CHAPTER II
WHICH TELLS OF HOW PETRA WAS INTRODUCED INTO JAUME'S WORLD
Tired after your journey?
No, I spent a night in Barcelona.
-I see, much better. -Yes.
-Otherwise it's very long. -Yes.
-This way? -Yes.
-Thanks. -This is the room.
-It's lovely. -Yes.
It's big.
I put a quilt on, it's not cold now but it gets chilly at night.
-Ok. -What's more, this room is a little...
This part of the house is damper.
-You can tell. -If it bothers you, just take it off.
Great.
-There's a wardrobe through there. -Ok.
-And the chest. -Can I use it?
-Yes, of course. -All right.
The bathroom is there. You have it all to yourself.
-Ok. -We don't get many guests.
-No guests? -Not normally, no.
-I'm staying for quite a few days. -That's great.
I like your name.
-You do? -Petra, it's beautiful.
-My mother liked old names. -Yes.
-Yours was...? -Teresa.
-Yes.
-All right, thank you. -You're welcome.
That's what I'm here for. Get settled in.
I'll be in the kitchen, we can continue later.
-Ok, I'll come find you. -Bye.
Bye.
-Hello. -Hi, how are you?
Good.
Do you fancy anything?
No, I'm fine.
Help yourself to anything from the fridge...
Just help yourself. -Ok.
-This looks fantastic. -Yes.
Anything you like in particular? Or anything you don't eat?
-I eat everything. -You do? Great.
Jaume and Marisa's dining room is the big one.
They eat there.
You can eat with them if you want. -Ok.
If you're not eating here one day, just let me know.
Of course.
Shall I help you? -No, thank you.
No, enjoy this beautiful day. I'll bring you something.
-Ok. -All right?
-Thank you, Teresa. -Not at all.
Hello?
-Hello. -Hello, I'm Petra.
I just arrived.
Did they say? I'll be here a few weeks
doing an artistic residency with Jaume.
Yes, they told me but I didn't remember when it was.
Teresa just showed me the room.
-Do you like it? -Yes, it's great.
The house is beautiful.
It's a little big, right?
Teresa is fantastic.
Yes, she's lovely.
You're Jaume's wife, right? -Yes.
I'm Marisa.
-Nice to meet you. -And you.
I don't think anything can be learnt from Jaume.
-Nothing? -Nothing.
Maybe one thing:
how to make money.
-I see. -Yes.
Yes, it seems...
that he has money.
He does, yes he has... quite a lot.
-I'm not really interested in that... -Really?
-No. -Not interested in money?
No.
Isn't everybody interested in money?
I am.
I'm very interested in money.
-Really? -Yes.
Why?
Well, it provides a lot of things, it allows you a lot of things.
Yes, but it's precisely...
I mean, that's true, but it's not what I want from art.
What do you want from art?
Well...
The truth.
The truth?
What truth?
A truth... I don't know.
To use my work to find...
the truth.
Don't you think that you can use art to lie?
No, I do think you can lie. A lot of artists lie a lot.
-Of course. -But it doesn't interest me.
Well, then... you're in the wrong place.
Maybe.
Where is Jaume?
-He's around, you know? -Ok.
Sometimes he has dinner, lunch... We're together, or not.
He comes, he doesn't...
In this part you can see the pieces are more rough.
Here, they're painted and at the end more finished.
Jaume said to leave your things on that chair.
Ok.
All right. This is really big. -Yes.
-Is he here? -No, he's in Germany now.
Well, I'll get the boxes.
I'll help.
I didn't offer you anything. Want a glass of wine?
Ok, but don't open it just for me. I'm fine with beer.
No, it's open.
The bottle's over there, glasses in this cupboard.
Ok.
Want some? -Yes, please.
-Shall I leave it here? -Thanks.
And I'm doing a project which I really like
on graves from the Civil War.
-Can I see it? -I don't have that one, but I do have...
I have another series...
It's unpublished.
Where did I put it?
I don't know.
Look, there's this one.
Which is it?
This one features portraits and trips.
Beautiful.
Then I have...
Here.
This is a series I did in Argentina.
It's cool.
-Think I got it. -Really?
