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Forever Mine

Good morning, ladies and gentlemen, we've reached an altitude of 34,000.

l've turned off the seat belt sign and you may move about the cabin.

Hello, my name is Eileen.

-l'll be serving you this morning. -Hi, Eileen,

my name is Javier and l'll be your passenger this morning.

l always feel so silly saying that.

And what can I caII you?

You don't need to call me anything.

-His name is Esquema. -ls New York

your finaI destination, Javier, or

-can we help you with connections? -No, no, New York.

And you, Mr. Esquema,

is New York your final destination?

Javier!

Alan!

Come on, come.

Good morning, Florida.

Alan, would you switch posts with me today? l need a change.

-Asex change. -Yeah. Speak for yourself, neutero.

Hey, why?

No reason.

Hey, no reason.

What happened yesterday? A big tipper arrive? Hey, hey, sneaky man.

It's okay, chico. l'll switch with you.

Javier,

take that idea, put it in a little capsule,

-and hide it where God won't look. -Don't touch my ass no more.

Mira, any tips? Tips to toot?

-When? -Yesterday.

Acouple of guys.

Red and white suits.

Topsider types.

-What did they say? -More like a signaI.

Hey, cuidado chico. Come on, man.

That's real subtIe.

-What did you telI them, man? -They sell Dristan at the gift shop.

They come by, point them out.

Sure you don't want to come down to Caya Hueso, gato?

You can get in for $500.

Nobody l know who gets into the drug business gets out.

What are you going to do, make a score, start a car dealership?

Who told you?

l've got plans. I've got a goaI,

and drugs ain't gonna get me there.

-Yeah, "business college"will, huh? -Hey, Alan, easy.

-How you doing, Eddie? -Hey, Eddie.

Respect is power,

and power is money, and right now in FIorida, money is one thing...

is drugs, gato, it's drugs.

This is the chance of a lifetime.

l mean, lt's like... it's like they just invented electricity.

One day you're gonna regret that you didn't get in on the ground floor.

Not me, chico.

Estúpido, brother."Estúpido."

l'm trying to teach you something that makes some money.

And you over here in the beach and make

one dollar, two dollar, they give you a quarter, 25 cents...

l must have talked to the ocean. He's crazy.

Who's the workaholic, huh?

He's all yours.

Get to work.

Yeah, drunks need drinks. Come on.

Don't wake him up.

Who?

My husband.

-ls there anything you need? -No.

Be careful.

This can be deceiving.

What?

The Florida sun.

Rays today, raisins tomorrow.

My name is Alan.

Alan Riply.

A glass of water.

Sure.

Well, no wonder why Randy wanted to switch with you, huh?

Don't ogIe, it's okay.

What kind of word is that?

"Ogle"?

"Ogle." Don't ogle the guests. It's in the cabana boy manual.

l wasn't ogling.

-Hey, and I was educated at Oxford. -l didn't ogle.

-Here you go. Your call is waiting. -Thank you. Thank you, thank you.

-ls there anything else, Mr. Brice? -Get me an iced tea. My name's Mark.

-The Yonkers ControIIers Office? -Ma'am?

This is Mark Brice for Fran.

Can you tell him that l called? Who's this?

Tommy, Tommy, Iisten to me.

You tell him l'm gonna do this deal with or without him.

No, it's not a threat, Tommy. That's a fact.

Vacation, what's a vacation?

Just tell him that l called, okay?

And give him that message.

What have you got?

Well...

The guys at the bar do make this drink out of seven different rums,

with papaya juice, grapefruit and a splash of grenadine.

They call it an Anita Breeze.

l think l'd like that.

All right.

Hey, Dave...

Alan?

You guys have a disco here now, right?

-Yes, sir. -What's it like?

-Well, to be honest, sir... -l've a business dinner tonight with

-a Florida contact and his wife. -But where there's dancing,

there has to be...

-Maybe we could go to a Iocal club. -All right. Just wait a minute.

I'd like to go somewhere after dinner where can all be together

but where l can get some business done without being bothered.

The hotel disco is perfect, sir.

There's a VlP section. Should be kind of quiet.

What?

Hello.

Alan, right?

l worked the second shift.

They're finally

letting me go home.

Yeah, me too.

l like to work.

The surf wilI be gIowing tonight.

The moonlight.

No, the phytoplankton. ls phosphorescent.

At night the waves batter it, making it glow. Am l boring you?

No.

No.

How was the disco?

Could your heart stand it?

Well...

number 5.

But l suppose you know that already.

Why?

l saw you at the disco.

l think you're extraordinary.

You're going to miss your bus.

There's always another bus.

-There's always another woman. -No.

No, there's not.

l'm married.

I'm here 6 more days.

And l'm a towel boy.

lsn't it perfect?

lsn't it wonderful?

lf my husband even saw us standing here...

He doesn't think anything is innocent.

ls it?

