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It's 10:30, Mike.

You are late.

For what?

Okay. All right.

Back when we had winners,

I was afraid to lose you to the competition.

Five times you won the All- merican Futurity

and every goddamn time I thought,

"Oh, I will lose Mike.

Somebody will grab him."

But that was a long time ago, true?

Yeah. That was before the accident.

Before the pills.

Before the booze.

look out there in that barn now,

a group of second rate horses.

a bit like my trainer, true?

I am not afraid of losing you now.

You are a loss to no one.

It is time for new blood.

Yeah, I can see that.

And do you know what you are late for?

What?

Clearing out your locker.

Why don't you do that on the way out?

Will you say anything?

No.

I want to say, "Howard,

I always thought you are small, and weak,

and cowardly man."

But, you know, there's no reason to be rude.

So, you do not lock your doors?

I have nothing worth stealing.

What is happening?

Are you just killing time in here?

You look awful.

Well, you looked horrible longer, so you win.

Yeah.

What do you want?

You remember I had a son?

Rafael.

Yeah.

That's him, at five or six.

Well, he is 13 now, I want to get him out of Mexico.

I want to get him here. do the right thing.

I want him to live with me.

What does his mother think about that?

Yeah, well, Leta,

- she is a nutcase. - Oh.

She was fun at a party, but...

and she gave me him.

Yeah.

But he's in trouble. Mike, the kid's in trouble.

And I must get him out of there.

You should call the authorities.

I can not go to the authorities.

I have legal issues. I can not return to Mexico.

He is being abused.

How do you know that?

I do not know it directly from him,

if that's what you are asking me,

but I know that.

I know it from people around her,

and she is a mess.

She lets him be abused

Well, I don't know what you want from me

Because, you know...

Do you want me to go there and kidnap him?

Bring him out of there?

It is not kidnapping if he is your kid.

He is not my kid,

I do not think he will go with me.

Yes, he would. He will listen to you, Mike.

I know he will.

He will know when he sees you,

you are a real cowboy.

He will listen to you. Tell him about the house.

Tell him he will have control of the ranch.

He will have his own horse. Tell him that.

It is every boy's dream.

Many guys here can do it

I am not that guy...

You know what? You owe me, Mike.

I was standing here, looking at all this,

I remember I made payments on this place.

I helped you not lose it after you...

After you lost her and the boy...

Many people told me to stop doing that?

To just walk away.

I said, "No. I owe Mike that much."

But I think you owe me a little bit,

and you gave me your word.

And that meant something, Mike.

Yeah.

I owe you.

All right.

There is cash in this envelope.

A good ammount for travel and expenses.

her address is on here

This is a map of the area

in Mexico City where she lives.

That's Rafo, like I said, about six.

He is almost 13 now, he will be taller.

- Thank you. - Okay.

Hello girls.

- Hello. - Hi.

So, where are you going?

Playa. We are going to the beach.

Which beach?

There are many beautiful beaches in Mexico.

As many we can in a week.

I bet you will.

Enjoy your stay in Mexico, girls.

- Thank you. - Thank you.

What is your reason to enter Mexico?

a holiday.

Can I see your paperwork?

I am actually with them.

Just you?

Just me.

Enjoy your stay in Mexico.

Thank you.

Why would a kid want to leave this place?

Hey, be respectful, old man.

Take off your hat.

Usually when a woman laughs like that,

a man's trouser zip is open.

That's the only thing that's not on the table.

You are good.

Oh, no.

Is this your family, Michael Milo?

Yeah. From a long time ago.

You also have a picture of my son

from a long time ago.

I can explain that.

No, no need.

You are not the first my ex husband sent

The first one is in jail.

Beastly man with no manners.

The second was more amiable.

Could not find Rafo and left.

Tell me, cowboy,

why does his father want him now?

He has no real love for the boy.

Maybe he wants to change all that.

You imagine the innocent kid.

In that photo.

A nice, respectful boy

who wears clean clothes to school,

and sings in church.

I guarantee that is not correct.

My son is wild.

An animal who lives in the gutter.

Gambling, stealing, chicken fighting, at the...

At the Calle Choca.

Take him.

Take him if you can find him.

He is a monster.

You have come a long way for nothing.

I don't know where my son is now.

He is like his father.

He runs away.

He hates his father.

He hates me.

So, go home, Mr. Mike.

Go home.

When did you give up?

No matter what people say,

some are not born to be parents.

Have a drink with me?

No, I have a job to do.

Okay, good luck. You will need it.

Hey, Rafo.

Oh, shit!

Shit, shit.

Hey, Rafo, you can come out now.

The cops are gone.

Where are you?

You can come out now.

I am a friend of the family.

Okay. Come on.

Come here.

Hey, hey, come on.

Chicken...

Bad chicken. No, no! Hey, hey!

Ah.

All right, you little bastard.

Come on out.

I will count to five.

I will wring this chicken's neck.

Do you understand?

One.

Two.

Three.

Four.

- Give me my rooster! - Five.

After we talk, Rafo.

