East of Eden1955

Cal:
How come you did it?

Kate:
Did what?

Cal:
Shot my father?

Kate:
Did he tell you that?

Cal:
How come you ran away from all of us? How come you shot him?

Kate:
None of your business. I shot him because he tried to stop me. I could have killed him if I'd wanted to, but I didn't. I just wanted him to let me go.

Cal:
Why?

Kate:
Because he tried to hold me. He wanted to tie me down. He wanted to keep me on a stinking little ranch away from everybody. Keep me all to himself. Nobody holds me.

Cal:
But he loved you.

Kate:
Love! He wanted to own me. He wanted to bring me up like a snot-nosed kid and tell me what to do. Nobody tells me what to do. Always so right himself. Knowing everything. Reading the Bible at me. [Cal smirks] What are you grinning at?

Cal:
Nothing.

Kate:
Maybe you know what I'm talking about, huh? Always so right himself?

Cal:
[chuckles] Yeah.

Kate:
Yeah. Maybe like you said out there, maybe you are more like me. You got sense. Maybe you don't fall for that slop any more than I do. Maybe you know what people are really like, what they want.