Happy Endings Page #8

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this baby's your ticket.

Yeah, l...

I'm not sure

if it's Otis' or Frank's.

Wait a minute.

You slept with the fairy?

Yeah, the first day.

Dude, how stupid are you?

You screwed a gay guy

without a condom?

He was a virgin.

Yeah. Right! Me, too.

Come on.

I still don't see the problem.

In a month... in a month,

you tell the old guy it's his...

and then when you deliver,

it's like this really big preemie...

that just happens

to look like both of them.

We're not reinventing

the wheel here.

- Hey, baby.

- Hi.

Big day, huh?

- Yeah. We're almost ready.

- What's he doing in there?

He's setting up, like,

a screening room or something.

He was here all day editing.

He wanted his director's cut

or something.

- It's all set.

- OK. Great. Good.

Show time.

- Are you ready?

- Mm-hmm.

Ready?

Yeah.

Happy Endings.

Great idea, baby.

Thank you.

In June of 2002,

Javier Duran returned to Mexico...

to the town he left

five years before.

Coming back here to San Juanito

is strange.

Over there is my house.

Don't film it!

They don't want it.

And my school.

I haven't been back here

in five years.

I can't believe you shot this

across from the Costco. It's wild!

This is the bookend

to the movie. OK?

At the end of the film,

he walks towards camera.

We don't follow him.

It's all in suggestion.

You'll see.

And I got this little girl...

this little Mexican girl...

to shout out, "Javier! Javier!"

Like this...

I shouldn't have told you.

This is that improvised part.

- Remember, Nicky?

- Yeah!

This is my speech where you see

that I have a heart, you know?

It's not just the money.

Oh, I didn't see this.

Wanting to do this

for my clients.

They taught us at school...

how to handle a client

who wants a full release.

Polite, but no, thanks.

The first time, I say, "No"...

and the woman... she cried.

Shame.

And I felt bad.

And so, the next time it happened,

I thought, "Who am I to say no?

"This is America.

There's no church here.

"There's only the body

and its dreams."

His words. His words.

I didn't tell him.

"The body and its dreams."

It's genius, man.

Yeah.

And you can tell

by looking at these women...

what those dream are.

Their lives are so ordinary.

Not good. Not bad.

Medium.

They want something more.

You know, not just a touch.

A secret.

A secret that makes them

feel shame.

This is good for them.

It makes them somebody

other than what people see.

And that is why I do it.

And the tips are good.

Makes you like me, right?

Because, you know,

I'm helping them.

Maybe. I don't know.

Where's that part...

Oh, here.

To his clients, Javier is a god.

Strong. All-knowing.

Dangerous but safe.

But in his own life as an immigrant

in this country...

all the power

is in someone else's hands.

- ! La Migrai

- ! La Migrai

- Watch out!

- ! La Migrai

Come here. Hey!

Come right here.

Do you speak English?

- What is this?

- Nicky...

This is good. Don't worry.

...is a battle against La Migra.

And the only answer

La Migra understands...

is this...

Yeah, I have to

have a green card.

What the f***?

I got married.

I was seeing this girl off and on...

and so, she said she'd marry me.

I was afraid. I'm still paying her.

Nicky, what the f*** is this?

See, we're just

raising the stakes.

It's a drama thing, you know.

It's fine. Just...

It's good, right?

I don't...

We dated, and he was great.

And so he asked me.

What did I care?

I'd been married before.

It didn't mean that much to me.

And the money was good.

- What the f***?

- Jesus, Nicky!

It was supposed to be

for two years...

until he got

his green card, but...

it works, you know?

I mean, it's not like

we have to be faithful.

You know? But it's better

than my last husband...

or the guys after him.

It's... it's private...

and we don't even really

know each other...

which is the best thing.

I mean, I had to know, like,

what color his toothbrush is...

or what side of the bed he slept on

for the interview, but...

other than that,

Javi's a real mystery.

And I am, too.

And it's a big f*** you

to everyone, too.

- What the f*** is going on?

- I don't know. I don't know.

- Are you crazy?

- The story unfolded...

Are you crazy?

I admitted to a federal crime!

If people see this,

do you know what happens to me?

When did you see her?

When did you even go there?

- You know about this?

- She didn't know.

- OK. I knew... I did know about...

- They will deport me!

They'll send Shauna to prison...

and they'll send me back

to that sh*t hole!

No, no, no, no.

Look, look, look. It's cool.

I got her to sign

a piece of paper...

that says everything

she's about to say is a lie, so, it's...

Javi, that's too much. It's OK.

We... It...

- No.

- Oh, God!

F***!

Javi, OK. It's OK.

- Is there any more?

- I'm not mad.

- Any more?

- No, no, no.

Are there any more?!

In the camera.

There's one in the camera.

OK.

Just so you know...

just so you know!

Nobody pays me to get off.

Nobody!

If I do it, I do it for fun.

We only make believe so that

you give her the name of her kid.

And this... this is mine!

We stole the real one

from your room.

That's what we were doing there.

Right, Mamie?

- Right, Mamie?!

- Yes.

Why did you do that?

Why did you put

that stuff in?! Why?!

I thought you should know!

Know with what? I knew that!

I knew what

kind of guy he is, OK?

You took me there. I saw her.

Not him. You. Who you are.

Who you are.

You're one of those women

who likes their secrets!

That's you!

OK. Just tell... All right.

It's nobody's fault, OK?

That's... It's OK. Just tell me

everything you know.

'Cause we had an agreement.

We had an agreement.

Oh, OK. So, where's my movie?

Where's my movie?

That's not my fault.

- What did l...

- No, I didn't...

What did I get? You loved this.

You know you did.

You loved this!

- You blackmailed me!

- You loved every second of it!

You went to sleep

every night saying...

"I'm making a movie for a guy

who's got a gun to my head.

"I'm alive!"

- No.

- Yes!

- No.

- Yes!

And it's better than

f***ing some Mexican...

you won't even tell anybody

you're seeing.

You know, you probably loved

giving up that kid.

You... you...

It's like, hey, look!

I'm not just some ordinary woman.

I've got a kid somewhere

I gave up. I'm a star.

- That's the movie you're...

- Stop it! Stop!

Stop. Just tell me his name.

Just tell me his name.

You made a fool out of me,

letting me give you that cross!

- OK, I'm sorry.

- So f*** you!

- You can tell me...

- F*** AFI!

- You can tell me his name!

- No, I can't.

Yes, you can.

What do you think,

you know me?

You don't know me!

Nobody knows me!

Hey, have you seen

the keys to the Spyder?

Don't worry.

I'm not on the pink slip.

- How was your lab test?

- Fine.

What's wrong? Boy trouble?

F*** you, Jude.

I'm signing a pre-nup, OK?

So don't look at me like that.

What? Nothing comes off the money

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