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.

Gray and Kirsty go to the beach with their parents, Tony and Pam. There is a young man, about 18 and good looking, watching Kirsty; he has been watching her for a couple days. Tony notes that the young man has returned, and Gray thinks he looks like a creep. Pam thinks he’s attractive.

When the young man walks past them, he comments on the weather. His posh voice causes Tony to say they are from Surrey, not Croydon. The young man is named Mark and from Harrogate; he is staying with his aunt in a very fancy house. After chatting with them for a while, Mark invites them to come to his aunt’s house for cake later that afternoon, and Gray’s parents accept, much to Gray’s chagrin.

Lily’s mother sends her some money, and part of it is spent on train tickets to go to Carl’s office in London from Oxted. Lily waits outside Carl’s office at the time he gets off of work every day. Then, she boards the train he would have taken and shows his picture to other passengers, asking if they’d seen him. No one recognizes his picture, and she gets off at Oxted. Near her home is a housing development called Wolf’s Hill Boulevard that is under construction. Lily sees a light in one of the windows in the development.

When she gets inside, she calls the police. Beverly says she was about to call Lily to ask for Carl’s laptop to research where he got his fake passport. Lily tells Beverly about the light in the development. When Beverly arrives to get the laptop, another police officer asks permission to drill into a locked drawer in Carl’s cabinet. After examining the drawer’s contents, the police leave with the laptop. Lily prepares herself to look in the drawer.

Frank comes back to Alice’s house while her kids are in bed. She explains that she uses her iPad to keep watch over her parents and her sister does the same. He tells Alice about his memories of a girl on a carousel and a young man jumping into the sea, as well as how these made him vomit. She tells him about seeing a young man walking into the sea. The man Frank remembers was wearing clothes and holding something, unlike the naked man Alice saw.

Gray and his family meet Mark’s aunt, Kitty, in her impressive home. They talk about how she bought it from a novelist who had peacocks, which she also has, along with other animals. Mark says he’s studying business at university and wants to be rich. He takes Kirsty to see the animals. Gray doesn’t like Mark.

Alice and Frank drink some beers. When Alice gets a bottle of scotch, Jasmine comes out of her bedroom and warns Alice to be careful around Frank. Alice says Jasmine should be in bed, and Jasmine goes back to her room. Alice’s friendly dog, Hero, snuggles up to Frank. Alice tells Frank about how she started making art with maps. Eventually, Alice’s standoffish dog, Griff, puts her head on Frank’s knee. Alice explains that Griff doesn’t like many people, and this is a sign that Frank is a good person. They hold hands. Romaine comes out of her bedroom, saying she can’t sleep. Frank goes to the shed as Alice goes to help Romaine.

The evening after meeting Kitty, Gray and his family go out to dinner near the beach. Mark comes by and invites Kirsty to hang out after she eats. Gray dislikes Mark because he’s “posh and weird” (86), but his parents allow Kirsty to go off with him alone. Gray realizes that Mark and Kirsty orchestrated the meeting at the restaurant when they looked at Kitty’s donkey.

Lily finds a diamond ring, gold band, a set of keys, and money in Carl’s drawer that the police drilled into. His friend, Russ, calls Lily, and she tells him that Carl has been missing for three days. They arrange to meet for coffee the following day.

In the early morning, Frank sees the dog Griff snarling outside the shed, but Griff stops and wags her tail when Frank smiles at her. He thinks about how much he likes Alice. Romaine wanders outside and sees Frank outside the shed. She says she’s going to wake up Alice, and Frank offers to make her breakfast instead so Alice can sleep a little longer. He doesn’t remember how to make a bagel, but Romaine shows him. They talk about her father being in Australia and how he abducted her.

When Alice gets downstairs, Frank and Romaine are watching television. Alice is delighted that she was able to sleep in and that Frank made Romaine breakfast. Kai comes downstairs, is displeased to see Frank, and goes back upstairs. Romaine tells Frank about Barry who rented the shed, owes Alice money, and left his dog behind. Alice intellectually worries that Frank might be worse than Barry but emotionally feels safe having him around her and her kids. She offers to buy Frank some clothes and suggests walking around town to see if it will jog some more memories.

Lily and Russ meet at the coffeeshop Antonio’s. Lily explains about Carl’s passport being fake and asks what Russ knows about Carl. Russ doesn’t know the names of Carl’s family members, and they only talked about neutral topics, like sports and work. Russ doesn’t know where Carl lived before he got the new flat with Lily. Carl had many casual dates before meeting Lily but changed when they started dating; he seemed to love her. Russ says he will try to think of how he can help.

Alice, Romaine, and Frank walk through town together. When they pass by the cinema, Frank remembers a brown-haired girl going into it with a young man and gets nauseous. However, Alice has him do breathing exercises and he doesn’t vomit. Alice wonders what happened to him in this town that she’s started to love.

