Forbes Masson: Rodney Morris

Quotes 

• [Rosa's teenage daughter, Nicky, has run away from home. Rosa has a serious talk with Nicky's maths tutor, Rodney Morris, in the cafe] 

  Rodney Morris : Your daughter's a very attractive young woman.

  Rosa : My daughter is a child.

  Rodney Morris : She didn't look like a child. Not that night, not with the make-up and the clothes and the perfume. I'm not trying to excuse myself but she was coming on to me. I swear I didn't make the first move.

  Rosa : Coming on to you?

  Rodney Morris : Getting so close. Rubbing herself against me. I lost control. I responded.

  Rosa : How?

  Rodney Morris : I kissed her. She was enjoying it so... only I forgot she was only fifteen and...

  Rosa : What did you do?

  [silence] 

  Rosa : [angry]  You disgust me!

  Rodney Morris : I'm going to the police. I wanted you to know that, I'm going to admit to the charge of sexual assault and I'm going to withdraw the charges against your son.

  Rosa : Some children never come home. Their parents never see them again. They never know if they're alive or dead.

  Rodney Morris : You cannot hate me as much as I hate myself.

  Rosa : Don't you believe it!

  [storms off]