You know my name?

How did you find me?

I found you because your mother told me

where you were. That is why.

If she sold me to you, you are a fool.

Touch me and I will kick your ass, old man.

What are you talking about?

You are some perverted friend of my mother

from one of her parties.

Perverted old man.

Hey. You are talking to the wrong person.

Your father sent me he wants to see you.

Howard Polk.

I work for him, that's all.

You are a cowboy? A ranch worker?

Yeah.

That's right. I have done some of that.

Okay, talk.

Not here.

Not here.

You are joking, yes?

No, not joking.

My father, he wants me.

You are his only child.

And he sent you to get me?

Yes.

You are a liar.

My father has not seen me for years.

Why does he want to see me now?

He wants to see you, that is all.

He ... He misses you.

You are full of shit.

My father does not want me.

He never even called on my birthdays.

Look at that.

It is me when I was little.

Yeah, that's it.

Same guy.

He gave you that?

He did.

If my father wants me back, why did he not telephone?

He sent you, some apestoso viejo.

I don't know what that means, but I don't like it.

When I was little,

my father said he would give me a special horse.

He never did.

He is a liar.

Eh, just a little late, that's all.

That does not mean he is a liar.

But he will make it up to you now.

He has a big ranch.

He has horses, cattle.

In fact, he has hundreds of horses.

You can to ride yourself silly.

- Hundreds of horses? - Yeah.

He owns a rodeo there.

Rodeo?

Hundreds of horses...

He is a big boss!

Yeah, he's a big boss. That's what I am telling you.

Maybe I will go.

- Just for a while. - Yeah.

Good. Good, I think so.

If I do not like it, I will say,

He can go to hell, and come back.

Yeah, that's right.

If you do not like it, to hell with it.

Okay. Deal.

Can I bring my rooster?

Yes. I don't see why not.

Hey, Macho, come.

Where you going?

I must collect my things.

No, stay here.

Shit.

What can I say?

I can not believe it.

Where did you find him?

Right where you said.

At the cock fights.

And where is he?

He said he was going to collect his stuff.

You poor fool.

Yes.

- Ah. - Well...

This time...

This time you will have a drink with me.

Ah... you really thought hi would go with you?

Maybe he will.

Here.

Cheers.

Come. Let's celebrate.

Tell me something...

What are we celebrating?

Anything.

I am up for anything.

Corazon.

I

I do not know.

I should get out of here.

Or, this job will not be finished.

You dare...

You dare insult me in my own home?

No, I did not mean to insult you.

I just...

Okay.

Hey.

Do you think I am a whore? Is that what you think?

Hey, I am talking to you. Do not go!

One more step and you are finished.

I will call the police right now.

Give them your name,

and you will be arrested for kidnapping.

Spend the rest of your life in a Mexican prison.

How do you like that?

You do not like that, do you?

Rafo is mine.

He is mine and he stays.

Do you understand?

He is my property, Nobody takes my property.

His father ran away from us.

He had his chance, but he left us here.

He left him with me.

You have five minutes

to get in your vehicle and leave Mexico City.

Do we understand each other?

Get out.

Get out now.

- Lucas. - Take him out.

Okay.

What the hell?

Hello, white man

I think I fell asleep, yes?

Get out.

What?

Get out.

- Get out. - What?

Get out, I said.

What?

What the...

I said, out.

Get out, you are not going.

Say who? Says me. Says your mother.

I am going with you. - No, you are not.

I said I am going.

You will stay.

If you go without me, do you know what I will do?

- What will you do? - go to the police.

- Yeah? - Not here.

In the next town where they do not know me.

I will go to the police and tell them

I was raped by a dirty white man in a truck from Texas.

You are sick. What will do

when they get you to the hospital

and the doctor wants to shove his hand up your ass

to give you an examination?

Not so good, huh, sonny?

Get your ass out of here. Jesus! Hit the highway.

Then, I will walk like a cripple. Like this...

And I will say your truck, you hit me and run away.

Jesus Christ.

I will tell them that this thing

is not yours.

It is stolen.

Jesus! You are sick as a dog.

Get out of here. You are not...

Idiot.

All right, where is the wallet?

Where is what?

My wallet. Give it here.

We go and I tell you, okay?

Look, the only place you will go

is the hospital.

Now give me the wallet.

You get too angry.

It is not good for you at your age.

Give me the wallet now!

Eat shit.

What are you talking about, "eat shit"?

Yeah.

Yeah.

You are quick for old man.

"Eat shit." Yeah.

Okay, I will make a deal with you.

What deal?

I give your wallet, you take me to the border.

Only to the border. Then I get across by myself.

No deal. No dice.

I want to go with my father.

All right. Get in the back.

I want you to take this chicken,

tie his leg back down there so it doesn't...

I do not want him crapping on the upholstery here.

No.

What do you mean, "no"?

No, and he is not a chicken. His name is Macho.

I do not care if his name is Colonel Sanders.

Just get his ass back there.

He is Macho.

You know what it means, "macho"?

It means "strong."

