Immigration Tango Page #7

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No. I'm gonna stay here

and work.

[Tango music plays]

[Sighs deeply]

BETTY:
Mmm, that

smells great, Carlos.

[Telephone rings]

[Ring]

I'll get it.

Hello.

Hey, what do you want

to do tonight?

Oh, I'm... I'm not feeling

very well right now.

I think I'm coming down

with something.

You gonna

stay home then?

That's probably for

the best. I'm sorry.

That's okay. I'll just...

I'll stay here then.

Happy New Year, baby.

You too.

[Beep]

Was that Mike?

Yeah. Elena is... is sick.

She's not feeling

very well.

He's going to stay home

and take care of her.

Okay.

Do you want to do

something with me instead?

[Woman speaking Spanish]

[Bilingual Girl

by Yerba Buena playing]

MEN:
# All I want

is a bilingual girl #

# To love me

in both languages #

# Love me in Spanish

when we're getting started?

WOMAN:
# Excuse me? #

# And English when we're

close to the end #

# Oh, yeah #

# All I want is

a bilingual girl #

# Been lookin'

all around the world #

# Everybody has

to understand #

# That two tongues

are better than one #

# Two tongues are

better than one #

# Two tongues

are better than one #

[Song fades]

How many do you think

there are?

I don't know. How many?

Over a hundred thousand.

[Song resumes]

[Woman singing in Spanish]

# I can say,"Papi",

you can say, "Mommy" #

# I say,"Dinero,"

and you say, "Money" #

# I say, "Tomorrow,"

and you say,"Manana"#

# I'll see you then #

[Singing in Spanish]

[Song fades]

[Fireworks exploding]

Happy New Year, Mr. White.

Back at you, Mrs. White.

I'm sorry. I shouldn't

have done that.

You're right.

It wasn't good.

I mean, it was good,

but it was bad

to have liked it.

I have to go talk

to Betty.

We have... We haven't

done anything,

but just the kiss.

Not to me.

To me, it meant

something else. I...

I wanted you.

Please don't make this

a bigger deal than it is. It...

Betty is my best friend,

and she'll be so upset

if she found out.

If we're gonna do this,

we have to be

honest with each other,

all of us.

Don't forget Carlos.

I imagine he's not

gonna be very pleased.

What's this?

Oh, sh*t, man.

What are you doing here?

Uh, this used

to be my apartment.

That used to be

my girlfriend.

BETTY:
This isn't

what it looks like.

No.

I can explain.

Okay, explain.

We were dancing

at a club.

That's your excuse?

You were dancing, so it's okay?

Let me finish.

Don't bother!

I've seen enough.

[Door closes]

Go after him!

Okay.

Mike!

Hey, Mike!

Whoa.

Have you no guilt?

Of course

I have guilt.

I'm Catholic.

Let me explain,

okay?

Okay, explain.

It was just

a thing, okay?

It will never

happen again.

You have my word

as a man of honor

and as your friend.

Okay, I get it. So you have

this thing with my girlfriend.

What was it, just...

just some meaningless f***?

I... What would you do

if you were me, Carlos?

I would...

Okay, I want you to think

a little bit before you answer,

'cause I'm trying to figure out

my responsibility here.

I thought we had this

all worked out.

You see, my best friend

is living with my girlfriend.

I'm married to his fianc? E...

Uh, for their sake, mind you.

And then I find out that he's

sleeping with my girlfriend,

who's also his fianc? E.

That's just a little

f***ing complicated, Carlos,

so... so why don't

you think a bit

before you tell me

why you f***ed her?

No, no, no,

no, no, no.

No.

No.

You don't bring up that

marriage bullshit, okay?

That is meaningless,

okay?

It is a paper marriage.

Okay.

You hear me?

Elena loves me, okay,

Mike? Not you.

She was gonna

sleep with me,

but I didn't

because of you!

Elena loves me, Mike!

Me, Carlos Sanchez,

the Latin lover!

[Scoffs]

Lover's quarrel?

Hello.

Hi.

I'm Agent Ravencourt with ICE.

Do you know a Carlos Sanchez,

Ms. Dubnik?

Dubrovnik.

What is your relationship

with Mr. Sanchez?

He was my boyfriend

before I married

Mike White.

That's what he said.

You spoke to Carlos?

Less than an hour ago.

He said that he was

in love with you

and that your marriage

to Mr. White was purely a sham

to obtain legal right

to remain in this country.

Pack your bags.

If I could just...

You have two days

to leave this country,

and consider yourself lucky

that I don't arrest

the two of you

for defrauding the government

of the United States of America.

Please wait!

Please wait.

You're not gonna beg,

are you?

I hate begging.

I wanted to tell you

that you're right about us.

We did enter into this

to cheat the system.

All Carlos ever wanted was

to open a restaurant here.

I just wanted to stay.

He broke the law.

You all did.

I know, but as crazy

as it sounds,

I fell in love

with Mike.

I don't know whether

you can understand this,

but pretending

to be man and wife,

living together,

it just happened.

Pack your bags.

If you could

just please...

I'm sorry.

There's nothing more I can do.

Mike, wait.

How'd you know

I'd be in the library?

If you're one thing,

it's predictable.

I'm not too sure

about that.

We need to talk. This whole

thing is not what you think.

It's exactly

what I think.

We didn't mean

for this to happen.

I didn't mean to.

Carlos didn't mean to.

You know that.

You know that.

I have been so alone.

Betty,

it's okay, really.

It is.

I should be pissed,

but I'm not. I'm...

more upset that I'm

not upset about it.

Where does that

leave us then?

We're not in love,

Betty,

not the way

we're supposed to be.

If we were, we'd

have gotten married.

None of this

would have happened.

It's not that I didn't

want to get married.

Okay, stop. Stop.

Please, I get it.

Really, I do.

Why would you do

such a stupid thing?

She took me by surprise,

Elena.

I was jealous, okay?

I was mad,

and it was dumb,

and I'm sorry.

It's too late now.

I have to leave.

No! We'll hire

an attorney.

We'll fight this out.

I'll tell them

that it was out

of rage and jealousy.

Carlos, we've done

everything possible

and the impossible too.

There is nothing more

we can do.

No, nothing's

impossible.

JOEY HOLLAND:

# The old brass ring #

# The latest thing

is near #

# I'll stand my ground #

# Will the whole thing

disappear? #

# Will the well run dry

and the children cry #

# And papa merge

into the blind eye and see?

# Isn't that a dream? #

# Isn't it a dream #

# Just another heartbreaker?

# Is it what it seems? #

# Isn't that a dream? #

Why are you

letting her go?

What are you talking about?

Elena. She's being

deported, man.

You need to stop it.

When did that happen?

Today. The ICE agent

caught us.

How?

I f***ed up, man.

I'm sorry.

I can't undo it.

I ruined it for Elena,

and I ruined it for me, man!

Wait. Was that why you

were there today?

You were there?

Well,

why didn't you walk in?

I thought...

I don't know what I thought.

I...

Actually, I do,

but don't worry about it.

I don't know what I'm

gonna do without Elena.

I mean, I can't

live without her.

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