The Life Impossible

Grace visits the local authorities and shows the Guardia civil officer Christina’s letter. The officer doesn’t think that the letter clarifies Christina’s death but insists on keeping it for his investigation. When Grace asks about Alberto, the officer warns her to avoid him.

Grace tries to forget the investigation and enjoy herself. She visits several of the locations that Christina recommended. Ibiza is beautiful, but Grace feels incapable of enjoying herself. She’s convinced that she’s a bad person who killed her son. She also feels guilty for having an affair with her colleague, Aidan Jenkins, and betraying Karl years prior. She tells Maurice that these are the reasons she’s been despairing but reminds him that every person has unique struggles and difficulties. She feels pressured to be happy in Ibiza and wonders if she’ll ever be able to find her old self again.

Grace visits Las Dalias market, where she meets a woman named Sabine. Sabine knew Christina and tells Grace how special Christina was and how much she wanted to help people. She was particularly determined to stop the development of Es Vedrà and was organizing a protest against Eighth Wonder when she died. Sabine doesn’t know if Alberto was involved but tells Grace that he knows the most about Christina’s fate.

Grace drives to Atlantis Scuba to meet Alberto. She feels nervous, unsure of what she’s doing. She arrives at the shack and notices a goat out front. Then, Alberto appears with a snake around his neck.

Grace tries asking Alberto about Christina, but he repeatedly changes the subject to snakes. Finally, he reveals that he knows who Grace is and that the seagrass photo brought her to him.

Alberto offers to take Grace to see the seagrass, insisting that it “will change [her] life” (86). Grace is skeptical because she thinks she’s too old to dive. Alberto argues otherwise and tells her to meet him at midnight tomorrow so that he can take her out into the water. He promises that the experience will answer her questions about Christina.

Grace returns to the house, missing Karl and imagining him with her. She tries to describe her grief over losing Karl and Daniel to Maurice. She makes herself dinner and studies her engagement ring. She remembers the time she cut her finger while cooking and likens the wound to her sorrow. She looks through Alberto’s book again and asks his photo what he wants. She feels foolish and blames herself for her desperation.

Grace shares her theory of life with Maurice. After visiting Alberto, she feels like she’s at rock bottom, but then something changes.

Grace gets up in the middle of the night, convinced that she forgot to turn off a light. In the living room, she notices that the olive jar is glowing and decides to go to Cala d’hort with Alberto to solve the mystery.

Grace and Alberto meet up the following night. Grace feels uncomfortable donning her wetsuit. She and Alberto head out on the water, talking about clairvoyance and science on the way. Alberto extracts a jar of glowing seawater from his pocket and insists that it has helped him heal over the years. He promises Grace that everything will be illuminated soon.

Grace and Alberto head past Es Vedrà. Grace’s phone buzzes with a message from Karl’s sister, Sophie, in response to the photo of the yellow flower that Grace sent her. Sophie explains that the flower is extinct and promises to do more research. Grace can’t make sense of what’s happening and feels terrified that Alberto will hurt her. Then, Alberto starts talking about Christina and her love for nature and people. He stops the boat and tells Grace what to do once they’re in the water.

Grace and Alberto start their dive. When Grace sees her pendant, she collects it from the grass. Then, she and Alberto’s headlamps go out. She panics, but Alberto grabs her arm.

The water suddenly lights up.

Grace tells Maurice that she’ll do her best to describe the next event. The seagrass lights up, and Grace is overcome with an unfamiliar feeling. A ball of light shifts around her, turning into a cloud and heading toward her.

The light gains arms and stretches through the water. Grace feels suddenly free and drops the necklace. Enamored by the creatures and colors around her, she feels as if she’s waking up. Then, she hears a loud roaring, and the light intensifies.

Everything around Grace disappears.

Grace wakes up in the hospital.

Alberto, a nurse, and a doctor stand over Grace’s bed. Grace feels better than expected and tells Maurice that it was the best sleep she’s had since Daniel died. The nurse informs her that despite the diving incident, her vitals are fine.

Grace and Alberto sit in the reception area. She studies the people around her, realizing that she can sense their thoughts.

Grace waits for her MRI scan. Meanwhile, Alberto explains that she encountered La Presencia, or “The Presence,” and that everything will change for her now, the way it did for Christina. Grace is skeptical.

Alberto explains that La Presencia makes those it visits clairvoyant. This is how Christina could see the future. However, there’s an evil force in Ibiza too, but he and Christina couldn’t tell what it was. He goes on to say that Christina isn’t dead but simply traveled to the underwater planet of Salacia. Grace doesn’t believe him, so Alberto predicts a series of things that come true and reveals that he knows what she’s thinking.

Alberto explains that Grace is going to change in the next few days now that she’s part Salacian. He insists that she can’t get the MRI and that they leave the hospital at once. He gives her his number and tells her to contact him, warning her not to leave the house for the next few days.

Grace describes a thought experiment for Maurice, likening it to her experience after the dive. Everything feels new to her, as if she’s discovered a new theory of infinity.