The Sun Down Motel

Carly feels at home at the Fell Central Library, though she struggled to get out of bed before it closed. Carly knew Heather hadn’t slept much and was still asleep, so she went without her. It’s now 4:00 p.m., and Carly goes upstairs to the Fell Archive Room. She looks up Viv Delaney and the Sun Down Motel. She finds an article titled “WHO WAS VIVIAN DELANEY?” and reads about the history of the Sun Down Motel, which was built in 1978 on a plot called Cotton’s Land. A farmer named Cotton sold it, and the motel’s inaugural photo shows Janice, Carl, and their son, Christopher McNamara. Carly recognizes Chris as the man who hired her. The photo confirms nothing at all has changed about the motel, and Carly feels like she’s living in the same time period.

A man named Callum MacRae brings Carly her printed pages he has gathered from the printer. He asks her if she’s figured out what it is she’s looking for, sitting down beside her. He tells her he knows of the Sun Down Motel and asks if Carly is a student. His mother is a professor at the college and he goes for free, but he doesn’t like it and instead hangs out in the archive room.