Leave me alone.

Please.

But what if he didn't find out?

Alan.

Can l help you?

You want to tell me about the Anita Breeze?

Do you still want to get away from the hotel, see something in Miami?

Oh, that wouldn't be possibIe. Mark doesn't want to leave the hotel.

"We're paying a lot to stay here. Slums we can see for free at home."

He doesn't have to come. He has that overnight cruise to Bimini.

l'm going with him...

How did you know about that?

He booked the cruise through the hotel.

What if you got sick?

No.

No. He wouldn't leave me alone.

He wouldn't go without me.

lt's a business trip.

lt's what he cares about.

God dammit! Hey, boy!

Boy! Alan!

Where is my cabana boy?

Alan!

l was wondering...

l was wondering what it would be like for us to kiss.

Me too.

Don't say anything.

This is not happening.

l have a necklace.

Where is your mother?

There.

lt's a rosary.

lt's like...

a necklace from God.

From God?

How do you get one?

Alan.

So much for seeing Miami.

There's a bar

on the bay side. A locaI bar.

We can swim in the ocean.

-Towel boy claims gold. -l want the towel.

They're watching us.

Can you blame them?

-Hey. How you doing? -Hey. How you're doing?

-Good. How much for a beer? -75 cents.

Drinks. Drinks for everyone. And two for us.

-Cool, man. Thanks a lot, buddy. -Any time, buddy.

Alan!

Oh, man, those guys start early.

Yeah.

Sometimes it just amazes me. We're all...

we're all so self-centered.

And then you look all around, see everyone else...

Everyone is the main character in their lives. They all have a story.

What's your story?

Oh, it's not very interesting.

You don't want to know my story. No.

Yes, l do.

l want to know everything about you.

No, you don't.

Fine.

Then...

let's make a new story.

"l am born."

The story of Alan and Ella.

We open in a beach front bar...

let's pretend it's called...

the Seabreeze.

They come in from the ocean. He's a cabana boy,

but he has dreams.

They've just made love and it made her feel...

Wonderful.

And tonight...

they'll make love again.

Wonderful.

Here you are, kids.

Have fun.

Thanks.

What, what was this aII about?

-What? -This.

l was raised Catholic.

ls that a problem for you?

Not for me.

So, you went to like one of those tony schooIs

where the girls wore

plated skirts and knee socks and the nuns watched their every move.

-No. No, not exactly. -Come here.

You know, nuns get a bad rap, by the way.

-Everybody making jokes about them. -Oh, l'm sorry.

Just watch yourself.

So, that's how the story goes.

Ella enters a nunnery?

No.

No, l don't think that's how the story goes.

How does it go?

-Are you crying? Don't cry. -No.

Please, don't cry.

How does it go?

The story?

Well, you tell me.

l don't know. l'm just a character in the story.

-But l think... -What?

lt has a happy ending.

lt looks like a fantasy castle.

And this is fantasy island.

lt's real.

l wish l didn't have to go.

You don't.

You wanted my story, right?

Okay.

Okay,

here's my story.

l was in the secretarial pool.

Xeroxing, getting coffee...

guys making...

guys making jokes about me, the way l dressed.

l didn't have any money. We didn't have any money.

PIace to place.

And then...

Guess what.

The boss started asking me out.

Everything changed.

And l became

Mrs. Mark Brice.

So...

do you Iike the story?

Are you disappointed?

You had your dreams.

l have my dreams.

Our dreams.

l've got...

l've got so much to do back home.

What? What do you have to do, be a wife? Go shopping?

-You're not happy. -Oh, please.

-Tell me why. -Why what?

What do you think? Why do the birds sing? Why does the rain fall?

Why did you get married?

You wilI never be loved the way you are now.

You never have been and you never will be.

l'm leaving

tomorrow. lt's over.

That doesn't change anything.

You must understand.

lt's impossible.

Refusal to love is just an excuse for cowardice.

Emotional cowardice.

Thank you. Thank you. Hey, you got my... no, l need that, l need that.

Thank you very much.

-l hope you've had a good time. -Hey, hey, it was great. As usual.

Thanks for helping out at the dock when she was sick. l appreciate it.

And I couIdn't find my cabana boy. Can you give this to him?

Okay, see you later. Okay, ready, honey?

Here you go.

You know where... Oh, here it is. Thank you. Here you go.

See you next season.

lt's always the same.

Just as you start enjoying yourself, the vacation's over.

l'll be very happy to get home.

Does it hurt?

No.

Julie. What are you doing?

ls she bothering you?

Not at all.

-Hello, what is your name? -Julie.

Julie, huh?

You're from Miami, right?

-Yeah. -Coral Gables.

-Yeah, right. -l know a lot of people from there.

Oh! My name's Javier.

Emily.

-Nice to meet you. -Hi.

ln my line of work l take pride in knowing where people are from.

Especially Miamians, you know.

