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That'll be $15 .50, Miss Robitaille.

And I'll be keeping the change for the little last dance.

Yeah? And how do I know you just don't want an island girl for your collection?

Baby, do I look like a trophy hunter to you?

No, Russ, you don't.

See you later, sweetie.

What? The girl can't control herself.

Range of factors in full effect.

We'll mesmerize her later. I'm getting groped to death by these thirsty

customers. I know. Isn't this job great?

You're looking for Dominic.

I'm hiding.

This is my wife, Helen.

I can't believe we made it, man.

Welcome to America.

Come with me.

Hey, those are pigeons?

Maybe. Only they don't look like they're caring.

Did you miss me?

I missed you.

Hello? Hello?

Anybody there?

Always.

Don't ever forget that.

Who was that?

Go back to sleep.

Was it for me?

No, it was nobody. Just go back to sleep, Teresa.

Don't try to talk it down Why everyone bags on

my town Stand and see It works for me

Take a look around Just another day in L .A.

Anybody needs more than me.

Anybody makes me free.

Stop it.

Put it down.

Just another day.

Just can't deal with it anymore. I am so sick of these juvenile guys who only

talk about sports and getting their license.

Yeah, when they're not bragging about how much they drink and smoke.

A real man keeps his car washed with a full tank of gas.

He doesn't check the prices on the menu. Heck, he doesn't even look at the menu.

Yeah, like you'd know. I do know. A real man knows how to wine, dine, and treat

his woman fine.

Uh -huh. So, uh, how old is he, Teresa?

Only 24.

Shut up.

Your brother is going to kill you. Nope. This guy is so cool, even Bobby will

like him.

So basically what you're telling me is we got nothing.

Basically, yeah. We got enough for a warrant.

Based on?

The owner, Dominic Bolivar. He's the biggest ganja distributor in L .A. He's

people streaming in and out of that club all hours. There's got to be drugs

stashed in there. We don't find his stash, it's all operations. Blown.

We'll find it.

I think so, too. But this boulevard is no dummy. We need time to play it out.

You mean you need time to play Rita?

Rita? Russ has a playmate.

A witness.

A waitress. An informant. And he needs time to work her.

And I don't mean for information.

Couriers, guys.

Deliveries. Drug transactions.

I'll put a tail on this boulevard guy, but we're going to wrap this up soon.

I ran the check you asked for.

And? And your man, Emmanuel Mendoza, is safe and sound behind bars, serving the

second year of a nice long stretch.

I saw him.

He pulled a gun on me in the club. It was dark in there, right? Come on, he

closer than you are.

And he asked me if I'd missed him, and then he called my house at 2 .30 in the

morning to taunt me.

He's out. I know he's out.

Look, Bobby, every cop has the same nightmare.

Some psycho you put away is going to get out and come after you.

Mine was named Harlan Groves.

I still wake up in the middle of the night convinced he's in the room about

slit my throat.

This was no dream, TC.

I'll call the warden up there first.

Make sure, okay?

How could I have seen this guy if he's still in prison, huh?

Hi there.

That's the worst thing you can say to a guy.

That's where I come from.

So, when are we going out, just the two of us?

I'm so busy, baby.

The club all night, out here all day.

Well, how about this? How about I buy everything you got, the whole damn cart?

Then you'll be free to spend the whole day with me.

I'd love to.

You know that.

Well, great. Let's make it a date.

I tell you what.

Sunday's me slow morning. You can buy me breakfast.

Fantastic. But what do you say we start a Saturday at 2 a .m. and get off work?

My God, you are one excitable boy.

Well, you are one exciting girl.

I know 18's okay.

Some seniors in my school are 18 already.

Hey!

18's cool, right?

Oh, yeah, 18's cool.

Cool for what?

Dating. Last year I went out with Kenny and he was 18 and you said that was

cool. So now that I'm 17, 19 must be cool. That makes sense to me. And

next birthday, he'll be 20.

Where is this going?

Well, I'm a year older physically and at least two years older emotionally. So

I'm like plus three years, which practically makes me 20. So if a guy in

was to ask me out... In his 20s?

I am in my 20s.

Exactly. And you're cool, right?

Right. Wrong?

Oh, come on, Bobby. Do the math. You shut up.

Just how far into his 20s are we talking?

24, but he... No.

24 is a no.

So are 23, 22, and 21.

So, I guess 20's okay?

Shut up!

