L.A. Confidential Quote
[ lying in bed, Lynn touches a scar on Bud's shoulder ]
Lynn Bracken : Where'd this come from?
Bud White : When I was twelve, my old man went after my mother with a bottle. I got in the way.
Lynn Bracken : You saved her.
Bud White : ...Not for long.
Lynn Bracken : I'm sorry, Bud, it's none of my...
Bud White : He tied me to the radiator. I watched him beat my mother to death with a tire iron. Then he left us there. Three days before a truant officer found us... They never found the old man.
Lynn Bracken : Was that why you became a cop? To get even?
Bud White : ...Maybe.
Lynn Bracken : Where'd this come from?
Bud White : When I was twelve, my old man went after my mother with a bottle. I got in the way.
Lynn Bracken : You saved her.
Bud White : ...Not for long.
Lynn Bracken : I'm sorry, Bud, it's none of my...
Bud White : He tied me to the radiator. I watched him beat my mother to death with a tire iron. Then he left us there. Three days before a truant officer found us... They never found the old man.
Lynn Bracken : Was that why you became a cop? To get even?
Bud White : ...Maybe.
Movie: L.A. Confidential