Oh, what's your business?

I'm sorry. You're going to have to sit down.

Do you mind?

No.

-Do you mind? -No.

You can go, but not in my car, man.

Why not?

Women like they, man, don't like guys Iike us, man.

Mira, let me repeat.

Women like they don't like guys like us.

-You understand that? -You weren't there!

You were a plaything to her, man.

Acolorful vacation memory, that's all.

You owe me.

Alan,

think about something else, okay? Anything else.

Think about making money from drugs, man.

Think about your fall classes,

-think about the primary rate... -l can't think of anything else!

Remember the time I covered for you on that drug thing?

Again with this drug thing. You took the rap, you also took the stash.

-But l got busted! -Alan, this is a terrible idea.

ls probably the worst idea l ever heard in my life.

"Let's bug Watergate," that was a good idea compared to this one, man.

Fuck! lf you don't give me your car, l'll get another somehow.

Gato!

l'm so stupid. This car could be going to Keys making me money.

Did you notify the hoteI?

No.

l don't give a damn about the hoteI.

-Hey, what about your poor mother? -I didn't tell her.

So she rushes right over and says, "l got good news and bad news.

The bad news is that Washington D.C. was bombed." "Oh, God!"

"The good news is that the procurement package went through."

Police procurement.

That and security systems are growth industries second only to crime.

-You know, that's true, very true. -The only question is

-what companies get these contracts. -That's right. That's right.

l put my faith in security.

l put my faith in people.

People will always act in their own best interests.

Well, you certainly can't go wrong understanding people.

-Yes? -Pretty boring, isn't it?

Alan.

So it was you.

Where?

l thought l saw you.

l felt you.

l moved up here.

I got a job, just starting out, at a bank. lt's a beginning.

Where are you?

The Hotel McCIean in Yonkers.

That's the name. McClean towels, McClean sheets...

How did you get up here?

l drove.

l miss you so much.

l miss...

-Ella, can l help? -l'll teII you what.

Give me your phone number and l'll call you during your dinner hour...

Who was it?

The nerve of some peopIe.

Calling during hours

and asking me what l thought of the referendum.

No, no. Not so fast.

People take those polls seriously.

They may be voters to you, but to Mike and me, they're dollar signs.

So where were we?

Judith lvens.

Ms. Judith lvens to you.

Have you ever done business with that woman?

l'm teIling you, l would never ever do a deal with her again.

Yeah. Just a minute!

Ella.

l...

You came to ask me to leave.

To go back home.

You would do that?

lf you ask me to leave...

l would do that.

You would?

For you.

For you l wouId.

Do you ever

think of Florida?

Think of me?

All the time.

Every hour, every day.

So do l.

Let's pretend...

Let's go away.

Take off somewhere.

-Where? -Anywhere.

North, East, West. Where do you want to go?

PeopIe do it all the time.

What about your job?

There's always another job.

ln every city there's a job.

-Do you always do that? -What?

Talk so much?

You know...

Ayear from now we'll look back and remember this.

"Remember when we had Chinese in the little hotel...

what was it caIIed?"

What about now?

What are we going to do?

What are you going to do?

l told you. The bank manager wants to train me.

He says I have a natural ap-tit-tude.

That's how he pronounces it.

Hey, what matters is that we are on our own.

Everything lies before us.

Think, Alan.

A person can't just wake up and start over.

You can do whatever you want.

Maybe you can.

Can you go back to his house?

Live in his world?

You know, l've lived in this world, Alan.

Lived in this room.

l have no skills. I have no money.

You can type.

God, you're pure.

Do it! Something becomes clear

and you do it.

That's not pure, it's practical.

lt's not that easy.

Why did you come to me?

To see you!

That was pure.

No.

No, it wasn't.

l was never happy before.

Maybe there's something wrong with me.

lt is possibIe... that l never... had the chance.

I kept trying and trying to be something, something...

for my mother.

Then for Mark.

Mark?

My husband.

Why did you come here?

I want to explain to him.

l'm trying to decide.

The lying.

l hate the lying. But...

l'm afraid.

l don't understand.

ls this meant to be or...

ls it a test? lf it is, what happens if I fail it? Do l lose everything?

You've sinned.

I didn't come because l've sinned. l came because l'm scared.

l can't control it. l can't stop it.

You came because you want to be right with God.

Does God want me to think for myself,

to feel for myself, to be loved?

God wants his children to obey his laws.

He believes in sin and confession,

and forgiveness.

That's why you came.

Yes.

Why did you come?

l came

to confess.

While l was in Bimini?

While you were sick?

Why?

Everything was perfect. We were so happy. Why, Ella?

-l didn't mean to. -Don't say that to me!

Don't!

Do you love me?

Yes.

l want this marriage to work.

Do you want this marriage to work?

Yes.

Ella...

Do you remember when we first met

and l took you to that fund-raiser in New York?

lt was snowing and we couldn't get a cab.