Lieutenant, this is McNamara.

We got action on Dominic Bolivar. Vendors Road, just north of Rose.

Copy that. We're minutes away.

We can cover the south end if you've got the north.

They're doing something with their shoulder bags. Looks like it might be a

drop or something.

We're one minute away.

That's one minute too long. Bobby, you go there.

Suspect made it.

Mendoza, come here!

We've got the courier holding.

You got Bolivar? He didn't come this way. Cruz?

Cruz? Cruz, are you there?

Cruz, where the hell are you?

Do you have anything to say, Bobby?

It was Manny Mendoza.

He's stalking me.

He hasn't heard a word we said, TC.

And now Bolivar's runner's gone mute and we're back to square one. You don't

understand. This man wants to kill me. I want to kill you, Bobby!

Mendoza's up in Chino, Bobby. Hey, I don't make mistakes like this. I saw

And he's gonna get me unless I get him first.

If you're not worried about him, TC, you should be.

Charita?

Oh, my God.

Are you all right?

Are you here? Are you all right?

Who did this?

A criminal, a guy named Mendoza.

Have you seen him?

I just walked in. I was at the library. I didn't see anybody.

Bobby, our home.

The place is destroyed.

What the hell is going on?

I'm going to need your weapon, Bobby.

Why? Doesn't this prove I'm not crazy?

A guy in prison couldn't possibly have trashed my plate.

Your gun.

Please.

After shift, you and I are going for a ride.

Yeah, we're two.

Chino, we're gonna go see Mendoza.

That okay with you?

Can't wait.

Look, Bobby, I know what you're going through.

But I think maybe seeing him in there might be your first step to

all this out.

What's this?

Department shrink.

Certified. She works with cops only.

I told her you'd be calling.

Will it go on my record?

That's policy.

Tony!

Sorry I'm late.

It's all right.

Don't let it happen again.

I can't believe you took my gun.

You almost shot your sister, pal.

You're a danger to yourself and those around you. You're a menace to society.

Yeah, the kind of menace who destroys his own place.

That's the guy we gotta find, right?

Mendoza? Will you believe me?

They're my compadre. You believe it, I believe it.

Well, don't tell anybody. They'll take your gun, too.

Hey, there she is.

Hey, sweetheart.

Hey. Look who I brought out for a walk. Hey, Bobby.

Uh, he's been seeing some ghosts.

He needs to change his leg. You got anything for that?

Me got the perfect thing.

Juju back.

It's like the good luck charm.

What the deal?

When I was in 18, things were terrible.

The people was oppressed, the family suffering.

I wanted to come to America, but I have no way to get here.

The embargo on the refugees, you know.

No, I didn't know.

Yeah, the U .S. won't let the people in.

So me got me own jewelry bag, and me prayed to God, and hope, and hope.

And it worked.

You see me here, don't you?

I like it. How much?

It'd be, uh, no charge.

Ranger?

Don't you even want to know how it went with Hurley the Haitian?

Um, yeah, sure. Fill me in.

Terrible. He gave us diddly.

Well, maybe you didn't ask the right questions. We asked all the right

questions. We grilled him for three hours.

The only thing that made a dent is when we mentioned deporting his wife, who has

conveniently melted into the background.

Yes, with the help of your little island girlfriend is what we hear.

Hey, there's no way that Rita's involved in any of this.

But I did see the wife on the boardwalk. She looked like she was in a hurry or

something. If I book right now, I can spot her.

That bitch of Harley. Me don't know, Dominique.

Cut the crap, Rita. You know exactly where she is. Who's Harley got for a

lawyer? The court appointed fella.

Is he gonna think?

Is he gonna tell a tale on me?

How can I know this? You better know.

Because if I go down, so do you, Rita.

You hear me, girl?

Forget me the lawyer's name.

What you doing, sunshine?

Just clocking in, man.

Yeah.

The clock into the kitchen.

Oh, yeah.

What was I thinking?

Hit it, Tony. My brother's coming.

Hey, Bobby.

Be cool.

Be cool.

Who was that?

What's his name?

Tony Herrera. How old is he?

Wait, let me guess.

24, right?

Where'd you get that?

It was a gift.

I'm glad you didn't have to pay for it.

It's a good luck charm.

Not working, obviously.

That was off, Bobby.

Look, I just came to tell you that I'm going up to Chino tonight with TC, and I

won't be back till late.

I want you home alone tonight.

