The Secret to a Better Life Page #2

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It was nice doin' business with you.

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So, what's your real name, anyway, mija?

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Hey, what?

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Hey, hey, stop!

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Didn't do nothing! I didn't do anything!

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No?

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It's a pig farm, but we're also selling

sandwiches, drinks...

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...Electronics, the whole deal.

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We're delivering packages.

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To who? We're all here.

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What is it? The money?

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Blasco...

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...I wish more than anything

I could buy your truck.

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Then do it!

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I can't do it.

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Remember that lawyer

who took all my money?

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He said he'd get me my papers.

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No papers, no driver's license.

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What if the cops stop me

for a broken tail light?

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You know what'll happen.

They'll send me back.

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And then what'll happen to Luis?

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Think about what happens

if you don't buy the truck.

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What happens if the Migra gets you

and you're not makin' money?

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They don't care about separatin'

parents from their kids.

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Since 9l11 things aren't the same.

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It's not

a little drive through Juarez anymore.

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It's three days in the desert.

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My cousin Ernesto?

They never found his body.

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What happens if you stay in

that same neighborhood?

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Sendin' Luisito to that same school,

with those same low-lifes.

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You wanna get your papers?

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You wanna be legal?

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Buy the truck, carnal.

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...In a few months, you'll have

enough money to hire a real killer lawyer.

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You know...

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...When you leave,

I'm just gonna find another job.

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I'll stay quiet...

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...Keep my head down...

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...And try to stay invisible.

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Let's go back to work.

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Why'd you hit the kid?

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I don't know, man.

It's not that big of a deal.

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Kids are getting down every day

in my school a lot worse than this.

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You honestly expect me to believe

this wasn't some kind of gang beef?

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You can believe

whatever you wanna believe.

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Take your shirt off.

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What?

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Take your shirt off.

I need to get pictures of your tattoos.

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Yo, man, I ain't in a gang.

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Come on. Indulge me.

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Man, why you gotta make every Chicano kid

out here...

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Hey, kid, just take your shirt off.

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What did I say?

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Okay, tough guy.

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Who do you want us to contact at home

about this?

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- Your mom?

- I ain't got no mom.

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What about your father?

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You can't reach him.

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Why not?

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He's workin'.

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See you tomorrow.

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No, compadre. Tomorrow we don't work.

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I'm gonna see who'll give me

the best price for my truck.

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Sure. I understand.

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Twelve thousand. That's a lot of money.

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I can barely afford to put gas in the car.

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I'd be able to pay you back in a year.

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Maybe sooner.

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Sorry, I know you just got back from work.

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Who are you talking to?

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Your uncle.

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Look, I just got home.

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Humberto already left for work.

I'll ask him about it tonight.

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But don't get your hopes up.

You know what he's like.

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I know.

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He's the cheapest man

on the face of this earth.

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Don't worry. I'll figure something out.

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God, I really wish I could help you.

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Tell Luis I send him a hug.

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And to behave.

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Yeah, all right.

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Bye.

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Hey.

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Who was that you were talkin' to?

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Your ta, Anita.

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What's she want?

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She wants you to behave.

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She can't tell me that herself?

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Come on, wake up.

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I'm not going in today.

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Why? You sick?

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- No, I got suspended.

- What?

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I got suspended.

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Why?

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I don't know, man. Some bullshit.

Don't worry about it.

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Come on, man. Let me go to sleep.

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I don't want you to leave this house today.

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- Luis?

- What?

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Did you understand?

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Yeah, I got you, man.

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Go mow some lawns.

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I don't want you going outside. Not a step.

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You better not.

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