So we walked arm in arm in the snow, and we talked and we laughed.

Do you remember that?

Yes.

l wish...

What do you wish, Ella?

What?

That l'd never met him.

l'm so sorry.

l don't want to hurt you.

l never wanted to hurt you.

Except now you have this lovesick cabana boy following you around?

You are everything to me, Ella.

You won't see him again.

Promise me.

Don't worry.

I'II talk to him.

He'll go away.

What if he doesn't?

-Maybe we should leave for a while? -Don't be stupid, Ella.

This is our home.

l'll take care of it.

AIan Riply?

AIan Riply?

-Yeah? -Harassment complaint against you.

-Put your hands behind your back. -Awhat?

-Harassment. Turn around and put... -Hey, you got the wrong Riply.

l'm on my way to work, man.

You got identification?

-Look what we got here. -What the fuck is that?

Listen to me.

The police are awaiting your records from Dade County.

From what l understand, you are a second-time offender.

You wouId be well advised to make your peace with me.

You can't keep me here.

We can bring this to trial

or we can drop the charges on a technicality.

Understand? lt's up to you.

Everything has a purpose.

Everything has a purpose.

lt's my purpose to be with Ella.

Nothing can change that, not you, not the police, not the courts.

lt'sjust a fact like...

like plants turning to the sun, or death or taxes.

What is this gibberish?

Are you crazy?

Nobody talks like this.

Make sense.

People are afraid to say what they feel.

Ella is afraid.

l'm not afraid to say what l feel.

There are two types of people in this world...

assholes and pricks.

You're an asshole and l'm a prick.

Do the math.

Ella is mine.

The number you have reached is not in order or has been changed.

My dearest Ella,

thinking of you keeps me sane.

lt aIso keeps me here.

l said some things l shouldn't have to Mark.

l hope it hasn't caused you more trouble.

Believe me. I am innocent.

Ella, l had nothing to do with this.

Nothing! What do you know about the man anyway?

-Did you know this guy had a record? -No.

l feel your presence with me aIl the time.

It surrounds me like an electrical field.

Love is a physicaI force,

like gravity or expansion.

You are with me constantly.

l smell you in the pillow,

feel your clothes in the sheets,

rub soap across my hands touching your back,

taste your salt in the food...

lt's all with me.

The sight of your body affects me so strongly,

it always affected me so strongly that l beIieve l was born to see it.

Your face, throat,

lips,

breasts.

Although you can't answer,

your thoughts reach me nonetheless.

They travel telepathicalIy from you to me,

creeping like IittIe hearts through my celI

to my bed.

They cannot keep me forever.

Someday they wiIl reIease me

and that day I wilI be at your door.

l will be your shadow.

We will be together forever.

Listen.

Shut up!

Shut up!

-Ready! -Yeah, let's go. Okay, let's go.

Move it, motherfucker.

Move it!

-Hurry up! -Come on, get up! Hurry up!

They're here. Come on!

Come on!

Fuck off!

Lean back.

"Everything has a purpose."

Fuck you, lover boy!

No!

You hit me, asshole! You crazy fuck!

Well, come on.

Grab him and get him up!

Alright, let's cover him up.

Yeah...

All right. Well...

That's it then.

All right.

Do you need some help?

Emily.

-You know the male orgasm? -Yeah...

-Yes, l know what a male orgasm is. -Well,

in most men, most men not me, it Iasts 2 to 3 seconds.

No kidding.

Well, in most animaIs

it lasts like a minute.

But in the mink

it lasts 5 minutes! l'm a mink.

That's why they need all that mink oil.

You got it.

You learn lots of strange things. My problem is that l remember them aIl.

What is your business?

l'm a writer.

A novelist.

ls that why...

Forgive me if l'm being pushy,

l've been meaning to ask... Why do you carry a gun?

A gun?

-l don't have a gun. -Oh, then what's that?

-What? -That.

-Oh, this? You taIking about this? -Yeah.

That's an empty holster.

So...

you're a novelist?

Yeah, well, l'm sort of a novelist.

l'm aIso sort of a bodyguard.

l work for him.

l've known him for a very long time.

Who is it?

Who is it?

Who is it?

It's me, Alan.

What the fuck...

What the fuck?

Calm down.

-Gato, what happened to you, man? -Get somebody to...

get somebody to help me.

So Collins,

he is one of the escapees, the only one they caught,

he says Riply was killed.

Where?

Here is the good part.

He fell into a construction site.

And when they finally got there, 4 days later,

he was covered with 8 feet of concrete.

I don't think they're much enthusiastic about digging him out.

You did this.

What?

Killed him.

Ella, you've been drinking.

Yeah.

Yeah, l may be drunk,

but tomorrow l'll be sober,

and you'll still be you.

I have done something terrible.

Something that can never be forgiven.

l've betrayed the man I love.

