In Chap­ter 84 of “We Solve Mur­ders,” Adam and Steve share a rare moment of con­ver­sa­tion in a qui­et set­ting. They rem­i­nisce about their past chats, which were often filled with child­hood inter­ests like dinosaurs but have since devolved into awk­ward silences. The chap­ter opens with them dis­cussing Adam’s recent flight and Steve’s uneasy obser­va­tions about the bath­room’s loca­tion in the house.

Adam sug­gests they change the sub­ject to some­thing more pressing—the mur­ders that have recent­ly occurred. Steve reveals that Amy is poten­tial­ly in dan­ger, as a man named Rob Ken­na has been hired by François Lou­bet to threat­en her. This entan­gles Adam fur­ther, giv­en the dan­ger­ous impli­ca­tions of the sit­u­a­tion. Steve recounts an encounter with Ken­na at a golf club, describ­ing him as a DJ, which Adam finds incred­u­lous but illus­tra­tive of the absur­di­ty they find in such dark cir­cum­stances.

As they attempt to delve into the mat­ter, the atmos­phere remains tense, reveal­ing their strug­gle to con­nect as father and son. Each tries to bridge the chasm of silence that has grown between them, pon­der­ing per­son­al sub­jects like Steve’s late part­ner, Deb­bie, but both feel too guard­ed to explore these top­ics. Ulti­mate­ly, Adam decides it is time to rest after a long day, lead­ing to a rather awk­ward farewell with­out the com­fort of a hug.

In a sur­pris­ing twist, as Adam is about to leave, Steve fond­ly recalls Adam’s child­hood inter­ests in dinosaurs. This men­tion allows momen­tary warmth between them, con­trast­ing against the back­drop of their seri­ous con­ver­sa­tion. They briefly chat about their favorite dinosaurs, demon­strat­ing a flick­er of their ear­li­er bond. Final­ly, Steve asks Adam an unex­pect­ed ques­tion about sauna etiquette—a query that sig­ni­fies his desire to main­tain a con­nec­tion, how­ev­er clum­si­ly. The exchange clos­es with Adam affirm­ing the rou­tine of their home, high­light­ing both their phys­i­cal close­ness and the emo­tion­al dis­tance that remains. The chap­ter encap­su­lates the themes of famil­ial bonds, dan­ger, and the qui­et strug­gles of com­mu­ni­ca­tion.

In Chap­ter 84 of “All the Col­ors of the Dark,” Saint nav­i­gates a par­ty atmos­phere, draw­ing glances as she makes her way to the gift table and sets down a pink sweater she knit­ted, hop­ing it would fit Misty. Misty arrives in a strik­ing white dress, exud­ing con­fi­dence and attract­ing atten­tion, which imme­di­ate­ly cap­ti­vates the crowd. Saint feels an unset­tling shift when Misty, seem­ing­ly obliv­i­ous, asks about a cer­tain boy’s pres­ence. The con­ver­sa­tion reveals ten­sions and unspo­ken emo­tions between the two girls, high­light­ing Sain­t’s dis­com­fort as she del­i­cate­ly implores Misty not to pur­sue the boy, feel­ing the weight of her own inse­cu­ri­ties and shame.

Despite want­i­ng to clar­i­fy her feel­ings, Saint is inter­rupt­ed as Misty is swept onto the dance floor by Chuck, leav­ing Saint stand­ing alone. In the midst of this chaot­ic emo­tion­al land­scape, she observes Misty step­ping out­side, seem­ing­ly seek­ing the boy she had been try­ing to locate. Right then, Saint is approached by Jim­my, who is well-dressed in a blaz­er, show­ing his own com­mit­ment to the occa­sion. Their con­ver­sa­tion shifts from small talk to deep­er emo­tions as Jim­my express­es his con­cern for Saint dur­ing Joseph’s absence, reveal­ing how much he admires her resilience.

As they talk, Jim­my lets Saint know that he notices the lit­tle things about her, rein­forc­ing an unvoiced con­nec­tion between them. He encour­ages her to dance with him, assert­ing that while he might not be her first choice, he gen­uine­ly wish­es to share a moment with her. Torn between lin­ger­ing feel­ings for Misty’s sit­u­a­tion and the bud­ding con­nec­tion with Jim­my, Saint looks out­side one last time to see Misty walk­ing away before accept­ing Jimmy’s hand and agree­ing to dance. This moment sig­ni­fies a shift in her mind­set as she choos­es to embrace the present instead of dwelling on past con­flicts.