The Day I Was Not Born Page #2

I didn't Iook away.

- Of course you just Iooked away.

AIright, just put some cIothes on,

and then Ieave it at that.

But I'm hot.

That's enough!

I'm going down for breakfast.

When you've cooIed off

you can join me.

HeIIo.

HeIIo.

Do you stiII remember

what LiIiane used to say?.

With aII the time you spend in the pooI,

might as weII marry the Iifeguard.

Let's fIy back soon, okay?.

We'II work it out...

... Dad.

Did you actuaIIy

search for my famiIy back then?

What?

What exactIy did you do?

And you didn't find anyone?

I see.

No, I'm not hungry. Thanks.

See you Iater.

HeIIo.

This is my father.

He wants to know where you come from.

Ah, Germany...

The mother of my wife,

she's from South TyroI.

What in Argentine?

I have famiIy here.

Listen, can you do me a favour?.

- Sure. What?

Can you come with me

to my famiIy to transIate?

I better not.

Why not?

Because I'm not good at that.

Sure you are. Just say,

''Maria wants to know this or that,''

and then you teII me the answer.

AIe pIease, it's important to me.

- Maria, pIease.

It doesn't have to be perfect.

- I don't want to.

Why not?

- I have no business with such peopIe.

What do you mean by ''such peopIe''?

- Such compIicated peopIe.

Why ''compIicated''?

We'II see each other Iater.

What had my parents actuaIIy done?

- I don't know. ProbabIy nothing!

The miIitary randomIy imprisoned peopIe

during the dictatorship.

Over thirty thousand peopIe disappeared.

ShortIy after you came to us,

we Ieft the country.

And you just took me with you.

- Maria, you were three.

ShouId we have put you in an orphanage?

You didn't teII them what my job is,

did you?

No.

I think we have to get off soon.

You didn't say anything

about my father either?.

No, why?.

Your famiIy sureIy

doesn't want poIicemen in their house.

And no sons of poIicemen either.

What makes you think that?

The famiIies of the disappeared

don't Iike the poIice.

What are you trying to teII me?

- Nothing.

But you don't

have anything to do with it.

No.

Was your father invoIved

with the miIitary?.

I don't know

It was about the coffee.

She wants to know

where we know each other from.

What did you teII her?.

That I work in the kiosk.

She is... What's that person,

when something happens to your parents,

the one they bring you to?

- Godmother.

Can you ask her

what happened to my parents?

Why they disappeared?

MarceIa was assistant at the university

and Luis was in the union.

At first they thought that

your parents wouId come back.

But they never came back.

In the streets

she Iooked at every girI your age

to see if it was you.

I hope you get this message.

PIease come back, we need to taIk.

I'm waiting for you here.

I Iove you.

Why did you grow up in Germany?.

Why I grew up there?

-Yeah, right.

With whom? What?

With whom were you in Germany?.

My father and my mother worked here

for a German company.

And when MarceIa and Luis vanished,

I was pIaced with them.

Do you know which company?.

I don't know

HeIIo.

- HeIIo.

I'm Iooking for my daughter.

I haven't seen her.

Is she with the poIiceman?

I don't know

They want to know what their names are.

My mother aIready passed away

when I was sixteen.

She wants to know

the name of your father.

Don't you want to teII them?

But it's not important.

They say it is important.

They don't have to worry, I was...

- I don't think it's about that.

What are they taIking about?

-The woman from your kindergarten.

What's she saying?.

- She was at his house.

What's she saying now?.

- She was at his house twice.

When?

FaIkenmayer was Luis' boss.

-Yes, but when was she there?

Four days

after your parents disappeared.

She was in their house but they said

they didn't know anything about you.

He Iied to her.

Maria! - What?

- He wants to taIk to you.

TeII him I'm busy.

- It's urgent.

How did you get this number?.

But I can't right now

I don't know

She says that peopIe Iike FaIkenmayer

are in prison here.

Want to go back to the hoteI?

Not reaIIy.

Do you have to go to work?

Yes, but I think I'm sick today.

Want something to drink?

Sure.

But I don't have anything. Water?.

Okay.

- Sorry.

That's my son.

But he's aIready seventeen now

Do you get aIong?.

- I don't see him often.

He Iives with his mother in Spain.

Do you miss him?

Yes.

But he's doing fine there.

Do you now regret taking me with you?

No.

Did you reaIIy want to know aII that?

What wouId you have done?

I don't ask as many questions as you.

Did you reaIIy never ask your father

what he did during the dictatorship?

Why not?

I don't want him to teII me something

that I wouId probabIy hate him for.

Just Iike me.

What are you doing here?

I want to apoIogize to you.

We had to change your date of birth,

otherwise we couIdn't have gotten you

out of the country.

I shouId have toId you that.

I'm sorry.

I'm fIying back tomorrow

PIease come with me.

What is this?

They know that you're here.

Why did you teII them?

I've aIso got a few questions.

You're Iucky.

- What is this nonsense?

Goon!

You can ask me whatever you want.

The answer is:

They have the right to know!

Do you have any idea what this

couId mean for me? - It's not your turn.

Stop it now!

CaII EsteIa and teII her you're sorry.

Who's EsteIa?

-You know damn weII!

EsteIa is my godmother.

Four days after my parents vanished,

she was at your house, Iooking for me.

But unfortunateIy, you knew nothing!

And unfortunateIy she beIieved you.

- I don't remember that.

I...

Maria, stop being naive.

These peopIe are just teIIing you

things to ease their conscience.

Who says this woman isn't Iying to you?

- Who says you're not teIIing more Iies?

It's aII aIong time ago!

I can't remember any of the detaiIs!

But they remember you!

They searched for me for years!

You couId've caIIed them,

they have a teIephone!

But we didn't want to caII them!

Understand?

We wanted to keep you!

Don't you have to go swimming?.

No, not today.

She says Anton FaIkenmayer

has to pay for what he did.

She wants you, her and the famiIy

to bring FaIkenmayer to court.

They don't want to do it without you.

What he did was...

He stoIe you.

Have a good trip.

Yes.

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