He's dead.

I was a coward.

Oh, l'm sorry. Were you sleeping, Gato?

Thinking.

About money.

l have money.

Not your money.

Real money...

Big money.

Money to buy me a new life.

l need surgery,

a new identity,

a fucking chance

to fucking start over.

l've been asking around.

There's a couple guys... the big guys... from Cartagena.

You know, they are in very big trouble.

There's supposed to be this big deal going down.

They need runners?

How much?

5,000 dollars.

For a drug run?

lt's more than that.

They want them popped.

l mean, he really... it's just the one guy.

Chico, it's an open contract. lt's a way to get in the door, man.

-l mean, this is the big time. -These people...

they have money.

-Truck loads! -They need

like help with this cash.

They need Iike... banking.

Yeah.

What's the guy's name?

Who?

The guy that's gonna get popped.

Esquema.

Manuel Esquema.

This is your captain again, ladies and gentlemen. l've turned on

the seatbelt sign for our arrival at New York La Guardia Airport.

We shouId be touching down in about 20 minutes.

The temperature on the ground is 48 degrees and overcast.

Nice woman.

Yeah.

She's got a lot of problems, though.

-Her boyfriend's a bum. -Too bad.

You should get married.

You're kidding.

l'm serious.

l have your mother and l have my mother.

You should hear her talk.

She was a maid for 20 years, now she complains to me.

"Javier, l can't get good help."

l get pushed around by enough women as it is. l don't need no more.

PIease return your seats to their upright positions,

and make sure all carry-on luggage is securely stowed beneath...

Gato, ready?

Yes.

Mr. Esquema?

I'm Rick Martino. GIad to meet you.

Our friend wanted me to meet you.

How are you? Javier Cesti.

FoIIow me.

-Pedro, how you doing? -Hey, Mario.

Senor Esquema?

This is Javier Cesti. Javier, Councilman Brice.

That's former Councilman. Bill Raich, my legal advisor.

Pleasure.

So... how was your flight, senores?

Manny, Manuel? What do your friends call you?

Senor Esquema will be fine.

Sure.

All the better.

Looks like l'm going to be indicted.

We're got a Federal Prosecutor making a career for himself.

He's been conducting witch-hunts up and down Manhattan for 2 years now.

Every transaction I've done has been scrutinized.

Friends and business associates have been lied to,

intimidated, offered rewards...

Anything to build a case against me.

Now nobody's perfect, Sr. Esquema.

At least nobody who does business in New York is perfect.

l need some help.

l need someone to help me.

lt's your impression that l'm a fixer?

Yes, it is.

He's a money washer.

Who's this fucking Guido?

-What? -Rick, Rick!

Not now!

l am a banker

for alternative funds.

This brings me into contact with people high

and low.

How can l help you?

l want the Justice Department to back off.

l want to make a deal without bringing this to court.

Unfortunately my friends no Ionger have influence.

That's because they've turned state's evidence.

Yes, they have.

First it was the construction permits, then the hospital services,

campaign contributions.

What are you reading?

That hasn't even been alleged.

Where did you get that?

To answer your question,

yes, l know people who know people in the State Department,

and their Iiaisons in Justice.

Banking for them for politically sensitive Third WorId causes.

lf l can help you,

apart from any financial agreements we make,

l want to know everything about you.

l want no surprises.

Good.

We'll begin as soon as possible.

l've... l've made a list of the materials.

Let's have dinner Friday.

Why don't you have dinner at my house?

What time?

Nine o'clock, is that okay?

Fine.

Senor Esquema?

Mark has told me about you. Please come in.

Thank you.

l'm Ella Brice.

Mark will be here in a minute.

Can l get you something to drink?

Thank you, no.

You have a lovely house.

Thank you.

-Ah, Senor Esquema, welcome. -Mr. Brice.

Thank you.

Oh, let's get his hat.

-Thank you. -There you go.

Did you have any trouble finding the place? Directions okay?

Very good indeed.

-Are you staying with this or... -No.

-How about a drink? -Maybe some water.

-This is delicious. -We eat very well, as you can see.

Ella's been taking cooking classes in town.

Mark calls me a "professional student."

Well you are. Tennis, gardening, dance theater.

What was that crazy one at the recreation center?

Shall we move to the living room for coffee?

Of course.

Do you have decaf?

Yes.

-Shall we? -Thank you.

lt sounds strange but l have no tolerance for drugs of any kind...

nicotine, caffeine...

nothing.

Nice house.

You're an appraiser too?

Shall we...

Have a sit?

Here it is,

-decaf. -Thank you.

-Mark. -Thank you.

Mrs. Brice...

Ella.

Ella.

l'd like to ask you a question, if it's all right.

Of course.

How have you taken the controversy surrounding your husband?

lt must not be easy. The press, the innuendoes.

You bear up.

You don't think you can, but you do.

l love my husband and I give him my unequivocal support.

