Ray didn’t answer for a moment. He looked at the TV screen, where a detective was staring into a mirror, whispering a dead partner’s name.
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.
“It’s Ray. Can I come up?”
“It’s just a dream, Bruce.”
“You look worse than me,” Bruce joked. Mr Inbetween S02E08 See You In Your Dreams 1080...
Ray nodded. “Yeah.”
She turned. It was his own face, younger, softer, eyes still capable of surprise. Ray didn’t answer for a moment
The girl — the ghost, the dream, whatever she was — smiled sadly. “That’s not true. You just don’t want to.”