He actually wanted you to come back. He used to sit at night, waiting, praying that you'd come back.
9 seconds sound clip from the Sudden Impact (1983) movie soundboard.
You can hear this line at 01:38:11 in the Blu-ray version of the movie.
Quote context
[...]
- Hotshot cop. Your ass is mine.
- He couldn't live with it. The other vermin didn't care. But the guilt ate at his gut like an acid.
- He actually wanted you to come back. He used to sit at night, waiting, praying that you'd come back.
- And now you're here and he doesn't even know it.
- It's my fault. I should have let him be punished then along with the other filth.
- But he's my only child. His mother died giving birth to him.
[...]