In Chap­ter 63 of We Solve Mur­ders, Eddie Flood finds him­self at a cross­roads, grap­pling with the con­se­quences of his recent actions. The encounter that has com­pro­mised his posi­tion has left him feel­ing exposed and vul­ner­a­ble, and he knows that the pub­lic eye is now firm­ly fixed on him. Eddie reach­es out to Rob, hop­ing for guid­ance, but Rob’s reac­tion is one of con­fu­sion and frus­tra­tion. Rob informs Eddie that footage of Rosie on An Irish Break­fast has now gone viral, fur­ther com­pli­cat­ing mat­ters. Rob’s dis­be­lief is evi­dent as he won­ders how Eddie, once a mas­ter of stay­ing under the radar, has become such a hot top­ic in the media. Eddie recounts the chaot­ic scenes that unfold­ed at the Cork air­field, where he was swarmed by an over­whelm­ing num­ber of fans and pho­tog­ra­phers, mak­ing it impos­si­ble for him to blend in. The atten­tion he has gar­nered is a stark reminder of how much his noto­ri­ety has increased, putting him in an even more pre­car­i­ous posi­tion than before. As Eddie process­es the extent of his pub­lic expo­sure, he real­izes that his every move is now being watched, and the stakes are high­er than ever.

As the con­ver­sa­tion with Rob con­tin­ues, Eddie admits to a failed attempt to take down Amy Wheel­er. He recounts how a tint­ed Mer­cedes blocked his line of sight, pre­vent­ing him from get­ting a clean shot, and the frus­tra­tion in his voice is pal­pa­ble. Rob, unable to hide his dis­ap­point­ment, tells Eddie that he’s lost his touch and no longer pos­sess­es the skills that once made him a for­mi­da­ble adver­sary. Rob also makes it clear that Eddie is off the job, his blun­der esca­lat­ing the sit­u­a­tion to a point where Eddie’s face is now plas­tered all over the media. The humil­i­a­tion of being pub­licly iden­ti­fied makes it impos­si­ble for Eddie to car­ry on his assign­ment with­out draw­ing fur­ther atten­tion. Despite the set­back, Eddie decides to keep the $15,000 that Rob had offered him, rec­og­niz­ing that he can still make use of the mon­ey in the future. The con­ver­sa­tion between them reveals not only the grow­ing ten­sion in their pro­fes­sion­al rela­tion­ship but also the real­iza­tion that Eddie’s fail­ure has changed the course of their plans. The stakes have grown con­sid­er­ably, and Eddie must now nav­i­gate a world where his every move is under scruti­ny.

The tone of their con­ver­sa­tion shifts as Rob, now clear­ly anx­ious about the con­se­quences, high­lights the urgency of the sit­u­a­tion. Rob half-jok­ing­ly sug­gests hir­ing a Scan­di­na­vian hit­man to fin­ish the job if Amy doesn’t die soon, but his con­cern is gen­uine. Eddie, how­ev­er, becomes more intrigued by Rob’s mys­te­ri­ous employ­er, pon­der­ing how learn­ing more about this fig­ure could give him the lever­age he needs. With Rob offi­cial­ly off the job, Eddie reflects on his next steps, decid­ing that keep­ing an eye on Amy Wheel­er is cru­cial. He has shift­ed his moti­va­tions from elim­i­nat­ing her to keep­ing her alive for his own ben­e­fit. The more Eddie observes the unfold­ing media cov­er­age, the more he real­izes that hav­ing Amy alive might serve him bet­ter than her death would. He notices that his pho­to is being shared wide­ly, and one news app even dubs him a “mys­tery hero.” This unex­pect­ed recog­ni­tion gives Eddie a sense of accom­plish­ment, even if it is not the kind of recog­ni­tion he had ini­tial­ly sought. Despite the fail­ure of his pre­vi­ous attempt, Eddie finds him­self tak­ing a more strate­gic approach to the sit­u­a­tion. He begins to see the big­ger pic­ture, under­stand­ing that by main­tain­ing con­trol over the nar­ra­tive, he can still manip­u­late the sit­u­a­tion to his advan­tage. Eddie’s inter­nal con­flict between his ini­tial goal and his grow­ing desire for pow­er and recog­ni­tion shows how much his think­ing has evolved. He is no longer just focused on the assign­ment at hand; now, he is cal­cu­lat­ing his every move, care­ful­ly plan­ning how to stay in the game while posi­tion­ing him­self for greater influ­ence in the ongo­ing dra­ma. As Eddie reflects on the sit­u­a­tion, it becomes clear that his jour­ney has shift­ed, and the stakes are high­er than ever before.