From
L.A. Confidential (1997)
[
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.
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