E: I didn’t mean to be out so late. I was going to call, but I was with Nora and Eli and- J: Elaine Regina Botello-Rosales, you better stop right there. I raised you better than to lie to me! E: Papa, I’m not lying! J: You’re not lying? Then why did Nora come by the house asking when you’d be home, because you weren’t answering your phone?! E: I don’t know, I- J: You stay out all night, you barely show up for work.. I haven’t seen you all week! Where the hell have you been? ¿Sabes lo decepcionada que estaría tu madre? [Do you know how disappointed your mother would be?] E: Oh, so now Mama is mad too. Because of course, any time I act like a normal teenager, she would be disappointed. ¡Mamá no era una santa! [Mom was not a saint!] J: You listen here, child. You will not step foot out of this house until school starts. Everyone who comes in or out is checked with me. I’ve been trusting, but if this is the way you treat me after that, then forget it. Go to your room.