Yes.
I didn't see anything.
Yes, I did.
A rabbit.
-The way you live is strange. -You think so?
I do.
Everyone's up to their own thing.
Your mother eats alone, I don't know where your father is,
you have this house...
I suppose it's the only way to...
get on and put up with each other, you know?
If we were together all day long...
Right.
Maybe you're right.
Your mother complains a lot, but here she is.
My mother?
Before, my mother had more illusions, more dreams,
more energy, right now she's...
She's more subdued, and that's why
every time I've gone away, I've come back
for her, as well, a little.
-You get on well? -Yes.
You know what mothers are like, one day you get on, the next...
you want to... -Kill her, yes.
It's always like that with mothers.
It's not always easy.
It's worth it to be here.
I guess so. It's comfortable, look at this.
-Yes, this place is amazing. -How could I not be here?
What's your dad like?
My father? Good question.
Well, he's complex. He's...
It's hard to describe him, I don't know.
He can be charming.
He can be very perverse, very...
cruel.
-Cruel? -Yes. Yes.
-With you as well? Or in general? -With me...
He underrates me quite a lot. That's it.
Because I'm not like him, and...
And he doesn't... -He would like you to be like him?
For me to be an artist of his stature.
To be someone...
who will stand up to him.
And it's just not worth it for me.
To face up to him.
Everyone has their own way.
-So you keep your distance? -Yes.
Yes.
-It's not the best thing I've done. -You cook very well.
-I get by. -So you cook, you take photos...
That's it, that's where my repertoire ends.
Not bad.
Well, I'm not bad at mini-golf either.
-Mini-golf? -Yes, mini-golf.
-How useful. -Incredibly useful.
And you? What do you do?
-I like to dance. -What type of dancing?
Well, in my own way.
I dance everything and nothing.
-A special technique, or...? -Gosh, no.
If you want, I can dance a little here.
You mean, you'll dance here?
-Ok. -Yes.
So...
-You know? -That's fantastic.
That's absolutely incredible.
And you just get up and...
No warming up, or...?
It was amazing, let's toast your... -I'll serve myself some more.
To your talents.
-Hello. -Hello.
-Everything ok? -Yes.
-What are you doing? -I was working.
But you're filming yourself, for a film or something?
No, it's not a film, it's...
Nothing, I film the movements and...
I use them to draw after.
Cool.
Can I try?
What?
Do something and you film and draw me, if you want?
Well...
The work is based on my body, but...
-I know, but... -Ok. Try, if you want.
Really? I can do this.
Things like that.
Ok? -If you want to, let's go.
You're good there.
Ok, whenever you want.
Good.
You know, I'm famous in the area for having dismembered
more than 500 women?
There's a lake back there, and...
I tell them a story, I take them back to the lake,
I make something up...
and then I drown them, all of the bodies are there.
Shit.
-Fancy seeing it? -I really do.
-Yes. -I thought so.
I knew it, it's always like this.
-I'll gather their bodies. -Oh?
-Maybe. -You could catalogue them.
Might be something interesting. -There are a lot.
But you might also end up...
in the lake.
-Running a risk, right? -There's always the risk.
It's up to you. -Ok.
Let's go. -Really?
No?
You don't want to?
Did I say something...
I'm sorry.
Is it the lake?
No, sorry. It...
It can't happen. This can't happen.
CHAPTER III
WHICH TELLS OF TERESA'S SUICIDE
Lucas?
-Juanjo? -Yes.
Hi, come in.
Be right there.
What is it?
Hello, look, I wanted to ask you a favour.
-Go ahead. -It's for Pau.
Yes.
You know him well and...
you know that he's smart and very skilled
with his hands, but...
he just doesn't seem passionate about anything
or focused.
He hasn't had much luck either.
Look, Teresa and I were thinking
that you could use him to work the land
or to fix broken things.
But, Juanjo, I...
I can't give him work, I don't have...
I've no way to pay him... -Teresa and I had thought,
maybe you could talk to your father.
-My father? -Yes, maybe he could be a helper
in the workshop, for example, to help him.
Juanjo, do you know what you're asking?
Have him work with my father?
I know, we've thought of nothing else.
