Hawaii

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The truth is it's been four years

since we heard from her...

She sold the house to my godmother,

may she rest in peace.

And then we came to live here

with my husband and our children.

We came to live here.

The only thing I know is...

that she was with a man from Chaco,

she got together with him

and then she disappeared from town...

She came back later to sell the house

and...

they left together:

But she didn't leave a phone number,

address, nothing...

You came to visit her?

Yeah.

That's too bad, darling, she didn't

leave a number... nothing.

- Good morning.

- Good morning, how are you?

Eh... I'm looking for a job,

for a short time... for the summer'...

cleaning the pool, mowing the lawn...

The thing is that this is not my house,

I'm watching it for my aunt and uncle

and I think they take care of those things.

For me, only a few pesos a day would be fine,

it would be only for the summer

because...

I have a job promised in Buenos Aires...

but... painting...

Come back tomorrow, let me discuss it

with my aunt and uncle,

maybe there is something to do, okay?

- Yes, great. Thanks.

- No, don't mention it.

You are Eugenio, right?

Yeah.

Because... I used to swim in that pool

when I was little...

I'm 'The Russian', Esther's son...

The one who had a convenience store

next to the empty field, next to an

abandoned bus...

Martin? How are you?

Your face looked familial'...

- I'll come back tomorrow.

- Do you want to come in?

No, no... It's fine.

Eh, do I come back tomorrow?

Okay, come back tomorrow

- Okay, good. Thank you so much.

- You're welcome.

See you tomorrow.

Martin, come here,

I bought something to eat.

Where are you staying?

At my aunt's place.

She lives next to the hospital.

What about your mother?

No... my mom passed away

when I was thirteen.

That was when...

I went to live with

my grandmother in Uruguay.

To Montevideo?

To Cardozo. Have you been there?

I went to Montevideo, not Cardozo.

What is it? A town?

Yes. A town

just in the middle of Uruguay.

And you never came back?

No. Well, yes. I went back to Buenos Aires

a couple of times with my grandmother:

And here, only once when I was eighteen,

also with my grandmother:

So, do you have cousins?

Eh, no...

Yes, but they all live in Buenos Aires

and...

And where you will be staying

in Buenos Aires?

No, no... I don't know yet.

Excuse me, can I take a bath

in the shower in the storage room?

No, there's not hot water there but you

can bathe on the bathroom in the house.

- No, that's okay, no problem.

- Come on, I'll give you a towel.

- No, it's okay.

- Come on.

Martin, I have some clothes here,

I don't know if you want to look at them.

They belonged to my dad,

maybe something will fit you.

Just saying, so you don't have to work

in your own clothes... I don't know...

Try them on...

Thanks.

You're welcome. Keep anything you want.

- Eugenio...

- Yeah?

Thank you.

Yes, no problem.

Okay, I'll be going now.

You look like another person.

Hey... come and sit down for a second.

Ok...

Eat some cookies,

you have been working the whole day.

Thanks.

I spoke with my uncle, and I convinced him

to do a couple repairs to the house, that are needed.

So there will be work for the whole summer.

You are staying until the last week

of February, right? - Yeah.

And when exactly do you start in March?

The first week.

Where?

In... maintenance at a... school...

...a religious school.

Listen, whenever you want to take a bath,

fell free. Don't even ask me, okay?

I'm going by the hospital now, do you

want a ride?

No, I'm going to... the public pool,

right next to it is my cousin's house.

I'll take you.

No, it's only seven blocks

and it is the other direction.

Come on, I'll give you a ride.

Ugh. It's so hot.

Even more now that the sun is so intense.

What?

You'll wet the seat.

No, no problem.

- Thank you.

- No problem. See you.

- Bye. See you tomorrow.

- See you tomorrow.

Martin.

Don't you want to get in the pool?

You have been the whole day out in the sun...

No, that's okay, thanks.

Come on, get in.

Just for a bit, I'll get you a bathing

suit.

Come on, please, don't make me beg.

Okay?

- No...

- Leave this here... Come with me,

I'll lend you a bathing suit

and you'll swim a bit.

Okay... okay...

- We are the same size, don't you think?

- Yes.

Let's see.

Try this one,

I think it should fit fine...

Thanks.

- Try it on here. - Here?

- Yes, it's cool.

Excuse me...

How does it fit?

Good...

Pretty good...

Do you have this one in green?

I'll take it.

Come on, let's go... Leave it...

We'll tidy things up later:

two pineapples...

What?

Two pineapples...

Here it is... look.

See? Here.

Cool.

Hey, why did you come

from your aunt's house?

Because... my grandmother

passed away and...

The one who raised you?

Right...

I lived with hen... and when she died,

my uncle...

said to me that I had to leave the room

I was staying in ...

because there were going

to fix the house to sell it.

To do the legal inheritance and then

sell it.

And he left you on the street

from one day to the next?

He let me stay for three months.

I stayed until December:

And I imagine you inherited part of the house?

The thing is that the house really

belonged to a man that was...

...with my grandmother for twenty years

but he's not my grandpa, I never met my grandpa.

And well, my uncle, well, I call him 'uncle'

but he's really not anything...

- Right...

- Let my grandma stay there but...

...now that she passed away...

I have nothing to do with the house anymore.

And you came here

before going to Buenos Aires?

Yeah.

What happened? What happened, Martin?

It's nothing... I got caught...

Are you all right?

Yes, yes, I got caught...

I got caught in the wire.

- Oh, but you cut yourself, dude.

- No, it's nothing. - Let's see...

I cut myself here.

- No... let me put something on that...

- No, it's nothing.

- It could get infected.

- No, no, it's fine.

No, look how bad it is, no, come on,

come on...

It's pretty bad, come on. Right now.

- You should get a tetanus shot.

- No, no, it's fine.

Yes, yes, now I'll take you to the hospital

and then I'll give you a ride to your aunt's.

I'm not...

I'm not staying at my aunt's.

And where are you staying?

And this is all you have?

I have two, three boxes with stuff

in a cousin's garage in Lujn.

- Couldn't you have called him?

- No...

He has three children. He barely has

room for them. I didn't want to bother him...

It's okay... it's okay.

- You really have a job in March, right?

- Yeah... they gave me their word, but

Yeah

Why would they say so if not?

Tomorrow I'll take you to the hospital,

so you can check if you need a tetanus shot

or something, Mm?

- Martin.

- Yeah.

I brought you some books, in case you

want to read in your free time.

Great, thanks.

I remember, I remember'...

Tomorrow I'm going to Buenos Aires in the morning,

and I'll be back the day after:

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