A supportive wife is the secret of political Iife,

but still...

She has her home,

her work.

l didn't know you worked.

-Well, in a manner of speaking. -She reads.

l work for the Westchester Library System. lt's volunteer work.

Mostly paperwork and

l read for the eIderly.

lt started when Mark was a Councilman and l Iiked it.

And who gets to choose the books?

Well, they choose,

then l choose.

For example?

Right now, l'm reading "Madame Bovary."

She always reads that.

"Bovary"?

l can't believe you're interested in this.

lt started when l was asked to read a second time.

The lack of surprise was pleasant. Literature

can be very close sometimes. lt's, you know, relaxing,

just to be a vehicle for something you've read over and over.

Do you mind if l ask you a question?

l know it's rude but l'm dying of curiosity.

What happened to you?

Mark.

It's all right.

There is always one. l don't mind.

You mean

-my hand, my eye, my jaw? -Yeah.

Part of my skin "strayed in the womb" as the doctor said.

-Oh, that's terrible. -As you say, you bear up.

Even as a child l never hid or shied away from people.

You get used to seeing the fear in strangers' faces.

The fear and hatred

and prejudice.

When l was older,

l had reconstructive surgery and my life began. l had a mother

and a family who loved me.

lf l had a child I wouId love that child.

Ella.

Can you go get some coffee? This is coId.

Excuse me.

ln any case,

as l became successful in business, it mattered less.

lt even helped me. People remember. They project their fears onto me.

Does that answer your question?

Yeah.

Good.

Who is he?

Who?

Senor Esquema.

l told you. He's a legal advisor that Bill brought in.

-l mean... why was he talking to me? -Why were you talking to him?

You told him your fucking life story, EIIa.

-Because you told me to. -He's just someone

l have to deaI with, okay? End of discussion.

This guy's a real asshole.

They're alI like that.

All these greedy little worms that run big cities.

New York's even worse than Miami.

Look at his. Mira, ven acá. Check this out.

He canceled a trip to go to a Kenny Rogers testimonial.

What a putz.

Do you want me to kill him?

Chico, what is it? What are we doing here?

Just Iet me go pop the guy's brains out and then we go home.

What do you really want?

l want him...

to look into the mirror...

And remember me.

Remember me?

Well, Senor Esquema, our friends in Nicaragua will be very happy.

Let me check it with my guys upstairs

-but sounds very feasible. -Of course, of course, l understand.

l'm very happy that we found a solution to both of our problems.

l think we both will be happy with this absolutely.

-A pleasure doing business with you. -It's great doing business with you.

-You are a gentleman of New York. -l'm the only one, l know it.

-lt's great seeing you. -My regards.

l spoke to someone at Justice.

AdeaI's not out of the question.

lt depends

on how much l can put on the table. So, listen only to me.

-Alright. What's going to happen? -l don't want to go into details.

l'm willing to do a little time if it's in a place like Allenwood.

-Or, what's that other place? -Eglin.

-But they gotta leave me some money. -Let's not get into it.

You haven't mentioned money. What's your fee gonna be?

I know your finances.

l know them better than you do.

lncluding the Banco Nacional money

that not even your lawyer knows about.

l do business with 30 or 40 offshore banks.

l damn near own 2 of them.

I'II decide what's fair, l'll teII you...

and you'll pay it.

Hello.

l can barely see.

Thanks for meeting me here.

l thought it was odd...

Especially since you said you didn't drink.

Would you like anything?

Sure. Why not? A diet cola.

One diet cola, thank you.

l'm not sure why I'm here.

l just want to go over certain details

regarding Mark. I want to help him the best I can.

Well, l don't know anything about his business.

How did you meet?

He had a company in Bronxville. I worked for him.

This is 15, 15 years ago.

And what did they do?

l don't know.

"City Contracting."

l guess l was pretty dim back then.

Everyone closes their eyes to certain things in a marriage.

lt's normal. You've been married...

14 years.

Thank you.

No regrets?

No regrets.

There are many things l could regret if l took the time.

l could regret l wore this tie,

or rented that 4-door gas hog instead of a Mustang Convertible.

l don't Iet myself.

l think you should regret that tie.

No. No, really?

Special design tie, you don't like it? l'll burn it.

-No, l'm kidding. No, I like it. -l'll burn it! l'll burn it!

Do you still go to church?

No, l don't go to church.

-l thought you were Catholic. -That was a long time ago.

l haven't been to mass in...

Now why did you ask that?

To be honest,

l really don't need any more information about your husband.

l just wanted to taIk to you alone.

You interest me.

Not many people do.

l want to know you better.

Does that upset you?

I'm sorry.

No, no, please don't Ieave.

Thank you.

l didn't mean to frighten you.

l don't know what l was thinking, coming here.

You're lonely.

What do you really want?

I think you know.