I know, but...
Have him go to Barcelona empty-handed and without work?
Show him. Trolley to the left.
Lower, lower, lower...
Lower, lower...
Ok. -No.
Just like I said, it doesn't have enough volume
because the arch has to go more...
-How about we try... -Let's see.
Try on the other side. -Trolley forward.
More, now to the left.
No, too much.
-No? -Too much.
Bring it forward.
Trolley forward.
Let's see, put it here.
Now bring it down. -Down.
Down.
Ok? Now to the left.
Left.
More.
No, Juanjo. No.
It doesn't have enough volume.
Yes, but we don't need anybody.
Lucas, we don't need anybody.
Juanjo has too much work.
He could use some help in the forest,
in the workshop and elsewhere.
Look, Juanjo needs routine, if we change his routine,
you've messed up my whole system.
The man can't have a helper,
he works very well, and he does his own work.
Do it for them, then.
For Juanjo and Teresa.
So that the boy's not at home, it's not easy to find work...
The topic of solidarity
with others, when I'm the one who's paying,
listen, I don't like it.
He would need to be paid.
Of course he would.
What should I say?
Good things come at a price.
Look.
You know what?
It's like this. Teresa wants the favour, so have her come and ask.
Why Teresa?
She's Pau's mother, isn't she?
Have you finished, Jaume?
I'm done.
-How was the lamb? -Wow...
It was delicious. -Really?
I'll tell the kitchen, they'll be happy.
-Very good. -Coffee, dessert, anything else?
Yes, I'll have... neither coffee nor dessert,
I'll have a shot. -Of course, of what?
Of Marc de Cava.
-Chilled? -Chilled, yes.
-Right away. -Thank you.
You won't tell my husband, will you?
You're still hot for your age.
Enjoy yourself?
No.
I did.
Very much so.
The truth is, sex for the sake of it
doesn't interest me.
Sex without humiliation
doesn't work.
So, when I felt your pain,
then I could come at ease.
It's been years since that happened.
You won't tell him, will you?
Juanjo?
Don't worry.
He has enough:
an easy woman and a useless son.
In any case, I've thought of something better.
I'll tell Pau.
That'll wake him up.
Knowing what a mother must do
to give her son a future.
Come in.
I'm having breakfast. Coffee?
No, thank you.
-Sure? -Yes.
Anything else? Some toast?
-No. Have you seen Teresa? -No, why?
Juanjo is looking for her.
She took the car yesterday and didn't show up today.
-Since yesterday? -Yes.
He's worried. He said she's never done this before,
hasn't seen her. -It's strange.
I'll finish my breakfast and be right over.
-Ok. -Ok?
-Ok. See you. -See you in a minute.
-What? -Know anything about Teresa?
Teresa? No.
Haven't seen her?
No.
You met with her yesterday, right?
Yes, I was with her in Can Rafalet.
What happened?
Was it about Pau? -Yes, it was.
It was.
Pau is working now, in the house.
Just like that? Nothing else?
Well, I fucked her first.
Why did you do that?
In life, favours are paid with favours.
You're a pig.
She didn't put up a fight.
I didn't see...
anything special.
That's it? Nothing else?
Well, I promised her I wouldn't tell Juanjo
and I'll keep my word.
She got dressed and left.
Go ahead, Z28 for dispatch.
We've found the body, it's by a cliff which is hard to access,
phone the police court please
to let them know and ask the Judge if we have permission to move the body.
Please let me know when you have news.
When the ceremony ends, I'll get my things and go.
-Go? -Yes.
Where?
Away from here.
You've left 50 times, then you come back.
So what?
These things don't impress me.
This time I'm going forever.
Really?
I don't believe it.
Don't, then.
I'm going, because if I stayed...
I would kill you.
That's a good one.
You don't have the balls to kill me.
If you know everything, there's no point in talking.
Know what? Go. Get out.
Go.
Thank you.
CHAPTER I
WHICH TELLS OF THE ILLNESS AND DEATH OF PETRA'S MOTHER
Now, this one, ok?
One moment.
-Right. -It went in, right?
Yes.
How do you feel? Better?
What can I say? I'm tired.