No visitors, no friends, the door locked.

Is that clear?

I'll be in a coma.

How's that?

Mendoza was a serial rapist.

The worst kind.

He preyed on young girls.

How young?

He kept a junior high girl at a Rosemead Hotel for three days.

She ended up in a mental hospital.

It's been on my mind so much, you know.

So when I saw this older guy with Teresa, I just freaked.

She's your sister, Bobby. It's your job to freak.

T .T., what if I am going crazy?

I'm sorry about earlier.

Bobby's been acting a little weird lately.

Weird how?

Well... He's a cop.

So, that's cool.

It is?

Yeah. Good.

It just freaks some people out.

Anyway, somebody messed up our place last night, and Bobby thinks that this

is sent up to prison.

Nothing weird about that.

Except the guy's still in prison. There's no way it's him.

Okay, you win.

He's weird.

I know.

I'm worried about him.

Maybe you and I should get away for a few nights.

Let him get over it. I don't think he'd let me do that.

Let you?

Jeez, girl.

Tony, wait.

I'm going to graduate soon.

Then he'll have no hold over me. And I'll be all yours.

On it.

I thought you were all mine now.

Say it.

What?

Say that you're mine.

All mine.

I'm yours.

All yours.

Anytime.

Anywhere.

Say it.

Anytime.

Anywhere.

And you'll do anything I say in front of anybody.

Including your brother.

Say it.

Quit it. You're scaring me.

Gotcha.

You ass.

Hey, sweetheart.

What happened to you?

Forget it, baby.

Forget me if you're smart.

There's no much chance of that. Come on.

Who's Dominic, wasn't it?

No.

Rita, why are you going to lie to me?

Lie? You think you're a cop?

What, do I look like a cop?

No, baby, you don't.

Sometimes a girl daydreams.

What if I grew up American?

I'd make family here.

I could go to school and really make a life for myself.

You can still do those things. I mean, you're working.

You have your own business?

It's not a business. It's a cover.

I'm an illegal rustic.

Of course, I say that assuming you're not INS.

The government agent, me? They come to the club all the time.

You're not a cop, right?

Give me a break, Rita.

Say the words, Dom.

No, Rita.

I'm not a cop.

That was Dominic, right?

Yes.

Dominic. This place stinks of the ganja. And I worked for him.

You deal drugs for him?

Remember I told you about the embargo on the Asian refugees?

Or the only way to get air? To get enough money to start a life here is

You know the drugs and for Dominic.

Yes.

I hide the people when they come.

Dominic gets the drugs.

I give him papers.

Fake green cards, a place to stay, jobs.

Man, what a losing proposition.

It's better than staying in 80.

Believe me.

I tell you this because I trust you, Russ.

I'm just proud of it.

So what do we have to do to get out from under this?

That's just it.

We don't.

Mendoza. Emmanuel Mendoza.

Born 9, 1975.

What are you up for, Mendoza?

Aggravated assault, sodomy, multiple rape.

You getting any treatment?

Oh, yeah.

Doctors here treat me real good.

I only rape little boys now.

Remember the cop who sent you away?

You mean that dead piece of trash sitting next to you?

How's it going, Cruz?

Going fine.

Nice of you to think about me.

Later, Bobby.

It's over, Bobby, just like I told you.

That's not him.

I'm kidding, right?

No, that's not the guy.

Mendoza's in Santa Monica, stalking me.

Like I said.

Rita! Rita!

Are you getting out of jail, Alice?

I'm a lawyer.

Somebody pulled from the barn.

I thought it was you. It wasn't me.

Where's my Helen?

You seen her?

Not today. Me gave her some money for the motel till you're free.

Who got you out?

Dominique.

What am I going to do? You can't panic, Ollie. Damn, girl, you're the one that

got me mixed up with this gangster.

I got to find me a woman.

Ollie!

Where you going?

Huh? You taking a vacation after all I done for you?

I'll pay your pain.

I'll get you out of jail.

And not so much as a thank you, Mr. Bolivar. Now tell me what you've been

telling them cops.

Nothing. Nothing, Dominic. I think you're lying.

Faster than a dog can trot.

I swear.

I didn't tell them a thing.

Honest.

Pretty close, wouldn't you say?

They could be brothers.

Probably are related somehow.

One's a stand -in.

Are you serious?

I've seen it before.

Mendoza paid this guy to do his jail time.

They probably ran in the same gang.

And this can work?

