Illegal Tender Page #4
Well, as fine as she
can be, considering.
What's this all about, Mom?
Over 20 years ago, right?
Mom,
why is this beef with you?
Because to them
I'm just a policy.
I know who they are, Wilson.
They murdered your father.
And while I'm still alive,
no one feels safe,
as far as they're concerned.
''They''?
Well, you know,
I say ''they'', but not really.
It's...
It's one guy.
Who?
A guy.
Who?
His name is Javier Cordero.
He lives in Puerto Rico.
When's the last time
you seen him?
You know,
I don't want to talk
about this anymore.
You look tired.
Mom, there's ways to deal
with this kind of thing.
No, you need to get to bed.
Listen to me.
I'm not getting
into this with you
right now, Wilson.
There's Witness
Protection Program.
Enough, already!
Don't you think I've
tried that, Wilson?
There is no
Witness Protection
Program for us.
We're not very high
on their
priority list, Wilson.
You know how
much the government
is willing to
spend to relocate us
and keep us on the DL?
You, me and Randy
are not worth
the expense to them,
because they told me
all they'll have
is a small-time
gangster named Cordero.
Now, why don't you
download that
into your brain?
We're alone on this one.
There will be no help.
And the sooner
you realize that,
the sooner you're gonna
help me keep
this family alive.
ANA:
Miss DeLeon,can I ask you something?
That depends.
On what?
On how long you plan
to stick around.
Hey, I'm here.
I love Wilson, Miss DeLeon.
I know you do, Ana.
That's not what
I'm referring to.
I know what
you're referring to.
And if he was someone else,
I would have been
gone a long time ago.
I don't know.
I don't know what's going on.
And I don't know
if I want to know.
Ana, what I think
you should know
is that when
you love someone,
their journey becomes yours,
just as much as theirs.
Yeah.
Miss DeLeon,
no disrespect,
but what is it
that you wanna know?
You're so young.
You got your whole
life ahead of you.
I know.
Why do you want
to complicate it?
Maybe this isn't
the right time
for you to commit.
I don't... I don't
have the answer you want.
And I don't know how
far I'm willing to go
with all this.
The only thing I'm sure of is
that I'm not going
anywhere today.
Okay.
RANDY:
Got you!In!
Go get it.
RANDY:
Why can'tyou get it?
Thank you. You know I...
Huh?
Right here.
Can I have the ball,
please?
Come on. Come on.
Come on.
Randy, stand behind me.
WILSON:
What are youtrying to say?
ANA:
No!It's 20 years
it's been happening!
This is my mom
I'm talking about.
This isn't about your mother,
it's about you!
Could you stop?
This isn't a good idea,
Wilson. It's not.
How long am I supposed
to let this go on?
It's not up to you.
It is.
It's not...
You saw the look
in her eyes
when she saw
that man. Right?
We both saw that.
Who was he?
Doesn't matter.
It does matter!
It doesn't matter.
It's like she saw
the Devil himself.
What am I supposed to do?
I don't know, baby,
I don't know.
This is the best you
could come up with?
Listen to me!
This is the way, ma.
I gotta do this this way.
She's not gonna
tell me anything,
so I gotta go over
there and find out.
This is
the first time in my life
I look in my mom's eyes
and she don't
know what to do.
And I've never
seen her like that.
I gotta do this.
Okay? I gotta do this.
Who do you think you are?
Her son.
Hey, taxi?
Yeah.
Bag? Throw it in.
I'm Solomon!
Welcome to my cab!
How you doing?
Talk to you in English
'cause I know you are
from New York. Right?
SOLOMON:
Where we going?WILSON:
Isla Verde.Isla Verde.
Hey!
My name is really Manuel.
But people call me Solomon!
Okay.
Why?
'Cause I got the answers.
Any problems
in Puerto Rico,
you talk to Solomon.
Oh. What a beautiful sight,
huh?
Nothing more beautiful
on this island
than our women!
Tigers are beautiful.
And they have teeth,
also, like women.
Can't be that bad.
What did I tell you?
I'm Solomon, pueta!
Gracias. Bye.
Strawberry Icy.
(SPEAKING SPANISH)
Okay.
All right.
Enough of the tour.
I gotta go see
somebody in Ocean Park.
Oh, my God!
Hey, Aunt Jessie.
Oh, my goodness!
(SPEAKING SPANISH)
I'm good, I'm good.
How are you?
Ah, you know.
You look good.
Thank you! Look at you!
You're not
a little boy anymore, huh?
You know.
Come in.
Oh, my God.
Wow!
Thank you.
You're welcome.
So...
What are you doing here?
Just taking
a break from school.
Oh, really?
Where you staying?
This small hotel
in Isla Verde.
No, you can't stay at a hotel.
Look.
You can stay here,
I have plenty of room.
No, no.
I don't want to impose.
You're not imposing.
I know, but that's
not why I came here.
I just wanted to
ask you a few things.
Oh, yeah? Like what?
About my father.
What beef did he have
with a man named
Javier Cordero?
What's the matter?
Nothing.
Relax.
I know he was a drug dealer,
and the whole bit.
Okay.
I'm gonna tell you
this one thing.
And then I don't want
to talk about it any more.
Okay.
You said that you know
that your father
was in that business, right?
Yeah.
I never knew anyone
that hung out
with the real dogs,
like Javier Cordero,
that lasted longer
than five years.
He's not bad news, Wilson.
Okay.
So whatever
happened to Cordero?
I don't know.
Last I heard,
he owned a club
in Old San Juan.
Mora's.
Sweetie, do me a favor?
Don't ask
anybody that question
on this island.
What question?
As far as our family
is concerned,
Javier Cordero
is dead. Okay?
(SPANISH HIP-HOP MUSIC
PLAYING)
Oh, yeah.
(PHONE RINGING)
Hello.
Hey. It's me.
Hey, Mom.
Are you all right?
I'm good, I'm good.
Everything okay over there?
Yeah, everything's fine.
Where are you?
I'm at a friend's place
till I figure things out.
There's nothing
to figure out, Son.
You got a family.
Come home.
I will, soon.
You sure you're all right?
Yeah.
Okay. You know,
Randy wants to talk to you.
Here he is.
Hello?
Hey.
Where are you?
I'm nearby.
I'm gonna see you soon.
My school told mom
I'm so smart for my grade.
I told you
you were smarter than me.
Nobody's smarter
than you, Wil.
I miss you. Come home.
I miss you too.
Put Mommy on, okay?
I love you.
I love you too.
Bye.
Bye.
Take care of yourself, son.
I will.
Wilson.
Yeah.
I love you, Son.
I love you too, Mom.
It's you.
It's always me.
I told you so.
Where are we going, sir?
Viejo San Juan.
(SPEAKS SPANISH)
We're good right here.
(GREETS IN SPANISH)
Hey, hey, kid!
Yeah.
Remember.
Tigers with teeth.
(ROARS)
Gotcha.
(HIP-HOP MUSIC PLAYING)
(SPEAKING SPANISH)
Come and drink.
(CHATTERING)
(SPEAKING SPANISH)
Sh*t. Wilson DeLeon, Jr.
Wilson DeLeon, Jr.
I'd ask you to sit down,
but as you can see,
there's only one chair.
Mine.
(LAUGHING) Goddamn.
How's your mother?
Alive.
And you come here to find out
why I'd like to change that.
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