That's normal.
That's normal, Julia. -I'm sick of being here.
I always said that I wasn't scared of death.
I would have liked to... I don't know...
To do a degree.
To travel.
I'd like to have grandchildren. -You will.
-Hello. -Hello, love.
-Hi, Petra, how are you? -How are you?
-Very good. -How are you?
Good.
Mum?
How are you? -Good.
-I brought what you asked for, ok? -Great.
And one more thing...
Look what I found.
You sure do know me.
You look exhausted. Do you want another coffee?
Or a walk to clear your head?
No, I've already had three coffees today.
Don't have more then, go for a walk with Andrea.
It would do you good.
Yes, in a while.
How do you feel?
All of this worries me.
I'm worried I can't speak to her.
My mum keeps it all inside.
The topic of my father, I mean...
It's taboo.
She's said nothing all these years?
-Never. -Impossible.
When she fell pregnant, I asked her.
She hadn't even told me she was pregnant.
But I noticed, and I asked her, and then...
she dug her heels in, didn't want to tell me anything,
told me to stop asking.
Maybe if you ask her now, if you try.
I think that would be...
difficult.
Very difficult.
Try it, I don't know.
Don't ever ask me again.
It's Petra who wants to know.
I don't care. Don't ask me about it.
It's very important to her.
Don't ask me again. End of story, that's it.
Fine.
So be it.
Anything else to eat, Mum?
No, I'm not hungry.
-Are you sure? -Yes.
You've hardly eaten.
I don't want Aunt Nieves to come.
Today?
No, to the hospital.
To the hospital?
She bores me.
What do you mean, Mum?
-Being with her tires me out. -Tires you out?
Why? What happened? -Nothing.
Well then?
-She's been here a lot, I don't want... -What do you mean?
I don't want to see her.
Aunt Nieves loves you. She's been here since day one.
Exactly, she's been a lot. I love her, too, but...
She mustn't come.
Ok? -Mum?
-You tell her. -No, I won't tell her.
How can I tell her that?
I want to leave.
-To leave? -Yes.
Go for a stroll?
No, I want to leave the hospital.
But...
I don't know, Mum.
We can't go yet.
Yes, we can go whenever we want.
The doctors might not agree.
Of course they will.
I can discharge myself when I want.
I don't think it works like that, Mum.
I do.
I don't want to die here.
-Mum? -No, it's nothing...
I just want to get out of here. -Maybe there are other...
I don't know...
Petra, no. I want to leave.
-Do you want to go home? -No.
To the countryside.
Not too far, to the mountains.
Well, if you want, I'll talk to the doctors. I'll ask.
As soon as you can.
Don't be angry with Aunt, ok?
I asked her to talk to you.
I'm so thirsty, can you bring me some water?
-Good sandwich, right? -Yes.
Delicious.
Fancy a walk later?
-Yes. -Over there.
Yes.
-This goes round, right? -What?
It crosses over there, right?
I think so.
I'm a little worried that you won't be ok.
I'm fine.
I like your face.
I always have done. -Really?
Thank goodness, Mum.
Just imagine!
-You still want to know? -Yes, I always have, you know that.
Now, even more.
Now that mum's not here.
I don't know, I need...
to know where I'm from.
It's my identity.
It might hurt you.
You don't know what you'll find. -We'll see then.
But this is worse.
Don't you remember a name? A place?
I remember the group of friends that she had
at that time, at the beginning of the 80s.
And...
But I can't think of any names right now.
She had a close friend,
maybe I can ask
another girl who was her friend,
whose contact details I do have.
CHAPTER IV
WHERE JAUME TELLS PETRA HE'S NOT HER REAL FATHER
Petra.
What do you think of me? -As an artist?
As a person.
I don't know you as a person yet.
Don't want to say?
It's not that I don't want to, I haven't formed an opinion.
Look, one of the things I hate most in the world:
victimhood.
I hate it.
I hate it, in life.
-Are you saying that because of me? -No.
In general.
In general, and above all my son, Lucas,
who is an example of just that.
But Lucas hasn't fallen into victimhood, has he?
Look, me...
when I was 14 years old,
I became an orphan, and my brother kicked me out.
