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He buzzed Chloe’s apartment.

Bruce was in a care facility now, the MS having finally stolen his legs and most of his patience. Ray called instead of texting back.

The waves crashed. When he looked again, she was gone. Ray drove home in the gray pre-dawn. He stopped at a twenty-four-hour gym, showered, changed into a clean black shirt. Then he sat in his car outside Chloe’s apartment building. He watched her light come on at 6:15 a.m. Watched her silhouette make coffee, feed a cat he didn’t know she had.

He stared at the screen for a long time. Then he turned off the phone, put it in the glove compartment, and got out of the car. Mr Inbetween S02E08 See You In Your Dreams 1080...

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

The Hum of Unfinished Things

A pause. Then the door clicked open.

“Her name’s Chloe. Works at the bottle shop on Parramatta Road. She’s… normal. Doesn’t ask questions.”

“It’s Ray. Can I come up?”

“Yeah,” Ray said. “What’s wrong?” He buzzed Chloe’s apartment

He hung up. But the knot in his chest didn’t loosen. The next afternoon, Ray visited Bruce. They sat in the facility’s garden, the jacaranda trees dropping purple blossoms onto the cracked pavement. Bruce was in a wheelchair, a tartan blanket over his lap. His hands trembled as he tried to lift a cup of tea.

Ray nodded. “Yeah.”

“You know what comes next,” she said. Not a question. The waves crashed

His phone buzzed. A text from his brother, Bruce: “You awake?”

“Nothing. I had a dream about you.” Bruce’s voice was thin, phlegmy. “You were standing in a field. All alone. There were birds circling. You looked tired, Ray. Really tired.”