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here in twenty minutes.

It's not that...

I assured the apartment would be perfect

What if it's not the right place? Salva is the only

one who can be sure.

It will be fine. Don't worry

No...

Jorge, don't.

It is a very important operation for him.

Actually, is important for everyone.

We've been trough difficult times, we barely

slept.

Therefore is the

importance of the pyramid.

There has to be few at the

top to cheer up the others.

Jorge is a good man, a little impulsive though.

Do you understand?

You understand

Thanks

Hello...

Hi Marga, it's me ...

Hi Luis, how are you?

Fine and you? You seem nervous...

No, it's just that I wasn't expecting you ...

I couldn't be there for fifteen days, you know? I

missed you

Really?

Seriously, I left you a message on the voicemail.

Have you heard it?

No.

Are you busy?

No, I'm in the middle of something... but I'll tell

you later

Tonight?

Okay, in your house or mine?

Are you going to start with that again?

No... it was a joke.

Tell me, why not? Why can't we?

Your wife is in your house

and my sister is in mine...

I know... Well, then where do we f***,

in your car?

You don't have to be rude.

Sorry.... Forgive me...

I know you're going to talk to her when she gets

better.

Hey, I love you, you hear me?

Yes...

should we meet in the same place?

At eight-thirty, okay?

Yes, perfect. Bye.

Bye.

Have you heard about

today's solar eclipse?

An eclipse? Today?

Yes, it's going to be a total eclipse. It might get

dark in a while

An eclipse... Why today?

You're so dumb Jorge!

Why today? Why not?

What is so special?

It can happen any day.

Nothing, it's just weird.

I don't know, the neighbor told me that when I

was in the supermarket.

Maybe is a lie

There's no problem, night can come. I brought a

lamp

Was that in here?

No, I brought it

No, you didn't bring anything.

I brought it, Jorge said we might need it...

There might be a broken

shade in this old house...

you can't make a deal in the darkness .

Remember that apartment we were showing?

Where was it?

Constitucion?

Yes... Constitucion.

It was a mousetrap.

We were beginning with

the real estate agency...

...and that was one of the first apartments we

had for rent

Do you remember what happened?

Of course I remember, those two stoners...

She gave me my first seller's lesson.

What time was it? Around eight o'clock?

No, earlier, aboout six. It was winter and it was

getting dark.

A young couple was

going to see the apartment

They didn't have much money. But that wasn't

the problem...

They were two idiots. I think they would have

rented a place...

on the subway stairs if someone had take

advantage of them

No, you're being modest.

They were a little romantic

A little hippie too. The kind of people that won't

have a TV...

...because they think

it is a capitalist invention

Two a**holes, right?

Exactly. The thing is that they were coming at

eight o'clock and...

...we got there at seven o'clock. We were going

to clean, to sweep a rat's sh*t...

... to open a window to have fresh air as long it

doesn't faces a dump ...

Things like that. But--

But when we got there

we heard some noises.

I thought they were rats...

But they weren't rats. They were two drugadicts,

two guys...

In their early twenties, homeless. I was about to

call the police

...when Victoria had a great idea.

Sure, because if we had called the police, we

were going to be in trouble

They sneaked in by the window to smoke some

crack and spend the night.

We had to think fast

And I came up with an idea. We look for some

clothes...

Because the old tenants left some clothes

The problem is that it was a woman who lived

there. So we had nothing...

...but women's clothing. While the guys

changed their clothes, we cleaned the

...apartment fast and when the clients arrived

there was Jorge...

...me, and a beautiful gay couple. The guys

were pretty bad actors...

...but the other couple were so sentimental, that

it worked out just fine.

We rented the apartment, they didn't haggle a

cent.

And the two junkies?

We gave them some money. And I told them

they had to leave...

Their contract was for one night.

Will you excuse me? Hello?

Margarita, where are you?

Oh, hi Joaquin. I haven't

been able to call you

What happened? I left you a message.

A message? When?

Fifteen minutes ago.

I haven't heard it.

I talked to Ignacio, though

I told him I was going

to get there a little bit later.

Great! What about Ferres?

Excuse me Joaquin, I can't go yet.

You know I've never stood up anyone.

Well there's no reason to start now! It's an

important day

Every day is important. Yesterday I stayed until

midnight...

...with the Brazilians

Don't tell me that every

day is important Margarita

What else are you going to tell me? The story

about...

...a brick on top of another. That each worker

makes a company...

...great. That a company is a huge family?

I taught you all that, Margarita.

Is that clear?

Yes... Joaqun, you'll see is...

Anita. My sister...

What happened?

Well, she... Last night she went to a party with a

friend...

And this morning when they returned to her

friend's house, she lives...

...in Constitucion, you know?

That horrible neighborhood

They found two junkies smoking inside the

house, God knows what kind...

...of drug that is used in this country to get high

and...

...they threatened the girls with knives and

then... God, I'm so embarrassed

What?

Then they... they harrased them. The girls cried

for help...

...and the junkies left. Poor thing.

She's in shock

F***, are you for real? I'm sorry

Well, Joaquin. We are two women alone in this

country

...that is no man's land. We are used to it

Sure, sure

But I would ask you to

keep this between us, please

Of course

I'm a little embarrassed,

and for Anita's sake

Yes Marga, don't worry. I'll tell Nacho to take

care of Ferres.

Take your time...

No, no. I'll handle Ferres. No one will defeat me.

Besides, it's what Anita expects from me. To be

strong.

Well, call Ferres to arrange a new appointment,

he is going to...

...stay longer at Ignacio's office.

Yeah, yeah, sure. Don't worry. I'll call him.

Well... okay. cheer up and give a kiss to Anita

from me.

Thank you very much, Joaqun. Thank you for

trusting me.

No problem girl, we'll talk

Motherf***er

Have you seen my keys?

No, you took them when

you went to buy coffee.

No, I didn't

How did you open the door downstairs?

How did you open the door for her?

With the entryphone.

Obviously.

Maybe you dropped them somewhere around

here while talking on the phone.

No. I wasn't carrying them and I didn't had them

in the front door

Well maybe you dropped them while you were

shopping, right?

No, certainly not.

I swear that ... Well, we're in trouble because in

the room next to the kitchen

Which one? The laundry room?

No, the other. Well, I heard a noise. I think there

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