Mahogany Sunrise (2014)

Sandra Nori: Mrs. Salinas

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• Mrs. Salinas : When are you going to get it together and find a better job?

  [Mercedes rolls her eyes, she's heard it all before] 

  Mrs. Salinas : You need to be a better mother and start thinking about your daughter.

  Mercedes Salinas : That's what I'm doing. That's why I work at that place. So, I can make the money for her to be in that school.

  Mrs. Salinas : Who is this guy? Where did you meet him... at the club?

  Mercedes Salinas : Yes. It's not like that. Mom, you see him, he's in there reading to Melissa. He's a good guy.

  Mrs. Salinas : [coming over to sit next Mercedes on the couch]  Why do you always do this? You meet these guys. What makes you think he's different?

  Mercedes Salinas : Well. He's not from this town. He's not in a gang...

  Mrs. Salinas : But he's going to hurt you. All men do. They lie and they take, take till there's nothing left. And then they leave.

  Mercedes Salinas : Ma, just because father left

  [beat] 

  Mercedes Salinas : doesn't make every man like him

• Mrs. Salinas : What if he comes back? What am I supposed to tell him?

  Mercedes Salinas : [With Melissa in tow, she turns back before she leaves]  Tell him I've left.

  [beat] 

  Mercedes Salinas : Tell him I never want to see him again.