If the right person gets paid off, certain records get switched.

You're not crazy, Bobby.

Which brings us to a bigger problem.

According to the prison and the courts, Mendoza's locked up. Yeah, so?

So the man's out for a freebie.

If he kills you, he can never be prosecuted because he's in jail.

He's got the perfect alibi.

Does this mean I can have my gun back?

Rita is dirty, Russ. She's part of the operation.

I heard Boulevard muscling her.

She didn't tell me a thing, okay?

No, it's not okay.

Russ, I know that you care for her, but don't shut me out. I can help you.

Help him what?

Look, Russ, Harley made bail and now he's disappeared.

I don't know anything about that.

Then why don't you tell us what you do know?

Look, I learned a few things, but nothing material to make an arrest, not

I'll make that determination.

Fine.

They're illegals, okay?

Starving in Haiti, there's political unrest.

We have an embargo against them immigrating here.

So they sneak in a couple pounds of ganja and that's their ticket.

Green card, place to live, job, whatever.

So is that how Rita got here? Smuggling in ganja?

Grab a broom and help me up.

Can't dance with a broom in my hand.

I have got to clean this place up if I ever find out who did this. You are sexy

when you're angry.

Take this out and dump it. I ain't a janitor. Look, the sooner we get done

this, the quicker we can move on to other things.

No. Where is he?

Tony? His name is not Tony.

Sure it is.

Tony Herrera.

His name is Emmanuel Mendoza. He's a serial rapist. I sent him up to Chino

years ago, and now he's using you to get to me. He treats me great. He's the

nicest guy I ever went out with.

Teresa, listen to me. I am completely serious.

You're completely paranoid.

I love him. Don't say that. It's the truth.

Here, pack.

Pack? What for? I'm getting you out of here. No, you're not. Look, we're going

to a motel. I'm getting you out of town, anywhere, until this is over. No,

Bobby, you're freaking... You are crazy. I'm crazy?

Well, where'd he go then, huh? Why'd he run? Are you kidding? Look at you.

He knows you don't want me dating him.

He knows you're a cop.

What's the history of violence?

Rita? You gotta get out of town. Disappear fast.

Talking disappear.

I can't explain it to you right now, okay? You just gotta go. You gotta trust

me. What am I to do? Go where?

I'm trying to get you out from under this.

Dominic is going down. I don't want you going down with him.

How do you know?

Why are you such an expert all of a sudden?

Because you were right. I am a cop.

I was undercover in the club on an assignment.

Bobby's a cop, too.

You lied to me?

I told you everything and you lied to me?

How can you treat me like this? I thought you gave a damn.

I do give a damn. That's why I'm trying to help you.

Look, Harley's missing and my partners are pressuring me to bring you in for

questioning. If they deport me to Haiti, I'm going to prison or worse. They're

not going to.

Me father was a political undesirable.

They wrapped his neck in a tire and soaked it in gas. I watched his face

off. Rita, I am trying to help you. Don't... Don't touch me.

Don't do anything, you hear?

Leave me alone.

Where you been, girl? I've been running me tail off. We need to talk right now.

What you be talking

about, woman?

Don't say me for stupid.

Me know you did something to Ali. Where he be?

You better tell me, because the cops, they be looking for him.

How you be knowing that?

Because they come to me asking that out.

Really, girl?

And what exactly did you say?

Nothing. Me told them that... Fuck.

What you doing to that woman?

Get back to work.

Let her go.

Take him downstairs with Ali, huh?

I don't come.

Strickland, come in.

Base to 1PB4, come in.

Granger, have you seen Jamie?

Am I my roommate's keeper?

Well, you are when she drops off the screen completely.

Since when?

All day.

Look, are you holding on to any information from your little girlfriend

might be useful?

And keeping her alive.

No.

As a matter of fact, she dropped off the screen, too.

She's not at her stand. She's not at home.

Let's hit it.

Tony, can I ask you a question?

Yeah, shoot.

Is your name really Tony?

No, it's not.

It's Antonio.

Why? You taking a sentence or something?

My brother thinks you're the guy I keep paying.

This is about last night, ain't it?

Well, your straight, arrow brother looked like a homicidal madman.

I thought splitting was the wisest thing.

Sounds like I was right.

He says this Mendoza guy is a rapist.

Says he likes high school girls.

Have I raped you, tried, or come anywhere close?

No. Let me ask you a question. Do you think I'm some kind of crazy -ass ex

No, I'm just worried.

