“I’ve been in love with you my whole life, Maverick. Even before I knew what love was. But that day…” He chokes up. The waterworks start fresh. “God, that day I watched you let the real Maverick DeSoto completely out and I thought…She is all I want. She has to be mine. I want her to be mine. That was the day I knew I’d never love another the way I already loved you.”
