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Lily reluctantly goes through Carl’s mail. She sees on his bank statement that his spending stops when he goes missing, which makes her believe he’s dead. His phone bill has the number they used to talk to his mother on their wedding day. Lily tries calling it, lets it ring 20 times, and decides to try again in the morning.
After Kai, his friends, Derry, and Daniel leave, Jasmine watches Romaine and the oldest dog. Alice and Frank walk the other dogs on the beach. Alice apologizes for Jasmine’s outburst, and Frank thinks it was good for her to get it off her chest. The dogs run after a fox, then a flock of seagulls. Following them, Alice and Frank travel down the beach. Frank recognizes a large house; Alice heard from Derry that it belonged to a novelist. He remembers peacocks in the house and wants to go there to see if he can remember more.
Gray and his family haven’t seen Mark for three days. Kirsty admits that she told Mark she loved him after he said it first because she was flustered by her first kiss.