From then on, I had to wake up.
Since then, I have gone about creating all of this.
I made money from doing this,
bought my parents' estate from my brother,
and I put him in an old people's home.
That's me.
Yeah, that's you.
Thanks to my brother, for denying me everything.
I'm going to the foundry, coming?
-Do you want me to come? -Yes, yes.
That way you'll learn.
Ok.
That's professionalism.
Were you on holiday when we did calculations? I don't see
how this can have happened after doing so many...
-We've done 80. -And it had to be Paris,
the place which shows our name to the whole world, we fail there.
That's the worst that can happen.
For an architect, professionalism...
If an architect's house falls down, there isn't another,
even if he did 99 good ones. -But you knew this could happen.
We said the calculations were tight. -Everything that leaves the workshop,
leaves the workshop.
For everyone, don't get me started on tight calculations.
That is your only responsibility.
-We know, Jaume. -It's not just our responsibility...
You need to go to Paris, now.
-Right now. -Next Monday...
Next Monday? This afternoon, or tomorrow morning, at least.
Because in Paris... Just think, as each hour passes, it's worse for us.
-But we told you, you knew... -Just let it go.
In Paris, every hour that goes by, it's worse for us,
for me, and for you. We cannot waste even five minutes.
Hello.
I'm looking at your work.
What do you think?
It's weak.
Weak...
It's too intimist.
Claustrophobic, enclosed... closed around yourself.
You look at yourself too much.
This can't be successful.
Why are you like this?
What's wrong with you? -It has no guts.
Guts... I see.
It's been created as therapy for you,
without thinking about the audience.
Do you know why I'm here?
No.
Why?
I think you're my father.
Your father?
Why do you think that?
I'm Julia Ramírez's daughter.
Julia Ramírez?
Julia Ramírez's daughter...
That's why you're here?
Yes.
-Hi, Juanjo. -Hello.
-How are you? -Keeping busy.
Not great.
And Pau?
Worse. He's taken it worse.
It's still recent.
Yes.
So recent, and it was horrible.
It's not the same, but...
I'm still getting over my mother's death,
I don't know.
He needs time, I guess.
Can I tell you something?
Yes, of course.
I've wanted to tell you for a while.
I think you should leave here as soon as you can.
Why do you say that?
I don't know.
You're a nice girl, but...
Nothing good will come from here.
Nothing good can come from Jaume.
Sorry, maybe... -No, it's fine.
What do you make of Petra?
She's nice, right?
I think she's intelligent.
Have you seen my brown hat,
the one with the white ribbon?
-No, I haven't. -No?
No.
Never mind.
I'll ask Nabila.
Maybe she put it away somewhere.
Do you know why I'm eating with you?
No idea.
Enlighten us.
Petra thinks that I'm her father.
It wouldn't surprise me, you always enjoyed straying.
But I'm not her father.
I think you are.
Why?
My mother's friend gave me your name, she knew you back then.
She spoke of you. -And your mother?
No, my mother never wanted to.
The topic was taboo.
I'm not your father.
I met your mother
in the summer of 1985 in Cadaqués.
She already had a baby.
-The summer of 1985? -Yes.
When were you born?
-November, 1984. -There you go.
She had a baby. Do you have a sister?
No.
Well...
I'm not your father.
You'll have to look for him somewhere else
because she already had a baby, which was you,
when she was with me.
He's had a lot of affairs, as have I, of course.
Those were other times...
Hello, Lucas.
No, nothing's wrong. I'm fine.
I'll call you another time, ok?
Ok.
Ciao, see you.
CHAPTER VI
WHICH TELLS OF HOW JAUME LIED
AND THE CONSEQUENCES WHICH ENSUED
I'm thinking of dropping the graves project.
Really?
Yes, I'm getting no answer from either side,
and I need to earn some money.
Get the project moving a little, you'll get answers.
-I don't know whether it's that good. -It is.
I love it, you know that, you can't just drop it.
I know, but if I have to start to work,
doing any old thing,
I don't know if I'll be able to give it the time I'd like to.
Then we'll do something else,
I don't know, money will come in.
-Think so? -Of course.
Don't drop it.
