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Leo is a young rent boy who was hired by Toby. They have been sleeping together for a while and Leo now believes himself to be in love with Toby after a lifetime of feeling damaged and unloved. However, he does not know whether Toby returns his feelings. While on holiday, Toby has begun to trade Leo’s body with the other men in the resort in return for access to drugs, Leo realizes that he may just be a commodity to Toby, nothing more. He takes Toby to task, questioning their relationship and
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START: TOBY God, I’ve created a monster. What are you reading now? (Peaking at the cover) Maurice? But you’ve read that already.
LEO Would you ever want to live back then?
TOBY A hundred years ago? No thank you.
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END: TOBY I want you because I know what it’s like to want something more than what you’ve been given. I want you because you once asked me to rescue you without knowing that the night we met, I desperately needed rescuing, too.
Matthew Lopez, The Inheritance. Faber Drama, 2018. pp.203-206
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