The Innocent (El inocente)

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Isma! I'm leaving.

- What? - I'm going home.

- No, the party's just begun. - I have a race on Sunday. I'm going.

- No, Mat. Don't leave. - See you at home.

Go to sleep.

- Thank you. - You're welcome.

Hey there.

Got a light?

No, I don't.

What's up?

Come with me.

Marcos.

Hey, Isma, tell your brother to stop bothering my friend.

I dunno. Looks like she's having a great time to me.

You don't get outta here, I'll fuck you up.

- Forget it. - Shut up, Daniel.

- Hugo, forget it. - Shut it. Are you deaf or what?

Let's step outside. Come on.

Isn't that your brother?

- Hey, Gonzalo. - What's up, Isma? Are you leaving?

These guys are. They're fucking with my brother.

You son of a bitch! I will break your fucking face!

- Come here - Hey, Isma!

Get out of my face.

You hear me? Get out!

- Hey! - Fucking son of a bitch.

Come here if you got balls.

Always the same.

Want to go back in?

Oops!

- Sorry, didn't mean it. - The fuck's wrong with you?

- What are you doing? It was an accident. - Back up.

- Don't touch me, asshole. - Stop!

Get out of the way.

- Let go of me! Let me fucking go! - Stop! Stop it!

Mat!

- Mat, leave him! It's not worth it! - Go back inside! Go back inside!

Come on, man. Go inside!

Mat!

Motherfucker!

Hey, be careful.

Get the fuck off. Let me go!

Stop!

- Stop it! - Knock it off. Stop! Stop it!

Fucking stop now! All of you!

Your name is Mateo Vidal,

but everybody calls you Mat.

You were just a college student.

And you never wanted to kill him.

Limited liability companies…

That morning, you were just another law student.

Yes?

Your brother convinced you to study with him.

Yes, tonight we party! Get dressed up.

That was the first day of the rest of your life.

No, no! Mat! Mat!

Okay.

POLICE

You wanted to hug his parents

and tell them you never meant to hurt their son.

- That you felt their pain. - Dani!

Dani!

His name was Dani.

You have to be strong.

Today, you still find it hard to say his name.

I was outside holding my beer, and he came up to me…

The trial didn't go as you expected.

Next thing I knew, I had his friends…

All anybody saw was you got into a fight

and a boy ended up dead.

Mateo Vidal Rivera, I sentence you to four years in prison

for negligent homicide.

Four years in prison.

The maximum sentence.

But that won't be your only sentence.

No.

For the first time, you understand what fear really is.

Inside, you have to forget everything you've learned.

Being top of the class is no use in there.

Out of the way, kid.

You ask what would've happened if you hadn't met that girl

and gone back to the party.

If you'd just left.

You become strong.

And you have to man up for the life that awaits you.

We wanted to tell you that you're going to be an uncle!

Your brother reminds you that outside the world keeps turning.

You trick yourself into thinking that one day you might have a place in it.

But the first furlough you're given is another sad day in your life.

Your parents were tragically killed in a car accident,

and they're buried in your hometown,

the place they left so you could have a future.

To Mom and Dad.

And the place you had to come back to

- to find your future. - You know her?

Her name is Olivia Costa, and you spend the night with her.

You have fun with her and agree to meet the next day.

But what you don't tell her

is you're on furlough and you gotta go back to prison.

You picture her waiting.

You want to hold onto that image,

convinced it'll be the last one you'll ever have of her.

But you're wrong.

Because three months out of jail, Isma hires you as a paralegal at his firm.

He asks you to select candidates for a case.

And there she is.

- Miss Costa… - After two years,

he never forgot her.

She hadn't forgotten you.

Olivia tells you how she's been these last couple of years.

You tell her a bunch of lies to explain why you didn't show up that day.

You want to live inside this bubble forever.

She gives you hope for the future.

Finally you think all's gonna be just fine.

But happiness is fleeting.

One morning, like any other, Isma is going to work

when he's hit by a stroke.

You feel that life is punishing you,

and you have to accept who you are

if you wanna leave your past and time in prison behind you.

You tell her you'd understand if she didn't wanna be with you.

But she does.

Four years later…

I'm pregnant?

Yes.

Four weeks.

So, what's next?

We'll do an ultrasound. If Olivia's okay with doing it here…

Yes! I didn't have a regular gynecologist…

- Okay. - Sure.

I'll ask a few questions to complete your record with us.

- I'm sorry, its... - Take it.

- You sure? - Of course.

Mrs. Abellán? Hello.

Yes. No, I can't understand when you talk so fast.

Mm-hmm.

No, I think it'll take a few months before they foreclose anything.

Look, tomorrow we can talk in my office, okay?

Good. No, don't worry.

Bye.

Four-thirty. In the OR. I'll be in my office.

I'll be right there.

TWO MONTHS LATER

You'll love this neighborhood. It's very quiet.

- Yes, we're familiar with it. - Great.

The house has central air, doors and windows are aluminum,

with double glazing and thermal break.

You can take a look around if you want. There's no hurry.

- Thank you. - Very kind.

- I'll wait in the kitchen. - Perfect.

Think the baby will like it?

Do you know what I like?

Me.

Well, yes.

Let's look at the bedroom.

This is incredible. There's light everywhere.

Look, honey, this can be the walk-in closet.

Come look.

Over there is Mara's house.

Baby's cousins are close.

I can't think of a better place to raise our family.

If we're gonna move, we should do it pronto,

'cos my belly's gonna get all big.

I don't know who it is.

- Yes? - Is this Olivia Costa?

Yes, that's me.

I'm sorry, honey, it's work.

Yes, go on.

What?

I'll be there.

- When will you be back? - On Friday.

Inés hasn't sent my schedule yet. Don't even know where I'm staying.

Luckily, it's Berlin. It could've been worse.

- Are you sure you have to go? - It's a short flight. It'll be fine.

The German consulting firm wants me there.

Mat, what's wrong?

- I have to go, honey. - Yeah, I know.

It's not that, I'm sorry.

I saw Hugo,

the guy who picked the fight with my brother.

He was with Eva.

The girl who caused the whole thing.

They're together.

And I saw that they live across the street from the house we like.

That's a fluke, isn't it?

- I don't care about her, but he... - Babe.

It's okay if it's weird.

We can keep looking.

I don't want to keep looking.

I like that house.

Okay. Can you order me some sushi while I shower?

Oh, wait, I can't! I keep forgetting. It's raw fish.

HELLO, MAT

SHALL WE MEET TOMORROW?

OUR USUAL SPOT? I NEED TO SEE YOU

YES, SEE YOU TOMORROW. XOXO

- I hope the meeting goes well, okay? - Okay, thank you.

- I'll call you when I get there. - Knock them dead.

- I love you. - I love you too.