Maria was trying very hard not to cry even harder. After all of the time they had been together and had talked, how could he think that she would be fine without him? How could he not understand by now that if he died, part of her would die, too.
"I was crying because the idea of you being dead broke something inside me for a little bit, Michael. You know I love you, so why are you so surprised that I would be crushed if anything happened to you like that. I mean, what if Max had told you that I was dead? Wouldn't you walk off and want to hurt something?"