Not about you.

About not being able to see you.

You know he'll try to stop me.

Then I guess you'll have a decision to make.

Me or him.

Come over tonight. Talk to him. Maybe we can convince him that he's wrong. What,

and get shot for my trouble?

Uh -uh.

He won't do anything.

I'll be there.

I'll get him to apologize to both of us.

Well, I'll think about it.

Between Spar and Mast.

Okay, we'll go north. I got Helen. I'm going to drop her to you.

Copy that.

Helen?

Helen?

It'll be nothing.

Why are you bothering me?

Were you looking for Rita? Were you supposed to meet her?

I don't want no trouble.

I just mind my own business.

You're looking for your husband, then?

How do you know that?

Because we think he's with Rita. We think they're in trouble. And we know it

something to do with Dominic Boulevard.

Dominic? Helen, we know about the dope running, okay? We're not after you.

If you have any idea where Dominic hangs out, tell us. You might save their

lives.

Same place he always hangs.

At his club.

We already checked there. Not on the dance floor, down below.

There's a basement.

This is where he hides us when we first come from Haiti.

I don't like it.

The only edge we have on him.

Look, everything this guy does is designed to get at me.

You want to be big for this guy. I do.

I have the right guy watching the trap line.

Back blue, Calloway.

Teresa. Hey, what's up?

He's right here.

Teresa, you all right? If you mean have I calmed down from losing my temper,

yes.

I'm calling to apologize for causing you so much worry.

Thank you.

Have you heard from him?

No. I was wondering when you'd be coming home.

About an hour or so.

Take you to dinner. How's that?

Love it.

Good. Be careful.

Don't let anyone in but me.

She's finally getting it.

How much time do we have?

About an hour.

I can work with that.

What are you doing?

Let's play.

Put those back, they're Bobby's.

So? So, put them back.

When I say let's play, what do you say, little girl?

Tony, stop it.

Wrong.

You say yes, sir, Mr.

Mendoza.

Go check the back.

I thought I'd tell you the bird is hardly trash.

Good thing I didn't save me from digging tree holes.

There they are.

You okay?

I'm fine.

That ran.

Let me go, Russ.

I'll come back.

I'll disappear, just like you told me to.

I can't. I can't do it. They're going to deport me.

I can't go back.

I'll die.

Not if you testify against Dominic.

Okay, we'll protect you and Helen.

We'll get your official status, and you'll never have to look back again.

you do that?

I can damn well try.

Teresa?

Welcome to the happy reunion, Bobby.

Let her go.

Then you can do whatever you want to me.

Shoot me.

I don't care.

Just let her go.

I don't think so.

I think we make a lovely threesome.

We save the cuffs for you.

Put one around your wrist.

Cuff the other to the wall.

What if I say no?

Then I teach your sister a few things about life love and the pursuit of

happiness Tricks my little look -alike buddy learned up in

Chino Nasty folks in that place

Okay, okay

Freeze, Mendoza!

Well, well.

My life for her.

Is that a trade you want to make?

Bobby, don't! Why not?

Remember that freebie you were talking about? Well, that works both ways,

doesn't it?

I can't be convicted if he's locked up in Chino now, can I?

He's going back.

So we can get another substitute and stalk me again?

No way.

That substitute's going to get years added to his sentence.

This punk will be hiding a thank you letter.

I don't care.

I want the pleasure.

You okay?

You sure you're okay?

Check out this guy. Wow, Russ, you almost look like an adult.

If that's a compliment, I'll take it.

What's the word?

Um, I got Rita, the best immigration lawyer in town, and with her testimony,

she's got a shot of staying.

But like so many other things, it all comes down to the money.

Whose money?

Well, I'm...

Gonna ask TC for a raise.

A raise?

Never. An advance, maybe.

Here you go, buddy.

You're gonna need this.

I've had about all the good luck I could stand for one wink.

All right, back to work.

Hey, how's Teresa?

Better. Good, in fact.

She's looking for a knife.

Or I'm with a 12 -year -old to hang out with.

That's good.

What's this?

A department shrinks card.

I never went.

Maybe policy can reflect that I wasn't crazy.

You got it.

Come try to talk it down, why everyone rags on

my town.

The sanity,

it works for me.

Take a look around,

just another day in L .A.

Anybody, she's more than me.

Anybody,

they see it's green.

Someday, what is it now?

Just another day.