Exiles

As Falk takes Gemma back to the festival, she listens to a voicemail from Raco asking when she saw Kim last. Falk kisses her, and they part. Falk finds Raco and asks about the call to Gemma. Raco assures Falk he called everyone. No one saw Kim in person for about a year before last year’s festival. Kim had been drifting away from everyone in Marralee. As they walk through the festival, Falk notices Eva waving at a train for kids even though she doesn’t know anyone riding it. The riders wave back. Falk waves to people on the Ferris wheel, and several wave back. He begins to question what he saw last year when he thought he saw Kim on the Ferris wheel.

This chapter is from Kim’s perspective. She thinks back to when she fell in love with Charlie at 15 years old. Then, she sees Rohan at Dean’s funeral but doesn’t take him up on his suggestion that they meet in Adelaide. After Charlie and Kim break up, she moves to Adelaide with Zara for a graphic design job. Zara begs to return to Marralee. Kim runs into Rohan, and they begin seeing each other.