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they don't offer any legal proof.

I mean, basically,

it's your word against theirs.

And they are going to be ruthless.

There must be a way to fight them.

Well, you can't win on the mops.

But, I mean, in theory,

if you had something on them,

you could compel them

to reinstate the workers.

Do you mean like cleaning asbestos?

Or getting demoted

for getting pregnant?

Or cheating time cards

to pay us less?

Yes. Yeah,

those would certainly all qualify.

But can you prove it?

Wait, Edward,

what about third party evidence?

I don't follow.

Let me explain.

Marco Antonio,

do you have the time cards?

Yes. Okay.

We can prove

they are committing fraud.

I commute with these janitors

every day.

Every day on the same bus.

- Here they are.

- Thank you.

What's this?

This is good.

Day of what?

Screaming.

History, Mary.

Independence day, hombre.

It's a big party, mija.

If you want,

I can make you a blouse.

Actually, can you make this?

It'll look so hot, but shorter.

Like, look.

Do you have boyfriends?

Me, always. She, never.

No boyfriend, why?

Tia, I just don't have the time.

Work and no fun.

You, invite your boyfriend.

This is an important family party.

Do we embarrass you?

The first quality of your father,

he had so few,

is that he had huevos.

He was valiante

and always proud of his family.

So, like, do you ever get paid, or do

you just get off on working for free?

Wow, is that a new word

you just learned? "Work"?

Well, see, I would do it

if it didn't involve labor.

What are you doing?

Magic.

With this.

Nice. It's junk.

See, the thing is, princess, is that you

can hate this for what you think it is

or you can love it

for what you know it can become.

Wow. Sounds like you're

building a mission, Father Bruno.

- Okay.

- We need a party, not a chapel.

Hey, you know

where Birds of Paradise is?

A metaphor?

A flower.

They're for decorations.

Can you get some of those for me?

They're the ones

that look like Birds of Paradise.

Seriously, not gonna help.

Wanna bet?

Yeah, actually. Name it.

I will make the party beautiful,

and you give me a dance.

All right, you got it, my man.

I'm late for my manicure.

My client is not reinstating

these employees.

- He's not?

- No, counselor.

They have stolen

my client's property.

Let's talk about that for a moment.

Stealing.

We believe that we have

a fraud case against you

for stealing from these employees.

Hardly.

Come on, they're lucky

I haven't called the INS.

These pay stubs show that you've

been paying them seven hours a day.

We have paid them

for what they have worked.

As you can see, these time cards

are punched in for eight hours or more.

Where did you get those?

This is Maria Ramirez.

She does your payroll.

I don't know if you knew

that her niece,

Rosalita Ramirez,

is a janitor at your firm.

Maria called her brother,

Marco Antonio Ramirez,

who just so happens

to supervise your time card machine.

His wife, Angelica Ramirez,

is right over there.

She works for you, too.

No, no, no, wait.

She is my cousin Esperanza.

That is my wife.

Sorry about that. What's important

is that I have all their depositions.

In short, sir,

you call the INS,

we'll call the IRS.

- Let's go.

- This is a joke.

You've won.

Thank you. That was amazing.

We should celebrate.

Actually,

there is a party at my aunt's.

It's a Mexican holiday

where we scream.

The janitors will be there

and the neighbors and their families,

if you dare to come.

I have been to your hood before,

so I think I can risk it.

That's pretty bold for an outsider.

It's amazing the things

that one does for love...

Of public good.

Well, we'll be waiting for you.

And I wouldn't let

those janitors down.

I won't.

You okay?

I'm fine.

That's it.

Wow.

Who lives here?

Me.

It's actually kind of funny.

The house that

you have been dropping me off at,

I don't even know who lives there.

Look, when my dad died,

we lost everything.

Even the house that we grew up in.

And I lied to you

because I really like you.

Sorry.

This is where I live now.

Yeah, you can go if you want.

Don't look, but they're totally

checking us out in the window.

So be prepared for some,

"Mary, look,

you brought a friend from school",

even though they totally

already know who you are.

Mary, a friend from school?

I have no idea what just happened,

and I'm really sorry.

Wow, this is cool.

How beautiful.

Come on, let's dance.

Okay, give me back my boyfriend.

Thank you.

You look beautiful.

You look very, very beautiful.

You have to teach me

how to salsa.

Okay, okay. You can have him,

but for five minutes only.

Only five minutes.

- Take care of him.

- Okay, okay, okay.

Hey, you shouldn't waste the state's

flower. We're in a drought.

So, you clean up all right.

You know, for a homeboy, you look good.

I'm not gonna lie. This place

looks really, really great.

You did a good job.

So, I lost the bet,

and I want to be good on my part.

Let's have that dance.

After you, sir.

You ain't got to worry about it.

You didn't lose.

I did.

Sorry.

- Edward. Hi.

- Hi.

Hi.

Wow, you look like Frida Kahlo.

Thank you.

Yeah, the Salma Hayek version,

without the moustache either.

- Okay.

- Okay.

Jeez,

your aunt throws a kicking party.

I gotta make it

to this side of town more often.

I love it here.

You'd stay if you had the choice?

Yes, I would.

Where would you go

if you had the choice?

Right across the street.

Yeah, right.

Where is Nora Dominguez?

Nora Dominguez is

at the bottom of Mr. Tequila.

Wow. Well, to celebrate

and, you know, to get me caught up.

- Okay, perfect.

- Great.

You were fantastic yesterday.

Thanks. Yeah, to tell you the truth,

I surprised myself.

I go to court to deal with

conglomerates, never people.

Yeah, but people

bring out the best in you.

You galvanized those janitors.

You were so charismatic.

- I was?

- Yes.

Yes, you were. Like a general

- leading his troops.

- Wow.

And when you slammed those cards

on the table...

- Yes?

- I wanted to...

- Yeah?

- I wanted to...

You know what, Edward?

I don't really know

what I wanted to do,

but I have to tell you,

I've never met someone

so... So...

I just came in for a fork.

- What just happened?

- We kissed.

We?

Yeah, you kissed me, too.

Oh, dear.

I shouldn't have done that.

- Why not?

- This isn't me.

No, no, no, this is you.

That's what I've been trying

to tell you.

I... I'm a lawyer.

I mean, I wanna be a good lawyer

and set up, you know,

a community service and a legal practice.

- Yeah, well, you...

- And I have my 10-year plan.

You can do all that with me.

We'd make a great team.

- You're my boss.

- Okay, I'll fire you then.

You're not taking me seriously.

You know, I need to maintain

and that's all I want,

and that's all I have room for.

You can't tell me

that you didn't feel something, too.

That's not the point.

Nora, stop arguing a case.

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