The dream had vanished and when I opened my eyes, I found myself in front of Higgins' questioning look…
"Lily? Well, at least now you dream of women ... "his hand under mine, and around ... the music, the bar counter ... La Mariana ...
" Come on Thomas, come on, you're destroyed, I'm going to take you to the Nest. Give me Ferrari keys"
it took me a while to realize… it was all a dream… too bad, I enjoyed dancing with Higgy, talking to Lily, even though I'm glad I'm not a detective for the spirits, I'm already the one for animals.
For a moment he still felt her hand under his and her gaze a little anxious about his sleep ...
"Ok ..." He took the keys and gave them to her. "Goodnight guys"
"Night, bro"
"Goodnight, pal".
They headed for the Ferrari… Higgins was still looking at him "Who is Lily? A new conquest? "
he laughed and wondered about strange Higgy tone "Jealous?"
"In your dreams, in your dreams, Magnum "
He mumbled a "Not there, either ..."
"Apparently I was dreaming ... I don't remember ... I don't know any Lily" and dropped the subject. Actually, he remembered every detail of the dream as if he had lived it. In the car, despite the coolness of the night he must have fallen asleep again and Higgins was still trying to wake him up, but this time it was harder than usual and he had nothing at hand to wake him up ...
"Thomas, come on wake up, you won't want to sleep in the Ferrari." He lifted his head suddenly, fighting sleep, but she must have been closer than he thought, because he felt her cheek close to his lips, enough to make them both leap, as if they were burning.
"Sorry Juliet ... I'm really destroyed, thanks for carrying me home" He looked at her intently and that "at home" meant everything, not just being taken back this night. He saw her touching herself cheek instinctively.
"Thanks to you, for today, but don't do it again… please .. "
" You know, it could happen again? And as TC says, there is nothing I wouldn't do to protect my family "
He could see that she wanted to argue, but she had no arguments, she didn't really believe she would have acted differently if the roles were reversed. "You are stubborn, imprudent, impulsive, impossible ... damn you ... but as I have already told you I would never want that you'd do anything to change the fact that you're genuinely concerned about the people"
They wanted to take that step, one towards the other, scared and relieved to be there, and Magnum seemed to hear Lily's voice in his head saying… "Don't be a coward, right now." He closed the space between them, even though he knew that nothing would change ... he hugged her ...
"I can't help it if I'm like this. Forgive me if I scared you, but I was too. We told that we are important to each other, we are a family, always! "
" You're forgiven, Magnum ".
They pulled away and shivered in the cold of the night. That hug had been like a warm blanket for both of them.
She yawned
"Now, I should be the one to take you to bed" for a second they looked at each other intensely.
"Magnum, you know what you said could seem very inappropriate ..."
Thomas laughed and walked away ... "'Night Higgy" "
"Goodnight Thomas" and she looked at him go to the guest house ...
I had just got up, it was afternoon and after a coffee and a toast I went to see if there was any news in the main house. Higgins was reading the newspaper ... oh oh the scene is familiar to me
"Good morning Magnum, a little longer and I was sending a prince to wake you up ..."
"Well, a princess was better" And as usual he looked at her intently ... he just couldn't do without it ... and like the last time in the newspaper there was the discovery of the body but this time accompanied by photos ...
Obviously she couldn't be no other than the woman I had dreamed of ... and now what do I do? ...
"Higgins, please give me a slap, punch me, whatever ... "
" You're crazy Magnum! "
"Please ..."
"If you insist ..."
He got a slap "Ohi! Easy!"
"You asked me!"
Apparently I'm awake ... what can I do?
"Listen Higgins, do you remember if the day we pretended to be a married couple to help Rick and his friend Toni, we ran into someone at the hotel ?!"
"Mmmh! Yes Magnum, you don't remember the cute girl you were flirting with when I came back with the security footage ?"
" I didn't flirt with anyone ... ah yes now I remember ... when she walked away you told me something about cheating on your wife at anniversary "
" For a moment you are darkened and now I can understand it was due to Hannah"
" I was not darkened ... maybe I did ... "
Ok I dreamed, but if there was something true? He remembered the girl making a weird move, but they were so busy with Rick's case that he never thought about it
"Higgy you still have that trolley, right?"
"Which trolley?"
"What you brought with you, that day"
"Yes of course ..."
" Can you get it there? "
"Magnum what's going on?"
" I'll explain later if I'm right"
"You're still the same, you don't tell me much"
"Please Higgy"
"Okay, I'll go!"
It took a few minutes, meanwhile I didn't know what I was going to tell her ... but my gut told me the card is still here…
She has arrived with the trolley
"Can I look inside?"
"Sure."
At the bottom of the main pocket was a memory card from a camera ... I'd say if it's not from Higgins we just hit the jackpot.
"It's yours?"
"No!"
"Let's see what's inside?"
There were the photos Lily had talked about, those of the exchange ... and also their photo ... it was the last one on the card ... it was as he remembered it from the dream ...
Certainly I shouldn't have said this history to no one, least of all to Higgins. She could interned me.
At the sight of that photo Higgins looked at him, as if she had seen something that before was not clear to her, something that she would have ignored.
"Magnum, how the hell, did you know there was an SD card at the bottom of my carry-on"
"If I said I dreamed it, Would you believe me?"
I told her about my dream omitting the side where Lily pushed me towards her, the dance and anything that could cause trouble. She looked at me and immediately found a logical explanation
" The news came through yesterday. Surely, you watch the news at La Mariana, while we were there. You remembered her, but you were tired so your unconscious did the rest "
"But the photos? Why didn't Higgy notice the girl's movement? Too many questions that were difficult to answer.