What you're doing is important.
It's ok, it's ok...
It's all right.
Isn't yours a little big?
Let's cut it in half.
It's an amazing necklace.
Here.
It broke, look!
Pick it up.
What's that?
A "K"!
Your sister's coming, right?
Isn't your sister coming this weekend? -Yes, she is.
On Saturday.
Yes, on Saturday. -What are your plans?
I don't know.
She's not staying for long.
I don't know where we're going.
If you want we can organize a dinner at home.
-Really? -Yes, no problem.
Then I can meet her.
-What's this? -A cake!
A giant cake!
This is really boring.
Hello.
Remember me? -Yes.
Don't you feel like it?
I'm tired.
A little?
With those trousers which are so...
suggestive.
Come here.
-Hello. -Hello, how may I help?
I have a reservation, the name is Jaume Navarro.
-Perfect, your ID, please? -Of course.
Thank you.
Great.
Perfect.
Your room is number 107.
Why are you here?
-Is Lucas coming? -No.
That's a shame, it involves him too.
He's not coming.
All right.
Despite everything, it still involves him, he'll see.
Look,
I've come because, Petra, you are my daughter.
-What? -You're my daughter.
What are you saying?
The truth.
-The truth? -The truth, yes.
I don't believe you.
When your application arrived,
your insistence intrigued me,
so I did my research...
and saw that you were Julia Ramírez's daughter.
I had a relationship with Julia Ramírez 33 years ago.
You said she already had a daughter.
I lied to you.
-You lied? -It was strategic.
-Strategic? What do you mean? -To find out more about you.
I don't believe you.
I don't know why I came... -Look,
I have proof which might convince you.
I have photos from the time,
from 1984.
Here, your mother with me.
From 1984.
Your mother expecting,
expecting you.
Two more of your mother at that time.
Look closely, Petra.
It's impossible. It can't be true.
You believe him?
I don't know.
I don't know what to think.
I'm going back, I don't feel well, ok?
Come down when she wakes up.
Petra, wait. Let's go down together when she wakes up.
We can talk it all over. -I don't want to talk now.
See you later, ok?
Great, thank you.
-Does Petra still paint? -No.
She gives classes now.
-I think that's best for her. -Why?
She paints, but I don't think she would be successful.
Is this the baby's chair? -Yes.
-And where is she? -She's not here.
Why do this to me?
Look, whenever Petra wants,
I'll do a DNA test
and the paternity will be sure.
I didn't say before
because you never know the best time to interrupt
this false happiness that you've created.
Get out of my house.
Don't worry,
I've said what I had to say.
I'll finish my tea,
and I'll go back home.
You don't have the balls to kill me.
CHAPTER V
WHICH TELLS OF THE EARLY STAGES OF THE LOVE BETWEEN PETRA AND LUCAS
-So Berlin was good? -Very good indeed.
I really wanted to go, I was there for two months in the end.
Right.
I wanted to discuss what happened with my father, it was all a bit crazy.
Crazy...
Well, I don't know.
The details I had been given matched.
My mother's friend
had told me about him and shown me a photo, and...
that's all I had.
I had to try. -Of course.
Will you keep looking now? -Yes, I will.
I don't know where, I don't have much information, but...
I want to know who he is.
At least you know where not to look now.
-That's something. -It is.
I don't think I can expect anything great
or my mother would've said something.
You never know.
The best thing is that we met.
Yes, that's great.
I'm sorry about...
the way I handled it.
It's done, it doesn't matter.
No hard feelings.
Really?
It's fine. Everything's ok.
How's work going?
-Fine... -Do you like it?
Yes.
Well, it's quiet.
Basically I have to follow
Jaume's instructions and directions,
word for word, he wants everything a certain way, and that's that.
I miss that place sometimes.
The countryside, the forest, the walks...
-You should come. -Hunting, above all.
-Me too. -You don't hunt?
No, not anymore.
I don't go, because... -Not even with your dad?
No, my dad doesn't...
What?
My dad doesn't feel like it
and I don't want to ask him or anything either.
He's fine, but he doesn't do...
Well, he's taking it easy, doing his own thing but...
has no aspirations for much else.
