The first 200 lines.
Your true love always will be here at home.
Karla called it off.
It's always been Lyn for me.
Then why haven't you called Cruz?
I'm not going to stay here
to run a piece of shit bar, are you?
I'm prepared to get you an offer
that's going to cover both mortgages.
But I'm not selling. I could never do that to Vida.
Dilo en voz alta. Anda, make your petition.
Please forgive me, mami,
for not being here
and for not being good.
Quítate el vestido. Dámelo.
Sécate bien, mi'ja.
You have to find a street.
Una street that you will never ever cross again
and you leave this bag there.
Just like in the middle of the street?
No, mi amor, you find a trash can or a bush
or something you will never pass by again
and you leave the bag there.
-¿Entiendes? -Yeah, I think so.
This bag contains toda la porquería
that I just removed from you.
¿Porquería?
The porquería.
The muck that is all the sorrow and doubt que traías.
All the pain.
This limpia was like a shower for your spirit.
So...
Bag, trash, bush, street never to cross again.
-Got it. -Exacto.
This was amazing.
You needed it.
Not just because of your mamita.
You needed it for a long time.
Also...
I'm giving you this.
It will center you.
Keep it with you siempre.
I love a talisman. Thank you.
Here...
Mi'ja, just so you know, I removed everything.
Te saqué anything that has gotten
or is getting in your way.
I know. I already feel lighter than air.
Yes, because I took everything out.
All the porquería that's in there,
even if you had gotten used to it being there.
I know. That's exactly why I came.
You're the absolute best, Doña Lupe. Gracias.
Emma!
I am an open vessel of openness.
I don't even know what...
Lupe just gave me the best freakin' limpia of my life.
Better than any ayahuasca I've ever done.
I feel, like, changed.
Emma, everything is going to be fine.
Even you are going to be fine!
Not everything, Lyn.
I just met with another developer
and the best deal they can offer us
has us barely breaking even.
But that's what we want, right?
To not owe anything?
Well, I would like to see us make some money off of it...
if we do get rid of this place.
Oh, Emma, don't be so ungrateful with the Universe
when it's sending us a solution.
Lyn, you get that this means we don't fight for it, right?
We let it all go. We say our goodbyes.
But that's what you want.
You don't want to be here.
So I don't see how this isn't the best news ever.
Everything that's not meant to be in your life should go.
So say your goodbyes.
Quit being so chicken shit...
Man, I'm going to send you back to El Rancho, fool.
Siguen con el soccer, uh?
There's no TV time outs and shit.
It's the number one sport in the world.
It's true.
They run around for 90 minutes.
Those guys are real athletes.
-Hey. -Oh, hey.
Quiubole, Lyn?
Want me to get you something to drink?
No, thank you.
You're not at work.
No. I finished early.
Were you going to text me?
Of course.
Eddy, you should invest in a TV for the bar,
that way we can all watch the "fut" for ourselves.
Yeah, and then you want me to invest in ESPN
and I don't got that cable-money.
Ah! Bien coda la Eddy!
Coda!
Hey, hey. You want to come up?
Nah, not right now. I'll come by later.
Let's see what you got, Juanito.
Okay. Get ready to take out your cartera, homie.
That's a heavy cartera for his dollar.
I mean... I was...
I was not expecting to get this text tonight.
I know.
I just got so used to you ignoring my texts,
I thought that...
I can't believe I fell asleep. I never fall asleep.
Well, you did. And it was so peaceful.
I should go.
I have to clear out crap from the bar
so it doesn't look like a total pigsty
when this developer comes through for a walk-through.
So you're still thinking of getting rid of the building?
Of course. I think I found this buyer
who will let us break even
so that we don't have to sell the building at a loss.
And you're not feeling conflicted at all
about selling?
I mean, that building is sort of your legacy, Emma.
It's what your family built.
What exactly did my family build?
It's a fucking dive bar.
It's not just a dive bar.
It's the only place in the neighborhood where
mujeres like me, girls like us can go.
Please, a few days ago you and your squad of queers
were turning up at a neighborhood place.
I don't want to hear it.
They tolerates us, that's about it.
I know when I walk into your mom's bar, I feel safe.
It's so insane to me that the woman who sent me away
for being who she turned out to be...
It's crazy that she made the bar into what it is.
It doesn't even compute.
I know. But she did it.
And now you can't take that away from us.
You see, this is exactly why I don't do
the whole "morning after thing,"
because then people think they have a right
to say what you can and can't do.
What people? I'm not just "people."
Cruz, don't get it twisted, okay?
Any of this.
I know you want to do that thing where you take off
but you're not doing that.
Emma, hold up. Hold up.
I overstepped. I'm sorry.
Don't leave in a huff. Please.
Just...
Hey...
Mmm...
Okay. See
It was lovely seeing you.
I hope we do it again.
Hey, I'm going to get you some Jarritos, fool.
No, Tecate.
Eddy
Here comes the fun one.
Whoa.
Do you have any of that paint left over?
I want to do some touch ups.
Make it a little bit more presentable.
Yeah, we still do, but it might be all dry
'cause we've had it for forever.
Can you bring it out and show it to me?
Yup.
I'm going to start tossing out some of that shit
from under the stairs.
It's all a fire hazard.
Zas, culeras!
You're always cheating.
You know, it's deceiving 'cause you look puny,
pero 'tas bien strong.
Who are you calling puny? I do interval training.
-In Chi-cago? -Yeah.
You like it in Chicago, ¿verdad?
Yeah, I do. I mean, for the most part.
'Ta bien cold.
Fucking freezing.
What is that cerdo doing here?
Hello, Miss Emma.
Hello, Eddy.
You're not welcomed here, rata de dos patas.
I heard you went and saw my friends at Fredrich & Booster.
Heard you had a nice talk with them?
Why don't you go inside?
I'll see what this pendejo wants.
I'm not leaving you alone with this asshole.
Don't worry, I speak fluent "Asshole."
I'll get rid of him. Come on.
Watch yourself, Nelson.
Don't make me come out here with a bat.
Ay, qué intenso, Eddy.
It's okay. Go.
I have nothing to say to you,
except you need to get off my property.
Tranquilita, mi Emma.
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