For him it's like the train disappears. Nothing else is really important. He's watching her intensely, and then she says Rosa's name, and he rolls his eyes and looks away. Of course, they were never going to keep that genie in the bottle. Max was an idiot to do what he did.
But he'd also saved that girl's life. Michael places value on that, it's just that in so doing, Max had risked himself, and by extension, all of them.
He lifts his head, turning back to Maria.
"I'm sorry," he says, with a shake of his head. "It's not that we didn't want to. I lived my whole life with that secret, Deluca. We swore we wouldn't tell anyone, and that just...got away from us this last year."
That's not true. It didn't get away from them; Max spilled it, because he was in love. Once the beast was out of the cage, it wouldn't go back in. They all should've known that.
"So you know." He looks at her, and despite everything, it's like there's a weight off. He takes a breath. "Max told me about Rosa. About dying, about how we saved him. For what it's worth, I'm glad you know. I wish it had been me who told you. It should've been."
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For him it's like the train disappears. Nothing else is really important. He's watching her intensely, and then she says Rosa's name, and he rolls his eyes and looks away. Of course, they were never going to keep that genie in the bottle. Max was an idiot to do what he did.
But he'd also saved that girl's life. Michael places value on that, it's just that in so doing, Max had risked himself, and by extension, all of them.
He lifts his head, turning back to Maria.
"I'm sorry," he says, with a shake of his head. "It's not that we didn't want to. I lived my whole life with that secret, Deluca. We swore we wouldn't tell anyone, and that just...got away from us this last year."
That's not true. It didn't get away from them; Max spilled it, because he was in love. Once the beast was out of the cage, it wouldn't go back in. They all should've known that.
"So you know." He looks at her, and despite everything, it's like there's a weight off. He takes a breath. "Max told me about Rosa. About dying, about how we saved him. For what it's worth, I'm glad you know. I wish it had been me who told you. It should've been."