Come on, Macho.

Yeah.

Shit.

It is bad to have a fighter, a champion,

with his leg tied all day.

White man

you look a smart man to me.

So...

I will make a deal with you.

Yeah? What kind of a deal?

If Macho sits with us,

when he fights,

I will give you half of the money.

The day Macho sits up here is the day I barbecue him.

It's not good for his spirit.

Well, I am really worried about that.

But he is strong now.

When I found him,

he had lose every fight.

He was on the ground.

His leg broken.

I took care of him, and I said,

"Stand up, you bastard. Fight!"

He killed a very big rooster.

From that time,

he is Macho.

A champion.

That is the most exciting thing

I have ever heard.

Why don't we sleep in the truck?

Yeah.

Because we can sleep out here in the wide open spaces.

The air is nice and clean.

not like in the cities.

It is beautiful.

I think it is something else maybe.

What?

Maybe

when I fall asleep, you will drive away without me.

Yeah.

I will not leave without you, kid.

Just go to sleep.

What is wrong with this guy?

He has got something on his eye here.

Got something in right here.

Wait, wait a second.

- Oh. - Yeah. I got it.

Very good.

Go ahead.

You are a veterinarian

No. No, veterinarian

I have always loved animals

- Oh, yeah? - Yeah.

At rodeo?

Yeah, rodeo.

Working on ranches

and working with horses especially.

I think he will be fine.

Macho. His name is Macho.

Whatever.

What's wrong with that?

Nothing.

Guy wants to name his cock "Macho"...

It is okay by me.

He is macho, like me.

Very strong rooster.

Everyone wants him.

someone even stole him from me.

Your mother says you steal a few things yourself.

Cars and such.

In the United States, if you touch a man's vehicle,

You will get trouble.

Yeah. I will remember when we get to Texas.

Especially in Texas.

you can watch all that "macho" stuff there too.

Nobody likes that stuff.

How did you get the bruises?

does the street life cause all that?

Sometimes.

And sometimes when I go home, it is worse.

That is why I stay on the streets.

All the bad stuff happens at home.

My mom hates me.

You want to know why?

Not really.

She bring home a strange man today,

another strange man tomorrow,

she said I should call them "Uncle."

And I say to her,

"How many men can I call 'Uncle'?"

So she hates me.

And Aurelio,

he was in prison.

Sometimes he sells drugs and brings her pills and marijuana.

One time I spit on him.

He hits me to teach me manners

and I said to him...

Do not teach me manners

When you are in bed with my mom, where does she sleep.

So, I say, to hell with that.

I make a few dollars with Macho for myself

and I do what I want.

On the street,

I trust nobody.

But it is safer than at home.

You can never trust anybody.

We will take

a different route here.

- Police are there. - Oh, shit.

We must go down this road.

What do they want?

Well, they probably wanted you.

We will stay away from them.

What are we doing?

We divert, take this road here.

All the way around,

and we will not have to deal with them.

No good. It is bump, bump, bump.

Bit more like jail, jail, jail.

Hi.

We brought our own red rooster with us, see?

In your honor.

Thank you

Uh, I will have a beer

and he will have a...

What is Amarillo?

Uh, nothing. Just something I drink.

Oh, okay.

Thank you

It is tequila.

- Tequila. - Yeah.

You will not drink any tequila.

But I want it.

I don't care. You will not drink it, not with me.

I drink tequila once and I never got sick.

Yeah, well, when you are with your dad,

you can drink battery acid,

but you will not drink tequila with me.

An Orange drink, please

Yeah, that's better.

I will be back.

Where are you going?

Make a phone call.

Yeah, hello.

I found the boy.

Yes!

Shit, that is great! That is great!

It was not easy,

but I found him and we are coming.

We have small issues, but we are on our way.

It does not matter. It does not matter.

I knew you would find him.

I knew I did the right thing sending you.

Not like those other two guys you sent down here.

Thanks a lot for that.

I will phone you along the way

and you will be honest with me, understand?

Okay. All right.

Just get him back here, okay?

You have got it. - All right.

Your look drunk, kid.

Ah. Fine Mexican beer.

Can I wear your hat?

No.

Why not?

Because it is a cowboy hat.

And you are not a cowboy.

Anything a white man cowboy can do with horses,

a Mexican can do better.

Well, you have a problem,

because you are half white man

What do you think, kid?

Do you think I'm a white man

Yeah.

Do you think I am like my father?

A coward?

Who run away?

- Well... - Do you think

I am like my mom?

Weak?

I do not know. I do not know your mom.

- But your father... - Then...

who am I, Mike?

Here, kid. Try the hat...

I don't want to wear your dumb, stupid hat.

Mike!

Help me, Mike! Get off!

What the hell are you doing?

You leave him alone. - Get away.

He is not your son. He is not yours to take.

His mother warned you, white man Don't be stubborn!

- No. - This is your last chance.

- Mike! - The kid is not your concern.

- Good job, Macho. - Hey, stupid bird!

Good job, Macho.

Okay.

Hey!

What is he saying?