I Found You

The journalist Lesley joins the others at the coffee shop. Frank briefly summarizes what he remembers. Lesley says Graham lost his memory and went into a temporary fugue state after seeing his father die. She advises waiting to talk to the police, and wants to do a follow-up story on Frank, which is what he prefers to be called. He remembers that he lives close to his mother and helps take care of her in Croydon.

Frank has to pause to gather his thoughts before describing what happened after he saw Mark three weeks ago. Frank remembers doing an internet search and learns that Mark’s office is for financial services and he goes by the name Carl Monrose. Next, he remembers requesting time off from work, claiming that his grandfather died. Then, Frank remembers following Mark on the train from London to Oxted.

Lily accuses Frank of killing Mark in the development that’s being built behind their flat, where she saw the flashing light. She threatens to call the police, but Lesley stops her. Frank remembers wanting to kill Mark but needing to find out about Kirsty before he does. He asks Lily if Mark is nice to her, and she says he treats her “like a princess” (276). Frank says he took Mark somewhere to talk.

After Gray tells his boss the lie about his grandfather (that he died recently rather than long ago), he buys some supplies and researches the development by Mark’s house. Gray finds abandoned, so he camps out there until Mark gets back to Oxted. Then, he grabs Mark, puts a bag over his head, and ties him to a radiator in one of the unfinished flats.

Gray reveals himself to Mark while Mark’s phone rings over and over; it is Lily trying to call him. He asks Gray if he can answer, but Gray says no. Mark claims that he lost track of Kirsty in the water and barely made it out himself. Being “half-dead” (284) kept him from looking for Kirsty for three days. When he woke up, everyone thought he was dead. Gray is furious that no one looked for Kirsty and they didn’t even get a chance to bury her; Gray’s perfect family was destroyed by Mark.

Kitty kept Mark hidden after hearing about Graham’s memory loss. Two years passed, and Gray still didn’t remember, so Mark created a new life. He saved up for a fake ID with cash-in-hand jobs, became Carl, and married Lily. Gray tells Mark that his memory returned when he saw Mark in London for the first time in years. Mark says the police won’t believe Gray’s story, especially now that he has abducted Mark and is holding him at knifepoint. Mark believes the police won’t see that his ID is fake.

When Gray doesn’t call the police, Mark demands to be let go. His phone continues to ring, and he says Lily will call the police and track his phone’s location. Gray lunges at Mark.

After hearing Frank took Carl to the development, Lily considers calling the police. She doesn’t because she’s worried that Carl really did hurt a girl. Instead, she calls Russ and tells him to go to the Wolf’s Hill Boulevard building development to look for Carl. She briefly summarizes what she knows, and Russ agrees.

Lily tells the others about her call with Russ, and Alice suggests searching Kitty’s house again. Lily says she already looked there, but she will continue asking around town. Alice still feels attracted to Frank, even if he killed Mark. Frank finds Rabbit Cottage and blames himself for the deaths of his father and Kirsty. He thinks they would have avoided tragedy if he didn’t go to the party at Mark’s house.

When Derry returns from checking on Alice’s dogs, she flat-out asks Frank if he killed Mark. Frank says he doesn’t know, but if he did, he deserves to go to prison.

Frank remembers smashing Mark’s phone and strangling him. On the way to Kitty’s house, he pulls Alice aside and tells her this. She tells the others that Frank thinks he killed Mark, and Derry says Mark “totally had it coming” (297).

Lily rejoins the group at Kitty’s house after learning that Kitty lived in Harrogate. Frank sees a bloodstain where he stabbed Mark with the hanger and asks Lily if Carl had a scar on his head. Lily claims to not know but privately thinks about how she used to like his scar: She feels like she should hate Carl but doesn’t. Meanwhile, Alice finds a delivery note with Kitty’s address in Coxwold, Harrogate.

Russ calls her and says Carl escaped from the housing development. When Lily tells the others, Alice questions Frank about his memory of killing Mark. Frank guesses he only caused Mark to lose consciousness. Lesley says she’s going to drive to the address they found for Kitty. Derry says she’ll pick up Romaine so Alice can go with Frank, Lesley, and Lily. Lily confronts Frank about strangling Mark, and Frank says Mark was a monster. Lily counters by asking Frank what he is for strangling Mark.

On the drive, Alice discreetly asks Frank if he’s sure he strangled Mark, and he responds that yes, he is sure that he did. When they arrive at Kitty’s house, Lily wants to go in alone, but Lesley objects. When Kitty answers the door, Lily says she’s married to Mark, but Kitty says Mark is dead. Lesley says she’s from the Ridinghouse Gazette, and Kitty tries to close the door, but Lesley stops it with her foot. She introduces Graham and says Mark terrorized him. Kitty agrees to talk to Frank, but only Frank. Frank asks if Alice can accompany him as his friend who is not involved with Mark or a newspaper.

Kitty apologizes and talks about Mark’s past. He was adopted at nine years old, and his parents couldn’t control him; their biological daughter moved out at 17 to get away from Mark. Mark eventually started staying with Kitty and her husband. She saw how Mark was a bully and abuser but hoped he would grow out of it. However, after Kitty’s husband died, Mark became crueler. She started sleeping with her door locked. Then, Mark became obsessed with Kirsty. One day, he said the relationship ended, and he wanted to have a get together at the house. Kitty agreed to stay in Coxwold the night of the party.

Mark called her at 1 am after he tried to drown Kirsty. Kirsty was with him and had a heartbeat. However, Mark wouldn’t let Kitty call an ambulance; he pulled a knife on her and demanded that they drive to Coxwold with Kirsty in the backseat. She died on the drive there, and Mark locked Kitty in her room while he buried Kirsty in Kitty’s garden.

Kitty shows Frank and Alice the grave, which is covered with a rosebush. Frank falls to his knees and laments how his mom never knew Kirsty was here. He asks Kitty if she knows where Mark is, and she says she doesn’t. Kitty stopped talking to Mark after his wedding day when he asked her talk to Lily and pretend to be his mother. Frank asks how Kitty can live here—and live with herself—after the burial. Kitty says she stays in Ridinghouse Bay and parks down by the beach so that locals don’t know she’s home. Alice comforts Frank and says they need to tell the others.

At the restaurant where they agree to meet, Lily reluctantly tries the food that Lesley recommends. As they talk about Mark, Lesley wonders if Lily had any clue that Mark was so violent. Lily says that he was always good to her, so she had no reason to doubt him. Lesley points out that Mark hasn’t contacted her, and Lily says it’s for her protection. Lily wants to stay in the UK, even if Mark goes to prison. Alice and Frank come into the restaurant and relay what Kitty told them. Lily decides she can’t love Mark and silently mourns the loss of her husband. After a moment, she calls Beverly and reports Mark’s crimes. Lily asks for police protection for herself and her friends while Mark is apprehended, and Beverly agrees.