In Chap­ter 98 of “We Solve Mur­ders,” Bon­nie returns to her moth­er’s home after a can­celed job, reflect­ing on the dis­mal look her moth­er has upon hear­ing the news. Three days lat­er, Bon­nie is in Felic­i­ty’s office with Tony, star­ing at a holdall filled with over a mil­lion pounds, unex­pect­ed­ly dis­cov­ered after they cut it open. Felic­i­ty con­tem­plates the util­i­ty of hand­ing the mon­ey over to the police, while Tony insists that the amount could secure the future for Bonnie’s chil­dren. Despite their argu­ments, Bon­nie adamant­ly feels the mon­ey is taint­ed since it doesn’t belong to her and rep­re­sents ille­gal gains.

Tony and Felic­i­ty argue that the mon­ey is not inher­ent­ly ille­gal, espe­cial­ly since it doesn’t con­tain drugs. Felic­i­ty reveals that the mon­ey belongs to Mick­ey Moody, cur­rent­ly arrest­ed for mur­der, and sug­gests that Bon­nie should keep it since there’s no note request­ing its return. Bon­nie grap­ples with the eth­i­cal dilem­ma, assert­ing her desire to work for her income rather than take ill-got­ten gains. Felic­i­ty pro­pos­es act­ing as Bon­nie’s agent, sug­gest­ing they could turn the mon­ey into a busi­ness ven­ture that helps oth­ers.

Despite Bonnie’s reluc­tance, Felic­i­ty reas­sures her that they can ensure the mon­ey is fun­neled through legal chan­nels while com­mit­ting a por­tion to the fam­i­lies of mur­der vic­tims. Bon­nie wor­ries about how to explain the sit­u­a­tion to her fam­i­ly, yet Felic­i­ty con­vinces her that hard work will lead to suc­cess, even with­out rich par­ents or con­ven­tion­al back­ing. They engage in a dis­cus­sion about self-belief and luck as essen­tial com­po­nents of suc­cess, with Felic­i­ty empha­siz­ing that Bon­nie demon­strat­ed self-belief by com­ing to see her.

Even­tu­al­ly, Bon­nie acknowl­edges the argu­ments pre­sent­ed to her and express­es grat­i­tude to Felic­i­ty and Tony for their sup­port as they con­clude that this ven­ture could turn into some­thing pos­i­tive despite its dubi­ous ori­gins. The chap­ter encap­su­lates themes of moral­i­ty, the allure of for­tune, and the quest for self-iden­ti­fi­ca­tion in a world filled with eth­i­cal gray areas.

In Chap­ter 98 of “All the Col­ors of the Dark,” the nar­ra­tive unfolds as char­ac­ters nav­i­gate the rem­nants of a reces­sion-strick­en land­scape. Saint and Nix tra­verse Route 9, stop­ping at a gas sta­tion where Saint gath­ers a state­ment from an old atten­dant about a rob­bery, obscured on grainy secu­ri­ty tape. Nix reflects on the ongo­ing eco­nom­ic woes, artic­u­lat­ing skep­ti­cism despite claims of recov­ery. Their con­ver­sa­tion tran­si­tions to a din­er, where amidst the slow ambiance—broken booths and truck­er routines—Nix com­mends Saint for her efforts.

Their dia­logue shifts to per­son­al mat­ters, with Nix inquir­ing about Sain­t’s grand­moth­er while Saint con­tem­plates her own fam­i­ly dynam­ics con­cern­ing Patch, a close per­son from her past. As they rem­i­nisce, the weight of Sain­t’s unre­solved feel­ings regard­ing past rela­tion­ships sur­faces, par­tic­u­lar­ly her con­nec­tion with Misty. Despite Misty’s absence, her influ­ence looms large in Sain­t’s thoughts.

Sain­t’s men­tion of a request for vis­i­ta­tion with Mar­tin James Tooms, the man accused of mur­der, sparks Nix’s skep­ti­cism. The legal pro­ceed­ings sur­round­ing Tooms are described, reveal­ing the frus­tra­tion and despair of Patch, who sends let­ter after let­ter plead­ing for answers regard­ing a girl named Grace. Togeth­er, they delve into the grue­some details of the case and the impact it has had on their lives, empha­siz­ing the grim real­i­ty of fac­ing trau­ma and unan­swered ques­tions.

As the chap­ter pro­gress­es, the nar­ra­tive details the court­room dra­ma sur­round­ing Tooms’ tri­al, with intense moments cap­tured dur­ing tes­ti­mo­ny where foren­sic evi­dence, includ­ing hair sam­ples and blood match­ing, plays a piv­otal role. Saint and Nix observe the out­bursts from Cal­lie Mon­trose’s father, high­light­ing the emo­tion­al toll of the tri­al. The chap­ter cul­mi­nates with the sen­tenc­ing of Tooms to death—a ver­dict that rever­ber­ates through the com­mu­ni­ty, sym­bol­iz­ing a sor­did clo­sure to an ago­niz­ing chap­ter in their lives.

Despite the imposed legal sen­tence, there remains an under­cur­rent of unre­solved pain and rage from those affect­ed by the trag­ic events. The chap­ter encap­su­lates themes of grief, jus­tice, and the per­son­al strug­gle against a back­drop of sys­temic fail­ures.