TC, Rick and Kumu had come with the van, while Higgins and Magnum with the Ferrari… obviously Sam had boarded the van, they had decided to go get a drink at La Mariana… so they left.

Magnum began by say "So, how you doing?"

"Ethan wants me to quit this job because it's dangerous."

"And you?"

"I love this job, love helping people"

"I understand how he feels, but I also understand your reasons well. Whatever you decide to do I will support you. You are my family and I just want you to be happy "

His gaze was so intense, remind her Rick's when he looked at Sam… "Is this love? And she? She loved Ethan, but there is one person that perhaps she could love more? ... Thomas was right, relationships and feelings between people could be complicated.

"Thanks Thomas. I'll get there "

And it was a promise, maybe a hope for the future

... "Now let's go to La Mariana or they'll think we got lost on the way"

Once they arrived they sat down, took a beer and started chatting.

Sam was about to surprise them ... again ...

"This place is heaven, guys. I'm thinking of move here, what do you think?

"Really? But it's great "

"But yours parents? Your Life in California?"

"My parents live in Oregon, you know, and in California there is nothing for me ..."

"I could teach in a high school on one of the islands ..."

And Rick began to plan ahead "I could help you with your son ... after all, I too had a godfather ..."

"Ice would have been proud of you ..." TC said

"I thought I'd go to Oregon for a few weeks, with my parents, then come back here and look for a house and a job."

"I can help you ..." Rick said

"Do you know someone?" Sam said "Yeah! You always know someone" and she laughed

"Until you find a place you can stay at the Nest," said Higgins

"I'd like to, but I wouldn't want to disturb"

"No, you don't bother at all!" Magnum and Higgins said in one voice

"No, Thomas no offence but I'd prefer not to live in the guest house with you ... you are messy ... but where is your military discipline?"

"It's in the closet with my uniform ..."

"There is so much room in the main house, come on, until you find nothing better, stay here"

"All right. Juliet, Kumu, we will have a great time together "

"Oh my God! Guys Save yourselves ... You, Higgins and Kumu together? like a hurricane, a bombshell "Thomas said but he laughed.

He knew it wasn't because of the messy, he saw that she didn't want to still get in the way of him and Higgins, even if there was nothing between them ... at least on Higgins's part ...

"Can I move from tonight?"

"Sure!"

"Girls' luncheon, tonight? I'll cook"

"I already love you!" Kumu said

"I'm in!" Higgins said

"I'm here with the guys in La Mariana, I don't want to be involved in the explosion. But someone will have to take me home ... I feel I''ll be left on foot "

"You're not a girl, you weren't invited!" said Higgins "And then A short walking won't hurt you"

"A short walking? Are you joking?"

"May I'll come and get you on horseback like last time?"

"On horseback?" they all said in one voice

"He was left stranded by the Ferrari and begged for a ride. I was doing my usual morning ride, so it was easier went with the horse than return to the estate and took another car ... and it was definitely fun"

"You shouldn't have told it ... it was embarrassing!" but he laughed

"You should have felt honored instead" said Sam "The knight saved by the lady of the Manor ... Girl power"

The girls went to Ferrari ... even Sam did not protest. They stopped to buy which Sam needed for cooking and chatted in the meantime. Ethan's story came up. A convinced feminist as Sam was disappointed ...

"Even if I can understand it, I repeat what I said at the hospital ... you don't give up a job you love for a man. I didn't go back to being a bomb tech because I couldn't, but Sasha' d never have stopped me, nor would I have stopped him if he had wanted to take another tour "

"Thomas says it's my decision, the important thing is that I'm happy."

"Thomas, like Sasha, is the kinda guy suffers rather than make another suffer"

"What do you mean?"

She couldn't betray Magnum's secret but she couldn't be silent either.

"He'd be happy for you, but he'd lose his partner. You can't find smart people like you "

"You could replace me."

"No, I couldn't, believe me" and he gave her a look like Magnum's "It wouldn't be the same"

"It won't be easy to decide ..."

They had then had a nice evening together. Sam left a week later for Oregon. She had been away for 3 weeks during which Rick had been looking for a place for her, but nothing satisfied him, so Sam had to go back to the Nest.

Other things had also happened and once again there was Higgins in crisis. Ethan was leaving the island and asked her to go with her.

"What's going on Jules?"

"Ethan leaves and asked me to go with him. I don't want to lose him, but here is everything I care about most: the Boys, Kumu, TC, Rick, Gordon, my work, now you are here too ... and ... "

"Thomas"

"Yeah. He is the person who annoyed me the most, but who gave me a purpose, pulled me out of my misery, always stood by me, always gave me the right advice , saved my life. I will deny ever saying all this to a living soul, You know it. In any case I tried to be there for him too"

"So you don't know if what you feel for him is gratitude and friendship or something else, right? I can't tell you, or anyone else ... but you were clearly jealous when I arrived last time "

"I wasn't jealous ... I told you!"

"Really? However, in my opinion you are afraid to feel something for Thomas because he is the king of danger and you fear he may die in one of his crazy attempts to save everyone ... He is not a man with whom your life will be quiet, ever ... but you how do you feel about him?

"I do not know!"

"Do you want to leave without finding out ... or leave only to find that you cared and maybe come back and see that he has moved on ..."

"How did he moved on?"

"Maybe he'll be find a new partner ... and then also a girlfriend" Jeez! She was about to make a big disaster and say everything to Juliet about thomas real feelings...

"But what if Ethan is the right man?"

"You would have no doubts!"

"Really?"

"I made the mistake of not tell Rick about my feeling before I left Iraq. And then when I married Sasha I thought Rick was dead… I told you I suffered a lot and I hurted both Sasha and Rick. Think about it Jules. I guess you know! "

In the end she had decided to go. It wouldn't be forever, only few months. She had packed up, greeted everyone and got into the car with Ethan, she had been looking out the window, feeling divided all along...

Magnum was back to the guest house. He wanted to be alone for a while, everyone understood that. Even the Lads was to the side of his door lying down, not moving a muscle as he was about to pass them ... not that he would have noticed, if they ate him ...

"Guys, he left us alone, how about a truce until she comes back ... if she comes back ..." The Lads got up, and for a moment he was afraid of having to run, then they were back to lie down but looked behind him...

"I'm an idiot, why I didn't tell her how I feel. How was I gonna to stop her today? ... What did I tell her? "You can't go, you can't leave me… without you I'm lost. You are my family, you're my everything "

"Haven't you tried saying all this before and you got a Jolly Good and a parade in return?"

Her voice behind him ... he couldn't believe it ... he didn't want to turn around ...

"Geez, I already suffer from hallucinations ..."

"You won't be scared ... White Knight"

She had never called him that ...

He slowly turned around ... "What the hell are you doing here?"

"What lovely welcome! And me who stayed here for you, and for our society, once again"

He moved and covered almost the entire distance that separated them

"Only for our business?" he was about to raise a hand, to touch her, when he stopped in mid-air

"Maybe not just for that… but don't gush now. It's not just you, on this island, that I care about "

He had pulled her back to him and kissed her. It had been a kiss that contained all the desire and love that he had kept to himself, until now. She reciprocated, thinking of the surprise she felt when she realized she love that amazing and unbearable man. They parted reluctantly but remained embraced. Magnum didn't want to let her go anymore ...

"I think we have to talk"

"I think so, too".

And they had entered in the guest house, together.