House of Sand and Fog Page #4

You need to see what you're doing

to this family.

Look at your children,

at the damage you're causing.

-This is not the time.

-When is the time?

When l'm not on my way to work.

Stop it!

Stop it!

Do you want to get arrested?

ls that what you want?

You want to arrest me? god, go ahead

and arrest me in front of our kids.

Daddy, please!

Please!

god. l didn't mean to do this.

Don't go! Please don't go...

We checked, and we have no

Joe Gonzalez on the force.

Did he have anything else

on him?

Any pins, anything

to help lD him?

We have hundreds of deputies.

He wore a golden star.

A badge with two pistol barrels

crossed.

And letters of gold

spelling F-T-O.

There are only 8 field training

officers in the whole department.

Tell me if you see him here.

Yes.

That is him.

That is the man

who threatened me.

lt's Burdon.

You're completely confident?

l'm sorry this happened

to you, sir.

l can promise you,

it won't happen again.

Hi.

What do you think?

l cleaned the whole place.

What's wrong?

Kath, l need to go home

for a while today.

l need to go home and explain

things to Carol better...

to Nate and Bethany.

l should be home

when they come back from school.

-Youjust said home three times.

-lt is my home!

At least until

we make another one.

Are you coming back?

A couple of hours.

Three at the most.

l'll understand if you don't.

l don't deserve you.

Course you do.

F***.

l told the kids that

this was just temporary.

That you were just taking

some time off, like a vacation.

l didn't know what else

to tell them.

Tell them the truth, Carol.

Hello?

Deputy Lester Burdon?

Hello?

-Deputy Lester Burdon?

-Yes?

This is Lt. Alvarez. Dispatch

yourself to my office immediately.

Can't it wait till

l'm back on duty?

No, Deputy, it cannot

You be in my office in 45 minutes

or you can come in tomorrow

and drop off your badge.

Please, wait.

Excuse for me, please.

l am sorry for keeping you

to waiting.

-How is your foot?

-Better, thank you.

Can l come in?

-Please, come in.

-Thank you.

l grew up in this house.

lt's the house that my father

left to me and my brother

when he died.

The county evicted me

from this house by mistake.

Your husband bought it

and now he won't sell it back for

less than four times what he paid.

l don't want to argue with him.

l really don't.

lt's just that if this goes

-to court, it could take months...

-They are to deport us?

l don't know.

You must see.

They will kill us.

They will shoot my children.

You don't understand

a word l'm saying, do you?

Please, you are

a very nice girl.

Please, you write

for me everything.

l want to understand

for discussing with my husband.

-Okay?

-Okay.

You think you can frighten me?

You think you can frighten me with

your stupid deputy telling lies?

Who do you think l am? Tell me that.

Do you think l'm stupid?

Do you think l'm stupid?

ln my country, you'd not be worthy

to raise your eyes to me.

You're nothing!

And you can tell

your deputy friend

his superior officers

know everything.

You tell him that.

-This is our home!

-Please.

Our home!

Please, stop!

Please to stop, Behrani!

Kathy?

-ls that you?

-Yeah.

Mom said you sounded strange

on the phone.

What's going on?

l need help.

-l really need some help.

-What's wrong?

Do you think you could

just come out here?

Please?

K...

l'm sorry. l just got a real

sh*t storm going on over here.

We just got the new models in.

There's inventory.

l'll be right there.

Give me a second.

ljust feel lost,

Frankie, you know?

ljust...

ljust feel lost.

Look, Ma and the aunts

will be out there on the 18th.

They can help you, bring you back,

straighten you out, okay?

l'm sorry, K,

but l got to go, okay?

Okay.

Yeah.

All right, chin up, baby sister.

l'll call you later.

Okay...

Don't tell Mom, all right?

Okay, bye.

F***.

Pack of Royals?

Wild night?

Seems to be heading

in that direction.

-Have a good one.

-Thanks.

This and three on two.

You need a funnel

with that?

No. Just a book of matches.

God.

No.

l'm sorry.

l don't want the house anymore.

l don't care.

Nadi! Nadereh!

Don't go.

Don't go.

You must sleep now.

You must rest.

Please? Some tea.

Please, have bath to relax.

ls that car in the driveway

that woman's?

The woman has come here and tried to

take her own life. We must help her.

She is a bird.

A broken one.

Your grandfather used to say that

a bird which flies into your house

is an angel.

You must look upon his presence

as a blessing.

We have a guest in the house.

You must be a gentleman.

Very kind. Very polite.

Very quiet.

Hello?

Hello?

Do you need anything?

Hello?

Your mouth to open.

Very good.

Your mouth, your mouth.

Very good. Yes.

Very good.

l feel sorry for her.

We should have moved.

Yes, perhaps you're right.

We should have moved.

All right, put her down!

Put her down!

What did you do to her?

Step back.

Shut up!

Listen!

No! Move!

-Les, don't.

-Move.

What did you do to her?

She took an entire bottle

of my mother's pills.

Bring them to me.

How many? When?

English! English!

My wife says 20 tablets,

perhaps half an hour ago.

My wife made her lose her stomach.

She has vomited the pills.

She also attempted to shoot herself

with the pistol.

l discovered her with it in her

automobile. She was quite upset.

She'd been drinking

a great deal.

That's bullshit.

Come here.

Pick her up.

Carry her into that room.

Carefully!

Step away.

She'll be okay.

All right, come on.

l don't want to see

this door move.

get some rest. Tomorrow you're

selling this place to the county.

Kath?

Kathy.

Kathy.

F***.

F***, f***, f***!

-Dad?

-Yes?

l have to go.

Use the toilet.

Your mother will not look.

Esmail,

today l want you to pretend

to be frightened of this man.

-You must do everything he says.

-Why?

He is weak,

nothing without his gun.

He's very scared.

And a scared man is dangerous.

We will remain lions

in our hearts,

pesaram.

You're here.

l'm here.

Sir, sir?

Please let us out

so my family can eat.

-What's going on?

-l locked them in the bathroom.

Why?

That's crazy, Les.

No, what's crazy is trying

to kill yourself, Kathy. Why?

l didn't think

you were coming back.

Well, l'm back.

Do you really want to die?

l just wanted things to change.

You will get out when you call

the goddamn county!

Sir, sir,

may l speak with you?

-What?

-Please open the door.

l wish to speak

with you directly.

l think l have

a possible resolution.

You and l will go to the government

office and l will sign

the necessary papers

for returning the house to them.

They to me will write a check

for $45,000.

This check l will give

to you and the woman,

in exchange for putting the house

in my name.

-You would do that?

-l would do that.

Wait.

We can't do this, Les.

l think that this can all work out.

He signs the house to the county.

When he gets the check, he gives it

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