Chap­ter 92 of We Solve Mur­ders begins with Rob Ken­na at the ninth tee, prepar­ing for a round of golf that holds more than just leisure for him. He tells his cad­dy about his spe­cif­ic pref­er­ence for iso­ton­ic water, cit­ing his aver­sion to reg­u­lar water due to its estro­gen con­tent. Rob’s care­ful atten­tion to his needs reflects a deep sense of con­trol he main­tains in his life, even in moments meant for relax­ation. After receiv­ing the iso­ton­ic water, Rob focus­es intent­ly on his shot, feel­ing the ten­sion in the air as he read­ies him­self to take it. He swings, nar­row­ly avoid­ing the thick rough and the trees that sur­round the hole. Despite his usu­al pref­er­ence for shar­ing these moments with oth­ers, Rob is antic­i­pat­ing tomorrow’s game with Nel­son Nunez, a man who not only shares his love for the sport but will also engage in impor­tant dis­cus­sions of busi­ness dur­ing their time togeth­er. This dual pur­pose adds a lay­er of antic­i­pa­tion to the moment, show­ing Rob’s abil­i­ty to mix per­son­al and pro­fes­sion­al mat­ters seam­less­ly.

As Rob con­tin­ues to play, his thoughts shift toward his busi­ness deal­ings, par­tic­u­lar­ly the grow­ing real­iza­tion that sev­er­ing ties with François Lou­bet might be nec­es­sary. Rob has come to under­stand the impor­tance of trans­paren­cy in rela­tion­ships, espe­cial­ly in those that involve busi­ness trans­ac­tions. The real­iza­tion weighs heav­i­ly on him, as Loubet’s shady deal­ings have start­ed to cloud their part­ner­ship. Aim­ing for pre­ci­sion in his shot, Rob requests a nine-iron, visu­al­iz­ing how he will land the ball gen­tly on the green. How­ev­er, his caddy’s behav­ior dis­rupts his focus. The cad­dy begins to whis­tle, a strange and unex­pect­ed sound in such a tense moment. Though Rob knows her well, her whistling betrays a sense of bore­dom and rest­less­ness that con­trasts sharply with the high-stakes game they are play­ing. Her role, how­ev­er, goes beyond mere­ly assist­ing him on the course. Under Rob’s direc­tion, she has become involved in his busi­ness oper­a­tions, act­ing as a trust­ed aide in numer­ous mat­ters and demon­strat­ing a lev­el of loy­al­ty that runs deep­er than just being his cad­dy. This loy­al­ty, how­ev­er, is not with­out com­plex­i­ty, as the stakes in their world con­tin­ue to rise.

As Rob pre­pares for his next shot, a sud­den rustling in the trees near­by catch­es his atten­tion, draw­ing his focus away from the task at hand. Before he can adjust his aim, a gun­shot rings out, strik­ing him direct­ly in the chest. The impact is imme­di­ate and over­whelm­ing; he instinc­tive­ly drops his club as pan­ic floods his sens­es. His mind races, but his body feels heavy with shock and pain. In the midst of the chaos, Rob spots his cad­dy flee­ing the scene, a fig­ure dis­ap­pear­ing into the dis­tance, aban­don­ing him in his most vul­ner­a­ble moment. The sense of betray­al and iso­la­tion is pal­pa­ble as he grap­ples with his injury, real­iz­ing that the dan­ger he faces is now far more imme­di­ate than any busi­ness con­cern. Just as Rob strug­gles to regain con­trol, anoth­er round of gun­fire erupts, fur­ther inten­si­fy­ing the per­il of his sit­u­a­tion. A fig­ure steps out from behind the trees, hold­ing a shot­gun aimed direct­ly at him. It is in this crit­i­cal moment of near-cer­tain death that Rob meets the eyes of François Lou­bet, the man he has been entan­gled with for so long. The chill­ing encounter marks the chapter’s tense cli­max, as Rob’s life hangs in the bal­ance. The real­i­ty of his impend­ing fate, and the real­iza­tion that Lou­bet may have orches­trat­ed this moment, casts a dark shad­ow over every­thing Rob has worked for. With the final shot still to come, the sto­ry leaves read­ers in sus­pense, won­der­ing how this dead­ly encounter will unfold and what the con­se­quences will be for Rob Ken­na in the end.