Here is where l'm staying.

lf you want to talk some more,

call me.

l appreciate what you're doing,

but for you to put me in this situation...

it's unacceptable.

What's going on, Martino?

l've been following you, Senor.

-That's what Javier tells me. -Yeah.

Why don't you telI me what's going on?

And what are you up to?

Think you guys are really something, don't you?

Slick Miami spics

come up here to fleece these dumb New Yorkers.

Go sneaking around behind the boss's back, spying on his wife.

You think l'm on medication, huh?

Just 'cause l'm white

don't mean l'm dumb.

-l don't think that. Calm down. -Calm down?

Oh, okay, I'II calm down.

Hey, can you believe this greaseball?

Fuck it!

You need a light?

l'm sorry if we offended you.

We're only here to help Councilman Brice.

You just remember that.

"The next day seemed endless to her.

She went out into her garden and walked up and down the same paths

over and over again, stopping in front of

the flower beds, staring in amazement at all those familiar

things from the past.

How long ago the baIl seemed already.

Why was there such a great distance between this evening

and the morning of the day before yesterday?

Her trip to La Vaubyessard had made a gap in her life

but she managed to resign herself.

She opened her drawer and put away the clothes she had worn at the ball

including even her satin slippers,

whose soles were yellow from the slippery wax of the dance floor.

Remembering the baII became an occupation for her.

Every Wednesday morning she said to herself as she woke

'Aweek ago...

two weeks ago...

three weeks ago, l was there!'

And little by little

the faces became confused to her memory.

She forgot the melody of the quadrilles,

she could no longer picture the liveries and the room so clearly,

some of the details vanished,

but her longing remained."

You'd better hurry if you're going to the city with your husband.

Oh, I decided not to.

Mark's all right on his own.

Besides, l've got to catch up on my paperwork.

ArnoId House.

ManueI Esquema.

I'm sorry, Mr. Esquema is not here right now.

Would you like to leave a message?

No, thank you.

Ain't you got that nice fruity little pink ensemble?

How you doing?

Do you have a room available?

Do you have a room in here?

Have you been here before?

No, but l look like l been here before.

Many years in the sun.

lt's okay. l'll pay cash.

ls anybody there?

Who is it?

Who is it?

lt's you, isn't it?

That's your car.

Answer or l'm going to call the police.

Don't.

Don't what?

Don't call the police.

What are doing here?

l came...

for you.

Do you think I care whether your husband goes to jail or not?

You're all I care about.

l came here for you.

l've been thinking about you...

all...

the time.

-l... -Don't say anything.

You wilI never be loved

the way you are now.

You never have been

and you never will be.

Alan!

Oh, God!

Alan.

Oh, l've missed you!

Hey, my friend.

This is terrible for your skin, you know that?

What the fuck? Fuck, how did you get in here?

l came in, you know?

ls Iike I say you can't believe what the manufacturers say.

lf it makes you tan, it has to give you cancer, you know?

You're gonna be getting a foot up your ass in a minute.

-Get the hell out of here! -You're gonna put a foot up my ass?

Get the hell out of here, mother! You are fucking dead!

Fuck!

Fuck!

Alan Riply,

believe it or not.

Son of a bitch!

lf you give the poIice a description of me,

l will find you and kill you.

Look down!

It's amazing

what you remember.

l remember everything.

Your touch,

your smeIl,

you inside me.

l'm not a ghost.

lt was my fault.

l toId Mark about us.

After you were arrested,

he said things about you and...

l believed him.

l lived my life in regret.

You knew?

Yes.

l tried to hate you.

Perhaps I did.

Time passed.

l heard about Mark's problems...

l decided to come back.

To get revenge.

Out of curiosity.

So?

Have you satisfied it?

Your curiosity?

Or am l part of the revenge?

Even when I thought l no Ionger cared for you...

I still did.

Do you remember...

when you said we could just go away?

Just take off?

"You know, people do it all the time," you said.

Let's just do it.

We'll start over. ReaIly start over.

PeopIe do it all the time.

Hello, this is Mark Brice. Please Ieave me a message after the tone.

Thank you.

Don't hurt him.

l don't want to be part of your revenge.

Can you promise me that?

Can you do that for me?

You're even finer than l imagined.

Nothing will keep me away from you this time.

Nothing.

You'll plead guilty to three counts of fraud,

"no lo contendere" to one count of conspiracy to commit fraud.

There'll be a press conference,

the D.A. will announce the plea agreement.

You'll be sentenced to 1 to 3 years.

You'll serve 10 months in Allenwood.

lt's a good deal,

considering your circumstances.

And if l don't agree, will l end up like Rick?

-lt's a good deaI, a very good deal. -l know.

Congratulations, SenorEsquema.

You'll have to testify.

What about the money?

You'll keep the Mt. Kisco house,

furnishings and cars.

ln addition you'll retain $300,000 in negotiable assets.

