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Gray and Kirsty Ross are teenagers visiting Ridinghouse Bay, where their family always vacations. After arriving with their dad, Tony, and their mom, the siblings Gray and Kirsty take a walk out in the rain. They go to a store and buy candy, then see what is playing at the local cinema: Cliffhanger. A young man starts staring at Kirsty without her realizing it.
Alice works on her art made of maps and thinks about her attraction to Frank. Derry comes over and tells Alice she shouldn’t be letting a man without a memory stay in her shed. Frank could be scamming her. Derry demands to meet Frank. Frank isn’t in the shed, but the clothes he borrowed are there. Alice is concerned about him; Derry is glad he’s gone.
Frank walks around the town, trying to remember why he came there. He recalls a girl on a carousel, then walks down to the beach. When he tries to remember more about the girl, he vomits. Afterwards, he sits on the beach like he was when Alice found him.