-He's come to a bit of a standstill? -Yes, a little.
But he's fine, I'm not that worried really.
But, still...
How are things for you around here? -Good.
Very good, I'm happy.
I'm seeing Petra.
-Petra? -Yes.
Yes, we called each other, we met up
and, little by little, we're seeing each other
and I think it's the best thing to happen to me lately.
-That's great! -Yes.
-Petra's really cool. -We get on well.
-It looks like you're in love. -I don't know.
-It just doesn't work. -Well, to be honest...
-Yes. -Even the term itself, right?
In the end, it turned into "low cost",
and it's not low cost, it's low price, but then the cost is very high.
Simply beauty for beauty's sake.
-The planet is for the workers. -Totally.
Beauty in inverted commas, right?
As if there's no truth, there's no beauty.
-No truth, no beauty? -Yes.
Sometimes that's true, for sure.
Totally.
Lucas, Petra told me
that Jaume Navarro is your father and I'm a fan,
have been for ages, and I wanted you to know.
I'm sure everyone says that to you, but I couldn't help...
telling you, as you're right here.
I told her you might not want to discuss him.
-For goodness sake! -It's an acknowledgement.
I couldn't resist.
I really liked your friends.
-You did? -Yes.
-They had fun with you. -Really?
Sorry about the questions they asked you: your father...
It's fine, it's normal.
Do you mind if I sleep over?
Yes.
-You mind?
Imagine that. I love you staying.
It's only really because of the bed, you know?
It's not the company. -Of course, the bed.
You like it, don't you? -I do.
-It's alright. -Yes.
-Do you need money? -No, I'll get by.
I can tell your father to send you something...
No, thank you. I don't want your money.
-Why? -Because it disgusts me.
That's why.
-It didn't before. -Not before, no.
It's different now.
I don't like Petra.
Why do you say that?
I didn't like how she infiltrated into the house.
She didn't.
She lied.
Just like we all do.
Well...
Don't we?
More or less.
24...
Knees: 165.
15.
Write it down.
Half
at 227.4.
Individual 10.
Left hemithorax area.
Coordinates?
-20. -5 metres.
520 cm.
20 cm: "X".
The "Y"?
A little more in that direction. There.
-110 cm. -110 cm? Ok.
Look, I just found a ring.
-Really? -Yes.
Leave it.
It's a seal ring, right?
Yes, looks like it.
Give it to me.
-Hey? -Yes?
Would you like to live in the country?
-In the country? -Yes.
Why?
Because I don't really want to stay in Madrid.
But you want us to go to...
When? -I don't know.
Soon.
You know Lucía, with the house in Buitrago?
Yes.
She told me there are places for rent at a good price...
I'm a little sick of being here.
What are you sick of?
I want to do other things. I want to give up art.
-Give up art? -Yes.
You can't give up art,
it's your life.
Not anymore, I don't feel like it is.
-You're not serious are you? -Yes, but it's no big deal.
-I want to do other things. -Like?
Who knows, look for something there...
that I like.
A change of scenery, have children...
-Have children? -Yes.
What you're saying is very serious. Having children...
-Let's have children. -That means forever.
Like it?
Beautiful. -Stunning.
What?
CHAPTER VII
WHICH TELLS OF PETRA'S NEW LIFE WITH JULIA
How about that stick?
Get another one?
Here.
Want to put it in there?
Here.
Let's go.
Three!
I'm going to get you! I'm going to get you!
I think you're right, let's take this one out.
-This one, right? -Yes.
Because this one is a little confusing.
It could be another place. -Yes.
We could be in Egypt, you know?
-Exactly. -I think so.
I'm hesitating between these two still lifes.
The one with the shoe...
Mentioning banality in this topic is horrible.
See, I like this hole.
I would leave it, because of the curve, the shape...
-Yes, that one's perfect. -It is?
-Perfect. -Ok.
It's important for the whole thing to be uniform,
not drawing the eyes to one point, that's what's important.
You have to fix that. -Ok.
Ok.
-Do you have a girlfriend? -Yes, I do.
It's almost been one year.
Great. Has your father met her?
No, I don't want to hurt her.
Who knows how long we'll be together, how it will end...
