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I got money.

Oh, I know you got money

and plenty of it.

That's my man Garo's cash.

Not getting money back

to the proper hands is frowned upon.

I'm leaving tonight.

I just wanted to get

one in before I left.

Well, it's not gonna

happen with her, bro.

I'll give you a thousand.

Stay here.

Qu pasa, CJ?

Hey, man, I got some guy here.

He's wanting something

kind of new and fresh

that he hasn't seen before.

So, I thought, you know,

what about that new girl?

'Cause this dude says

he's willing to pay.

S. How much?

He says a thousand for the hour.

You know?

I know you want to keep her,

but that's some solid money,

so I thought I'd ask.

She'll be there.

- Okay.

-Okay.

Wow, Bonita.

That's a pretty good price

for someone who was "priceless," s?

Antonia.

James.

What did they do to you?

I swear I didn't know

any of this was gonna happen.

How are you here?

I gave the man some money.

You, uh...

- You paid to have sex with me?

- No, no, no.

I paid to get you here.

How much am I worth?

- Antonia.

- Don't touch me.

I'm trying to help.

Don't you think

you've helped enough?

How could you just leave us?

Did you not see what they were

when they brought out those girls?

I'm gonna make this right.

Although we don't

have much time.

I have a motorcycle

out the back.

We have to leave now.

Come with me.

No, I, uh... No.

- My sister. My sister.

- No, no...

We'll get your sister,

I promise,

but you have to

come with me now,

- while there's still a chance.

- No.

- Antonia, please.

- You don't understand!

If I leave,

Garo, he will hurt her.

With everything in me,

you have to trust me.

That word is broken for you.

I will not leave Maria

in the hands of those men.

Here, I will stay.

Then I'll stay with you

for as long as I can.

Ah, what's this?

How are you?

I'm all right. Whatever.

I think we need to get her out.

Good, um...

Yeah, we will.

But let's be smart about it.

I don't wanna do it

because right now with her face like this.

She's so young.

I don't want the police in here, so...

How old are you, sweetie?

Sixteen.

Wow! So, like, high school.

Do you like school?

No.

Yeah, me neither.

I hated it.

Good news is,

if you stick around,

I'll make sure you never have

to go back there again.

We take care of each other here.

We're like family.

And you and your sister,

you get to be part of that family now.

Hey, I have an idea.

Why don't you come with me?

Come on. Come on.

Come on.

Come on. Okay.

How about you go in

and pick out a really pretty dress.

Okay, we've got

a whole closet full in the back,

and then I'll help you

do your makeup and everything,

and then

you and me can take

some beautiful pictures of you.

It'll be fun.

- Like a photo shoot?

- Exactly.

Okay. Just sit down

on the bed.

Good. Good. Okay.

I'm sorry.

Hey, it's just...

It's just me. I'm sorry.

I just let you have...

I let you sleep, that's all.

Time's up, man.

You're done.

She's got a full

dance card tonight.

I'm just getting dressed!

Come with me. Please.

Maria.

Worth every penny.

Whoa.

Hey, CJ!

Hey, hey.

This is the one we were

talking about, right?

Yeah, yeah. High dollar,

worth every penny.

Clean as they come.

Give Garo my best.

Will do.

Thanks, buddy.

What the heck are you doing?

- Hey!

- He's coming!

Please.

Not without my sister.

Then I'm coming back

for you both.

Stop right there!

Come on.

Yeah. Shut it down

for the night!

Yeah.

I'd say it's the best room

in the place, but they're all the same.

- Hey, Dale! Hey...

- I saw her!

I saw her.

Uh...

Sorry.

Where'd you get the gun?

I borrowed it from a cop.

Where's the cop?

Probably...

Probably just coming to.

All right.

Let's go outside and talk. Leave the gun.

What happened?

Things got

a little out of control.

No kidding.

I thought you were

just going to go see what you could see?

Yeah, and I saw an opening

to get Antonia back,

but she wouldn't go.

You need to lay low for a bit.

You got a handful of people

on both sides of the law

coming after you right now.

Hey.

Why do you know

so much about this?

Well,

the flames of tragedy

can refine you,

burn off everything

till you can finally see what's important.

You know what I'm saying?

I think so.

Anyway, that's my story.

You got your own

story to worry about.

I wanna shut this thing down.

Sounds like that little voice

telling you to do the right thing

just got a bit louder.

Welcome to the other side.

But you listen.

If you do this,

it's all-in, James.

You go down this road,

the things you'll see,

the things you'll do...

You can't go back

to normal life again.

It'll change you.

I didn't start at normal

to begin with.

Me either, brother.

- S?

- S.

Daddy.

Daddy. Daddy?

You have a lot of

nerve telling your daughter you're coming,

and then not showing up.

You're not even supposed

to be talking to her

without my knowing.

Do you even realize

- that you broke her heart?

-Slow down, slow down.

I know. I'm sorry.

I just need to

talk to her, Mom. I made a mistake.

Can I help you, gentlemen?

We're looking for, um,

this guy named James.

Tall, very good-looking

white guy with tattoos.

Kind of described half

the guys in the town.

It's a pretty

good-looking town, huh?

Yeah, we like it.

But I don't, uh, recall

any guy named James.

Okay.

Thank you, sir.

Yeah.

Honey, I get it, okay?

- I had you at a really young age.

I know it's tough.

But you cannot do what I did.

I can't apologize to her

if you won't let me talk to her.

Fine.

But this is for her.

Not you.

Emmy.

Emmy, honey, it's your dad!

Good morning, sir.

We're looking for

my friend James. Is anyone in here?

Are you guys with the motel?

It's a pretty

simple question, sir.

No. Nobody's in here.

Okay. You have

a beautiful day.

Come on, kid. Pick up.

Yeah?

Hey. They're here.

You don't have time

to get out, so just don't make a sound.

Wait, wait. Who's here?

I'm guessing the pimp

and his guys.

One of them

was banged up pretty bad.

I told the cop

where I was staying.

Daddy?

Daddy?

Grandma, he's not there!

Emerson?

Hey. Hey, sweetie,

I'm here.

- I promise I'm here.

- Hi, Daddy.

Hey, sweetie.

Hey, look, I'm so sorry

I didn't come to see you yet.

I, um...

What are you doing?

I love you.

You know that, right?

Tell me.

Tell me that you know that.

Why are you whispering?

Hey.

I love you more than anything.

I know. You already

said that, Daddy.

Hey!

Guys, you can't be banging

on guest room doors, disturbing folks.

I'm trying to run

a business here.

Daddy, what's happening?

Are you still there?

Lo siento.

We're looking for our friend.

The one you haven't seen.

Like I said, he's not here.

Probably headed

back out of town.

But I don't remember

anybody saying anything

about him being

from out of town.

Look, you need to leave,

or I'll call the police.

There's no need for this

to get messy.

If it gets messy,

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