The Blue Hour

Content Warning: This section of the guide includes discussion of graphic violence, death, illness, rape, and addiction.

As Becker is driving toward Eris, he receives a message that Helena seemingly sent to him by mistake. In the message, she tells an unknown recipient to come over. Becker wonders if it could be true that Sebastian and Helena are having an affair and if that explains why they frequently encouraged him to visit the island. He arrives on Eris early on Saturday morning; according to Grace, the storm should hit on Sunday night, and he plans to depart by then.

As soon as Becker arrives, Grace confronts him. She accuses him of stealing the letter he took without her permission (the 2003 letter in which Vanessa tells Grace not to come back) and lashes out because he did not mention her in the article profiling the upcoming exhibition. Becker apologizes; Grace relents and explains to Becker how she left the island for a time, beginning about six months after Julian’s disappearance. Before Grace’s departure, Vanessa was acting very erratically and pushing everyone away; Grace alludes to Vanessa feeling a sense of guilt. Vanessa was very cold toward Grace during the time of their separation; eventually, after Vanessa learned that she had cancer, she asked Grace to return.