I don't want to worry or hurt her.
-Do you love her? -Yes.
Yes, a lot.
Good, you know where you're headed then.
By the way, the white marble? -Yes.
It's coming on Tuesday. A crane has to be arranged to unload it.
Shall I tell my dad to organise it?
No, you do it. Do everything, you take care of it.
-I should call the crane? -Everything, yes.
Ok.
That boy Pau,
I like him more each day, really.
He has initiative, he's hard-working, he helps me,
and I can really relax.
There's only one thing I don't understand:
how he was such good friends with Lucas.
Somebody with such initiative, and the other one, so idle.
Really...
I'm going to Madrid for a few days.
You just got here.
But you do whatever you want, love.
The land has gained perspective since clearing it.
If we put a sculpture here, it would look really nice.
I'm nervous.
I've been sleeping badly recently.
Marisa's visit makes me really anxious.
Why not tell her not to come?
I told her this is the last time.
I don't know.
It was bound to happen sooner or later, so...
And Julia?
Will she see her? -No.
Could you stay with her on Thursday afternoon?
She's her grandmother.
Shouldn't she see her?
It's just a few hours.
If you can't, don't worry. -No problem.
She can stay as long as you want.
Ok.
Thank you.
I want to see Julia.
Sorry, but you can't see her.
I need to.
It's all I have left.
No, Marisa.
I don't want her to have anything to do with you two.
-Please. -No.
-I feel bad. -You feel bad?
Terrible.
-I've little time... -It's the blame.
It's the blame.
It's an illness that has no cure.
What blame?
It's all my fault.
All of it.
What do you mean?
Lucas wasn't Jaume's son.
Wasn't Jaume's son?
No, I swear.
His father was a lawyer in Madrid.
I met a lawyer in Madrid,
we had a fling,
and I became pregnant.
When I realised I was late I went back to Jaume.
He never found out.
Nobody knew.
Only me.
Understand?
What are you saying?
I wanted to tell you, I couldn't.
Get out.
-I couldn't live with this lie. -Go, please.
Please.
Please, listen to me, please.
Yes, a taxi please.
Yes, right now.
That's right. Yes, thank you.
Ever thought of becoming an artist?
No.
I think you'd be good.
But I have no idea about art or painting, nothing.
Yes, but when I started out I didn't either.
You need determination.
And then the money, the good thing about it is the money.
Do you like money?
Yes.
Who doesn't, right?
If you want, I can help to get you started in art
because I think you could do it.
I hadn't thought about it but...
Thank you, Jaume. -What?
-Thank you. -Yes.
Dad, call the police.
I just killed Jaume. -What?
I shot him twice.
Once in the chest and once in the back, that bastard's dead.
What?
He's in the clearing, by the rocks,
Where you go down to that clearing, he's there, ok?
Call the police, have them come for me.
I'll be in my room.
All of that.
Yes.
-How are you sleeping? -Badly.
I always have, you know that,
but now hardly at all.
You've been through so much.
How have you not gone mad?
I'm about to go a little mad.
Not sleeping is...
terrible.
It is, yes.
Why not go to the doctor?
-The doctor? -Yes.
For sleeping pills?
Pills, or something else.
Anything.
They would know.
I don't know.
What I have can't be fixed with pills.
It's something inside.
I'll get through it alone.
Talking about it might help too.
Maybe.
Yes.
Have you seen the lettuces? -Yes.
Huge.
Take some if you want.
-Really? -Yes.
Ok.
You should start a business.
Lettuces!
Imagine that.
What do you have there?
Huh?
Look.
More suds.
Suds.
-What? -Look.
What? What's this?
Which is this?
A cat?
Very good.
To the car.
We're going to the car.
Not the swings, the car.
Wait for mummy.
I'll put that here, ok?
Come here!
Where are you going?
Come here, we're going.
-Hello, Nabila. -Hello.
-Is Marisa home? -Yes, inside.
-Can you tell her to come? -Yes.
-Hello. -Hello.
I brought Julia.
She fell asleep in the car.
-Want to see her? -Yes.
Translation: Amy Sue Bennett Subtitles: Bbo Subtitulado