The Life Impossible

Grace drives to the airport, counting mathematical sequences along the way. She passes Lieke’s billboard and remembers her pain. Then, she sees the woman she saw at the airport on the roadside. Grace enters Christina’s consciousness and understands that she’s under the sea. She’s so immersed in the vision that she almost drives into a horse.

At the airport, Grace prepares to buy a ticket back to England. While waiting for the attendant to find a flight, she remembers Christina’s video. Then, she sees the doctor from the hospital, enters her consciousness, and sees the day the doctor told Alberto he had cancer. She doesn’t buy the ticket and leaves the airport.

Christina’s words replay in Grace’s mind. She realizes that things have already changed and that she needs to let go of her grief.

Grace returns to the car and confronts Alberto about his diagnosis. He looks suddenly agitated. Since her encounter with La Presencia, Grace hasn’t been able to access Alberto’s mind. She now realizes that he’s blocked his mind because of his illness. He tells Grace that they’re going to meet Marta, but he needs to tell her something first.

Grace and Alberto stop at a roadside café and order some juice. Grace gets annoyed when Alberto starts blabbing about music instead of telling her about himself.

Alberto tells Grace about the blue whale, the loneliest whale in the ocean. For years, he felt like that whale. Then he met Christina, and they became close. She was the first person who understood him. Their relationship opened Alberto up and helped him reconnect with Marta. He says that Christina was special and so is Grace. He hasn’t told Marta about his diagnosis because he isn’t ready yet. Suddenly, his mind opens to Grace, and she sees everything.

When Marta arrives, Grace realizes that she’s the woman from the airport. They get along readily. She’s smart and well-spoken. She doesn’t have clairvoyant powers but is sensitive. While Marta is talking, Grace notices Alberto’s sadness. He plucks a fig from a nearby tree and hands it to Grace.

Grace marvels at the taste of the fresh fig.

While Marta is talking, Grace and Alberto notice cracks forming in her glass. The glass shatters, and Marta cuts herself. Marta cleans up the mess while talking about Christina’s attempts to stop Eighth Wonder. Marta wants to go through with the upcoming protest, as she thinks that Eighth Wonder’s owner, Art Butler, wanted to kill Christina. Worried, Alberto and Grace try to convince her to stop the protest. Marta refuses and argues that if they can meet with Ibiza’s most powerful politician, Sofía Torres, they might stop the development. The friends agree to visit El Pescador, where Sofía regularly dines.

In the car, Grace and Alberto continue begging Marta to cancel the protest. Finally, Grace parks a distance from El Pescador. On the walk to the restaurant, she enters every passerby’s mind. She suddenly realizes that her beliefs about happiness are wrong.

Grace marvels at all the different thoughts and emotions she experiences while walking. She’s only been clairvoyant for two days but already feels different.

Grace tells Maurice that she used to think she was an island. She now understands that she’s never been alone and that everyone is connected to everyone else.

The friends arrive at the restaurant and see Sofía Torres. Grace enters her mind. She’s worrying over a meeting she had with Art and anxious about the upcoming protest.

Grace learns that Sofía met with Art at his villa. During the meeting, she challenged his development plans for Es Vedrà, arguing that his resort would change the integrity of the island. He insisted otherwise and promised to preserve Es Vedrà. Sofía expressed her concerns about the local wildlife, including the cormorants and goats and the seagrass in the neighboring waters. Disgusted, Art threatened her, revealing that he’d killed her colleague when he blocked Eight Wonder’s application to build on Ses Feixes wetlands. Then, Grace loses access to Sofía’s mind.

Grace tells Alberto and Marta what she learned. Marta insists that she can’t cancel the protest. Finally, Alberto and Grace agree to support Marta. Together, they approach Sofía and confront her about the development and protest. Finally, she agrees to Alberto’s proposed deal: If they can get 20,000 people to attend the protest and pay her $80,000 for associated legal fees, she’ll withdraw her support from Eighth Wonder. Afterward, Grace and Marta ask Alberto why he suggested this deal. He promises that he knows what he’s doing.

In reality, Alberto has no plans for getting the money or rounding up protesters.

Grace sees an Amnesia flier and suggests that they round up protesters at Lieke’s show. Alberto and Marta agree. Everyone goes home to nap before seeing Lieke.

Grace returns to the house, which suddenly feels like home. She realizes that she has a purpose in Ibiza.

Grace studies Christina’s photos and makes new discoveries about her and Lieke’s relationship. Then, she reads some passages from Alberto’s book and The Ultimate Guide to Psychic Power. Afterward, she decides that she must “protect Es Vedrà and Ibiza from […] Art Butler” (247).

Grace opens the olive jar near her bed. Christina said that it would give her clarifying dreams. She falls asleep and dreams that she’s traveling underwater. She’s overcome with the feeling that she’s a bad person.

In the dream, Grace encounters an array of aquatic trees. Nearby, Christina is sitting at a table.

Christina welcomes Grace to Salacia. She tells Grace to let go of her negativity and stop focusing on her mistakes. She assures Grace that everyone is flawed but that she can do good for others.

Christina disappears. Then, Grace and Karl are seated at the table. She understands that they’re at the restaurant where Karl proposed. She looks at her ring, and they talk about their mistakes. She reveals that she had an affair, and he admits he did, too. He assures Grace that Daniel’s death was as much his fault as hers and urges her to let go of her guilt so that she can remember him and their life happily. Grace realizes that he’s right.

Grace feels herself changing. The table disappears, but she can still feel La Presencia’s healing powers. She understands that she’s ready to live again.