In Chap­ter 85 of “We Solve Mur­ders,” Bon­nie Gre­gor spends just over three hours at Cos­ta Cof­fee, ini­tial­ly con­tem­plat­ing leav­ing after nine­ty min­utes due to feel­ing judged by an Alban­ian barista. How­ev­er, the arrival of a new employ­ee, who atten­tive­ly reads when not serv­ing, prompts her to linger. She decides to pur­chase a lemon-and-pop­py-seed muf­fin, acknowl­edg­ing the chal­leng­ing nature of busi­ness these days. She sends an email to Felic­i­ty, believ­ing good man­ners are impor­tant and that it’s bet­ter to be cau­tious.

As Bon­nie embarks on the check-in for her flight, she reflects on her aspi­ra­tions. While work­ing for estab­lished brands like For­est Paints is worth­while, she’s eager to devel­op her own brand and con­sid­ers invest­ing her twen­ty thou­sand toward new equip­ment and stock. She rec­og­nizes the pos­i­tive impact she has on oth­ers, want­i­ng to cre­ate more smiles in the world. Upon reach­ing the front of the queue, she encoun­ters the same check-in staff who jokes about her time at Cos­ta Cof­fee.

The check-in process pro­gress­es smooth­ly until a com­mo­tion aris­es behind Bon­nie. A man in his fifties attempts to bypass the queue, cre­at­ing ten­sion among the wait­ing pas­sen­gers. When he snatch­es Bon­nie’s leather holdall from the belt, she begins to protest but stops short upon see­ing Felic­i­ty Wool­las­ton push­ing her way for­ward. Felic­i­ty apol­o­gizes for the mix-up regard­ing Bon­nie’s flight and intro­duces a man named Tony, who is retriev­ing her lug­gage.

The check-in clerk checks on Bon­nie, con­firm­ing every­thing is fine as Felic­i­ty clar­i­fies the sit­u­a­tion is mere­ly a mis­un­der­stand­ing. Tony leads Bon­nie and Felic­i­ty away from the check-in area, where they dis­cuss the time­ly receipt of her email. Felic­i­ty express­es relief at their near-miss and men­tions road­works that delayed them on the way to the air­port. As they dis­cuss fur­ther, Felic­i­ty offers to buy Bon­nie a cof­fee, sig­nal­ing a moment of cama­raderie amidst the trav­el chaos.

In Chap­ter 85 of “All the Col­ors of the Dark,” Misty greets Patch with a gen­tle admo­ni­tion for being late, reveal­ing her wor­ry that he might not arrive. As they stand togeth­er, they share a moment observ­ing the ongo­ing cel­e­bra­tion, a dis­tant melody weav­ing through their con­ver­sa­tion. Misty’s voice echoes a mix of hope and con­cern about their future, prompt­ing Patch to reflect on the pres­sures stem­ming from her seem­ing­ly per­fect life, illus­trat­ed by her par­ents’ poised pos­tures.

Patch open­ly con­fess­es his fear of nev­er find­ing the one he seeks, a truth that weighs heav­i­ly on him. In response, Misty encour­ages him to con­tin­ue search­ing but warns that he might over­look what lies imme­di­ate­ly before him. Despite her reas­sur­ance, Patch can’t bring him­self to look up, caught in the grav­i­ty of his exis­ten­tial thoughts.

Misty per­cep­tive­ly com­ments on their dif­fer­ence from oth­ers, hint­ing at Patch’s unique bur­dens that iso­late him: “no one knows you. Not real­ly.” They share a dance under the lumi­nous moon and bright stars, yet Patch feels the urge to obscure the beau­ty sur­round­ing them. Their con­ver­sa­tion deep­ens as they dis­cuss love’s capac­i­ty to inflict heart­break, with Misty’s words about a poten­tial col­lapse of the world around them sug­gest­ing fragili­ty.

As Misty slips off her heels and con­nects phys­i­cal­ly with Patch, the grass beneath them offers a ground­ing con­trast to the lofty thoughts cloud­ing his mind. This moment marks an inti­mate dance between them, a famil­iar yet poignant act. Patch takes in her essence and, curi­ous, prompts her to dis­close the gift she received for her birth­day.

In a ten­der moment, Misty looks into his eyes, reveal­ing that she got pre­cise­ly what she yearned for: “I got to dance with the boy who saved my life.” This state­ment encap­su­lates their bond, reflect­ing the inter­twined fate of their hearts amid the com­plex­i­ties of their lives.