The rest of your assets, approximately

$600,000, will be assigned to me.

-$600,000? -$600,000.

Take it, Mark.

Well,

as l've never said l had the money, l can't complain about losing it.

All right. Okay.

You got a deal.

Let's drink to it.

Water, right?

-Bill, scotch? -Sure.

Thank you.

Oh, there's one other condition.

What is it?

Your wife.

What?

l would like to take your wife...

Ella...

from you.

What's going on?

What is this?

l love your wife. She loves me.

My wife loves you?

ls this a joke?

Is he serious?

Who this fucking Quasimodo think he is, Bill? Listen to me.

l've been taking shit from you because I have to take shit,

and l appreciate what you've done. But how dare you insult me?

Someone like her Iove someone like you? What gave you such an idea?

Ask her.

Ask your wife.

-What the hell is going on, BiII? -l don't know, Mark.

You know someone who does fingerprints, don't you?

-Find out who this guy really is. -l'll make a caII. We'll set him.

l was afraid something like this was gonna happen.

l'll need a complete set of identification.

Something AIl-American. CIean me out of all business affairs.

l'm no longer Manuel Esquema.

Keep 50% of the money.

l'll tell you where to send the rest.

Don't touch Brice.

-l wanted to whack that prick. -You know what resentment is?

lt's like taking poison

-and hoping the other guy dies. -Yeah, whatever you say.

Nothing like love to screw up a good thing.

l'll miss you.

Come on, Gato. What'll you do?

Drift around until we find someplace to settle.

-Maybe get into money markets. -You think you canjust do that?

Why not? l did it once before.

I've got an even better reason now.

Achange is good every 20 years or so.

You should try something else.

No, thank you. Crime has been very good to me.

You're a rich man now.

You're not a crook,

you're a capitaIist.

Give an endowment to a small coIlege.

They'll give you a degree, name a building after you.

As long as l don't have to vote in their damn elections...

Good luck, brother.

Ella!

Ella!

Ella!

Ella!

-No, you don't like that. -lt's merely music.

-l'll find something. -l Iike that.

What was that?

-That's nice. -You like that?

Yeah, that's good.

Good. Picture's off.

Are you all right?

Yes.

Sure?

Yeah, l'm sure.

How much farther?

Not far. Look, look at that.

What shall l call you?

I don't know, Iet me see... Alan.

l always liked Alan.

Ella, you're back.

Hello, cabana boy.

Fucking cabana boy.

Fucking twit cabana boy.

l should have kiIIed you myself.

-Want something done do it yourself. -l guess so.

Think what will happen to you.

I don't care what happens to me.

Fuck me!

You said your love was pure,

because you didn't care what happened to you,

right?

You wrote that.

"Pure as a single note, oblivious to consequence."

What does that make my hate? ls my hate pure?

l didn't recognise you.

But l remembered

those letters.

When l read them,

l knew l had to kill you.

lf hate was pure, you'd be dead.

l would have killed you long ago.

l'm going to kill you.

l'm going to kiII her,

and then myself.

We'II all die for love, you see?

-l'm a romantic too. See? -No.

You don't love her.

How dare you judge me, you lovesick little nobody?

l loved her

-in my own way. -Love isn't your "own way."

lt's either pure,

or selfish.

Once an asshole, always an asshole.

Your love is pure?

Yes.

Mark.

What's going on?

Where's Esquema?

Why didn't you tell me he was the cabana boy, EIIa?

Where is he?

Of course not. The better to humiliate me, right?

Alan! Where is he?

lt's too late.

No.

l won't lose him!

lt works.

No.

Say "I love you." One last time.

Say "I love you." One last time.

Say it, say it.

No.

No.

No.

No.

861, we have a 36-year-old male suffering from gunshot wounds,

one in upper right thigh, one right side of the neck...

Stay calm.

We're ready to move ahead.

They're expecting us.

Okay.

-We're on our way. -Come on.

Stay conscious.

Alan.

Alan. Oh, God. What's wrong?

-Stay conscious! -Alan. Alan.

lt's Ella.

Come on. Help me. Help me.

Come on, think back.

Remember Key Biscane?

Come on, try.

Alan...

Come on. l'm right here.

Remember?

Try. The hotel was on the beach.

lt was spring.

The sun shone every day.

You worked at the hoteI.

You were 23.

l was a cabana boy.

The season had just begun.

lt was my second year at the hoteI.

l was taking classes.

Javier was my friend.

l was visiting with my husband.

He was oIder than me.

We had onIy been married 8 months.

He was in politics.

I first saw you coming from the ocean.

You were wearing a white suit.

Jimmy Ruffin was singing on a beach radio.

You ordered water.

l watched for you everywhere.

I'd never done that before.

I'd never feIt that way before.

l realized that nothing would be the same.

l realized my life had changed.

l realized it would be important.

l reaIized

you wouId be

forever mine.