"D-don't misunderstand me... It's not... it's not because I want you... Though there's that, too..."

Edmond wiped his eyes with his palm.

"It's just... I'm so jealous, Maxie... Sometimes... like now, for example... it really feels like he has taken you from me. I... I can't live with that..."

Now moving closer to Maxie once again, he wrapped both his arms around his neck.

"Maxie... say that you are mine, and mine only."