Three Burials of Melquiades Estrada, The

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bThere's some coyotes hopping around/b

bacross the road from that windmill./b

bWhat are they doing?/b

bHell, I don't know./b

bLooks like they're eating/b

bsomething, I guess./b

bWanna shoot a coyote?/b

bHell, yes./b

bThat's a dead son of a b*tch./b

bFuck./b

b- When did they find him?/b

b- Sometime this morning./b

bHe was buried on a hill/b

bnear Boracho Peak./b

b- Who killed him?/b

b- No f***ing clue./b

bWas he involved with drugs/b

bor smuggling or anything like that?/b

bMelquiades Estrada?/b

bNo./b

bI gotta get a mask./b

bJo Edna, let Earl tend to the/b

bhot dogs and the hamburgers./b

bHe'll bring the charcoal and ice.../b

b... and folding chairs/b

band the whole nine yards./b

bJust be sure Minnie/b

bdon't have to worry.../b

b... about a place to go/b

bto the little girls' room./b

bAnd tell Shawnelle she can forget/b

babout a car on Saturday night.../b

b... if she don't show up./b

bI love you too, baby. Gotta go./b

bThis beauty has two bedrooms,/b

beach one with its own bathroom./b

bCentral AC and heat throughout./b

bAll of our homes come standard/b

bequipped with electric oven.../b

b... washer, drier and dishwasher./b

bYour Waste King garbage/b

bdisposal is optional, of course./b

bIt's a good option because/b

bwe charge the wholesale price on it.../b

b... with no installation fee,/b

band it's top of the line./b

bWe're strictly top of the line./b

bStrictly top of the line/b

ball the time. That's our motto./b

b- How much this house cost?/b

b- Sixty thousand dollars./b

bBut if you're really interested.../b

b... I can get you a/b

b10 percent discount, I think./b

bWhere y'all from?/b

bCincinnati./b

bLong way from home, huh?/b

b- What line of work bring you to Texas?/b

b- Border Patrolman./b

bWe're always/b

ba long way from home./b

bYeah. All right./b

bWell, actually, this mobile/b

bresidence has the highest.../b

b... resale value of any domestic/b

bresidence in its price range.../b

b... in the Southwest/b

btime and time again./b

bI don't know./b

bWell, we also have some excellent/b

bpreviously owned mobile residences.../b

b... in the lower price ranges/b

bif that would be your requirement./b

bCome over here, Sparky./b

bIt's a good thing/b

byou can do something else./b

bI think my horse needs water./b

bWhere'd you come from?/b

bCoahuila./b

bWhat are you doing in Texas?/b

bLooking for work./b

bWhat kind of work?/b

bI'm just a cowboy./b

bHey, Perkins./b

bHere's the stuff that your/b

bfriend had on him./b

b- You know who they are?/b

b- That's his wife and kids./b

b- Any idea how to get ahold of them?/b

b- Well, they live in.../b

b... Mexico./b

bCan I keep this?/b

bYeah, I guess for a while. We're/b

bgonna have to do an autopsy on him./b

bWhen you get through,/b

bI want you to give Melquiades to me./b

b- Hell, I can't do that. Are you crazy?/b

b- No./b

bI'm not./b

bGotta go./b

b- All right, see you tonight./b

b- Come back early, though./b

bI get real bored here./b

bHaven't you made/b

bfriends with the neighbors?/b

bNo, I don't like them./b

bI'm gonna buy you Nintendo/b

bso you don't get so bored./b

bOkay./b

bAnd take me to the mall/b

bthis Saturday in Odessa./b

bOkay, babe. Find out where it is./b

bThe deceased died of a gunshot/b

bwound of an AR-15.223 bullet./b

bEntered 2 inches left of the sternum/b

bbetween the fourth and fifth rib./b

bImpact caused a lung to burst./b

bSevere hemorrhaging./b

bTook 15, 20 minutes to die./b

bI would estimate/b

bhe died seven days ago./b

bThe trajectory indicates that the shot/b

bwas fired from 300 yards away./b

bHe was gunned down./b

bListen, bud, we need/b

bto bury him now./b

bRefrigeration in this dump is broke,/b

band I gotta be in El Paso tomorrow./b

b- Okay, bury him./b

b- I need to notify his relatives./b

bHe ain't got any./b

Twob- /boneb- /bseven, clear.

Threeb- /bfiveb- /bnine, clear.

This is 749.

I have approximately 15 individuals

crossing La Brecha de la Loma Negra.

About a half a mile from me. Over.

bWhere are they?/b

bRight down there in that draw./b

bOn the ground!/b

bGet down!/b

Alto, bgoddamn it!/b

bRun, run, Mariana!/b

bTake her./b

bStay down, b*tch!/b

bStay down./b

b- How many got away?/b

b- Three./b

bWell, somebody's gotta/b

bpick strawberries./b

bYou were way overboard there, boy./b

bNo, sir./b

bFuck it. They were/b

btrying to get away./b

bThink about how much trouble I'll get/b

binto if you keep beating these people./b

bI don't like trouble, boy./b

bI don't like it at all./b

bI'm awful sorry about Mel./b

bSo am I./b

bHe's a good Mexican./b

bPete, you been cooped up/b

bin here for two days./b

bYou need to get outside/b

band do something./b

bWhat's that to you?/b

bBrought you some jerky./b

bI found these shells.../b

b... out there where Mel's/b

bgoats was on the loose./b

bThey was about/b

b300 yards up the hill./b

bThey might mean something./b

bYou ladies fine?/b

bHow's your eggs, sweetie?/b

bBob's watching us./b

bIt's been a while since/b

bwe've had some time together./b

bYou dirty b*tch./b

bI could see you tomorrow./b

b- Miss./b

b- Just a second./b

bSame place?/b

bSame place./b

bWhat's it gonna be?/b

b- What do you want?/b

b- I wanna talk to you./b

bWe found that stuff where/b

bwe found Melquiades' goats./b

bDon't you wanna look at it?/b

bNo, I don't. I wanna sit here/b

band have my breakfast./b

b- Talk to me during business hours./b

b- It might be some kind of proof./b

bHey, how many.223 shells/b

byou think are laying out there?/b

bHell, some of them gonna/b

bhave your fingerprints on them./b

bThat sh*t won't mean sh*t in court just/b

bbecause you found it under a bush./b

bI got a legal system/b

bto think about here./b

bYou goddamn son of a b*tch!/b

Bass seek cover from whatever

the local environment offers.

Submerged rock...

You've been late for dinner

the last four nights.

Work. Work is hard.

Real hard. I work hard.

And I'm tired. I'm so tired.

Please, understand.

My boss is not an...

bLou Ann, what's for dinner?/b

bStuffed zucchini and broccoli./b

b- That's it?/b

b- I'm on a diet./b

Someone else paying the bills?

Putting a roof over your head?

Johnny, I know there's

someone else. I know it.

b- /bThat's ridiculous.

b- You're not fat./b

b- /bIt's that girl from the office. Sheila?

b- Yes, I am. A little bit./b

b- No way./b

b- /bI saw you togetherb.../b

b- You're my red-hot mama./b

b- /bShe's pretty.

She's prettier than me. She's free

and happy and has red hair.

b- Stop it./b

b- /bI'm not stupid, Johnny. I've got eyes.

She'll wreck your life and mine

and hers. That's what will happen.

This is ridiculous.

You're throwing your life away,

Johnny. Don't do it. Please don't do it.

I need you. I love you. Please.

You see, right there. That's

exactly what I'm talking about.

It's always the same.

Always the same.

Oh, Johnny.

What's happening to us?

We used to be so happy.

Don't you remember when

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