, partner?

We'll do it my way?

We'll do it your way.

- What's that kid doing here?

- No idea, boss.

- What do you want?

- It's cool, man.

- Speak.

- I wanna see Midnight.

- Who are you?

- His cousin.

So? Everyone around here

is somebody's cousin.

I'm also looking for Ace,

a black guy from Dead End Hill.

- The funk dancer?

- I don't know.

A black guy, big eyes,

a mouthful of teeth.

Never stops talking.

Yeah, that's gotta be him.

What is he to you?

He's my partner, my brother.

It's cool, Dimas.

He's with us.

Okay, then...

Everything okay, buddy?

He's cool,

he's always been our friend.

- Why are you here?

- I came to talk to you.

What?

You squealed to that girl.

He's her brother,

what else could I do?

Her brother happens to be Fiel.

I told you to keep your mouth shut.

- I didn't mean to, man.

- You didn't?

I couldn't lie!

Her brother was alive.

You didn't mean to?

Like your dad

didn't mean to kill mine?

- What do you mean?

- What do I mean?

Ask your dad who he killed!

Ask him if the guy he killed

was the steakhouse guard.

Ask him if the guy he killed

was my father!

Come on, Ace...

- Come on?

- Calm down.

Who killed whose father?

C'mon, let's go.

Let's get outta here.

Outta here? You go!

You don't like it here, playboy?

Then beat it!

- Look at the playboy!

- Beat it!

Beat it, sucker!

Get out, a**hole!

F*** off...

Stay alert.

Stay close, like flesh and bone.

We'll go in through the front.

Hey, kid. The fun starts now,

and you're in.

We're gonna take back

what belongs to us, okay?

In God we trust.

We're in this together, Ace.

My boy!

Happy blrthday to you...

Did you kill Ace's father?

Did you kill Ace's father?

Faith in God!

Let's take down those traitors!

Midnight, we're gonna

take it back!

In God we trust, brother!

We're gonna get Fasto!

Come in the car with me, Ace.

Stop dreaming about

your mother and move!

Tell me!

Did you kill his father?

Sit down.

We were friends, see?

We worked together.

He'd left the hill. He was living

somewhere else with another woman.

I wasn't with your mother

anymore either.

I set up this job

with some guys.

Sh*t, keep it down, man!

Open that thing up, dammit!

He was the flrst quy I asked.

But he was real stubborn.

So we decided to do it

on his day off.

He wasn't supposed to be there, but

he was crazy about the cleanlnq qlrl.

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