The girl's name is Rosa Blanca and she's in the United States illegally, looking for work. The boy's name is Ricky, he's a rich kid who is not working 'at the moment.' They enter a luxurious kitchen. Ricky offers Rosa Blanca a cold drink. They sit and talk. A woman's voice calls out for Ricky. It's his mother, who is bedridden. She's very ill, Ricky tells the girl, and needs almost constant care. The boy goes to her. Rosa Blanca looks around. It's obvious she has never been in a house like this before.
"Ricky administers medication to his mother, returns to Rosa Blanca. After a little while Ricky's father, Mort, comes in. Mort eyes the pretty girl. Ricky tells his father that Rosa Blanca is new in town and looking for a job. He relates the story of her finding his wallet to give evidence of her honesty. Ricky clearly has designs on this girl. Ricky suggests to his father that they hire her as a housekeeper. They already have a housekeeper, Mort answers. We can always use another, counters Ricky, especially if she doesn't cost too much. It's a big property. Mort also eyes Rosa Blanca hungrily. He agrees to give her a chance, tells her she can have a room in a vacant cottage out back. Mort goes in to see his wife, Martha. Ricky tells Rosa Blanca she can move her things in today. She says she doesn't have anything to move. She's all she's got.
"Am I boring you?" the man asked me.
"Not yet," I answered.
"Good. So Rosa Blanca moves in and is under the supervision of Katy, a middle-aged housekeeper, also from Mexico-a legal resident. Katy says as long as she does the work everything will be fine. Ricky and Rosa Blanca begin a romance. He's something of a doper ne'er-do-well but he has some humor and is good looking. Rosa Blanca is not very forthcoming to Ricky about her life in Mexico; she says only that her family is very poor, she has a brother in prison and an older sister who disappeared, probably to the Boystown brothel in Nuevo Laredo. Unbeknownst to Ricky, Mort preys upon Rosa Blanca, too. She listens to his complaint that his wife cannot take care of him any more, she's too ill. So Rosa Blanca carries on simultaneously with father and son, earning more money than she ever had before.
"Ricky hates his mother, and one day Rosa Blanca witnesses Ricky withhold Martha's medication. He's unaware that Rosa Blanca is watching. Ricky lets his mother die. Rosa Blanca is terribly upset, she doesn't know what to do. Ricky tells her now that his mother is gone, he wants to kill his father in order to inherit their fortune. He's an only child. Ricky asks Rosa Blanca to help him murder Mort. She is too shaken to respond. The police come and Ricky tells them, with his father present, that he found his mother dead. He tried to administer the medication-an injection-but it was too late. The cops seem to accept Ricky's story, given the history of Martha's illness, Mort's corroboration, etc. The medical examiner pronounces Martha dead from natural causes.
