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“It’s just a dream, Bruce.”

“No. See, that’s the thing. In the dream, you turned to me and said, ‘I’ll see you in your dreams from now on. Because I’m not coming back after this.’ Then you walked into the trees and didn’t come out.”

A pause. Then the door clicked open.

The girl — the ghost, the dream, whatever she was — smiled sadly. “That’s not true. You just don’t want to.” Mr Inbetween S02E08 See You In Your Dreams 1080...

Ray Shoesmith sat on the edge of his bed at 3:47 a.m., the blue glow of a paused crime drama flickering on the television. The episode was called "See You In Your Dreams" — he’d chosen it at random, liking the irony. In his line of work, dreams were a liability. They gave you hope, and hope was a leaky boat.

She turned. It was his own face, younger, softer, eyes still capable of surprise.

He’d just finished a job. Clean. Professional. A man named Carlo who’d been skimming from the wrong poker game. Ray had waited outside Carlo’s girlfriend’s apartment in a stolen Hyundai, the engine ticking as it cooled. Carlo came out for a smoke at 2 a.m., barefoot, wearing a silk robe. He didn’t scream. That was the one thing Ray appreciated: the ones who knew. Carlo had looked at him, exhaled, and said, “Just make it quiet.” Ray obliged. Two rounds to the chest, one to the head. He’d buried the gun in a construction site off the M4 and driven home with the windows down, listening to a podcast about ancient Rome. “It’s just a dream, Bruce

And for the first time in a long time, that felt like enough. End.

He knocked on her door. When she opened it, hair a mess, wrapped in a too-big hoodie, she smiled.

He buzzed Chloe’s apartment.

That night, after Bruce fell asleep in front of the television, Ray drove to a deserted beach south of Wollongong. The moon was a thumbnail clipping in the sky. He stood at the water’s edge and took out his phone. No messages. No jobs lined up. For the first time in years, the silence wasn’t a trap — it was a choice.

“Then why are you still here?”

“I’ll come see you tomorrow,” Ray said. “We’ll watch that car show you like.” Because I’m not coming back after this

Bruce raised an eyebrow. “Someone with a pulse?”

“You promise?”