Gray watches Kirsty and Mark on their date at the fairground. Gray is concerned; he has a bad feeling about Mark, as if his persona is fake. Mark kisses Kirsty. When Mark tells Kirsty that he’s going to walk her home, Gray runs and gets there first. He voices his concerns about Mark to his mom, who isn’t concerned about Mark. When Mark arrives with Kirsty, Tony gives Mark a tour of the house. Tony’s plans to take his family on a day trip, instead of to the beach, the following day upset Mark. However, he recovers and offers courteous goodbyes before leaving.

In the morning, Gray tells Kirsty that he is suspicious of Mark, and it’s okay if she doesn’t want to hang out with Mark again. She tells Gray he’s jealous that she got her first kiss before him and leaves the room. The family takes their day trip to Sledmere House. When they return to Rabbit Cottage, Mark is sitting outside with roses for Kirsty. Gray notices Kirsty isn’t happy to see him. Mark asks Kirsty to see a movie with him, and her mom approves before Kirsty answers. Kirsty reluctantly agrees to meet Mark later.

Lily has the rings from Carl’s locked drawer appraised. They are modern (not his mother’s, as she hoped), and more expensive than her wedding rings. She thinks about how her life seemed normal a week ago; she and Carl went out to eat and talked about redecorating the flat. Now, she feels immensely lonely.

Frank feels guilty about Alice spending her money to buy him clothes, as well as feed him, and says he will repay her. She accepts, and he struggles to remember the word “the Ritz” (121) as the place he’ll take her. Derry and her son Daniel come over. While Frank plays with Romaine and Daniel outside, Derry decides they should do some internet searching. Alice takes the computer from Jasmine, who wants Frank to leave.

Alice and Derry guess the year when Frank was a teenager, 1993, and find a news story about a man named Anthony Ross dying of a heart attack on the beach of Ridinghouse Bay. Frank comes inside, and Alice introduces him to Derry. When Alice tells Frank about the news story, he faints.

Mark picks up Kirsty and tells Tony that they are going to see Cliffhanger at the Ridinghouse Grand cinema. Gray tells his parents he’s going to the store but follows Mark and Kirsty and watches them enter the cinema. Gray also spies on them through his bedroom window when Mark drops off Kirsty. He’s complaining that she didn’t kiss him during the movie and won’t kiss him goodnight. He tries to physically force a kiss on Kirsty, but she moves out of the way and goes inside. Gray watches Mark kick the seawall before he leaves.

Lily calls her mother and updates her about Carl’s fake passport. Her mother says she should come home. Lily considers this but doesn’t want to leave until she knows the truth about her husband. Her mother says she’ll come to the UK in a week or so. When they hang up, Lily cries.

Frank sleeps until 6 pm after fainting. He can’t remember anything more about the name Anthony Ross. Alice comes by and invites Frank to dinner. He appreciates this and wants to repay her. When he goes into the house, he tells Alice he hasn’t remembered anything else. Kai has a large number of teenage friends over in his bedroom. Jasmine complains about them, and Alice tells them that dinner is ready. They take cheap sausages to the sitting room while Alice, Jasmine, Romaine, Derry, Daniel, and Frank eat nicer food at the dinner table.

Alice tells Frank she hasn’t seen any reports of a missing man in the news and suggests that they ask the police if anyone has been reported missing. Frank is hesitant, wanting to remember more before going to the police. Jasmine confronts him, saying he may have a family looking for him. Frank doesn’t believe he does. Then, Jasmine confronts her mother, saying she hasn’t been trying to find Frank’s family, like she would for a missing dog. Alice believes Frank is a good guy and wants to help him.

Frank apologizes for intruding in their lives and for “not being a real person” (140). He believes he is stronger than he is currently and will regain his strength when he remembers who he is. Jasmine says not to take her wariness personally. Derry says she emailed the editor of the paper where the story about Anthony Ross was published and asked for contact information for the writer. Frank looks down at his hands and vaguely remembers strangling a man with them.

The next day, Gray asks Kirsty about her date and tells her about Mark kicking the wall repeatedly after she wouldn’t kiss him. She admits she doesn’t want to date him and asks Gray to tell Mark she’s sick when he comes to the cottage. Gray agrees. They realize Mark is peering in their window, and Kirsty ducks under a table. Mark comes to the door. Gray says Kirsty is sick, and Mark says he saw her through the window.

Mark tries to push his way into the house, calling out Kirsty’s name, and Gray says Kirsty doesn’t want to see him. Tony comes downstairs and asks what’s going on. Gray hints that he should agree that Kirsty is sick, and he awkwardly lies. Mark calls out Tony for his poor lying. Tony says all that matters is Kirsty doesn’t want to see Mark. Mark asks them to tell Kirsty he came by and wants to see her when she’s feeling better, and leaves. Tony now agrees with Gray that Mark is not a good person. The whole Ross family is aligned in their hatred of Mark.