Chap­ter 15 of We Solve Mur­ders delves into a piv­otal moment in Amy’s jour­ney as she faces a dan­ger­ous con­fronta­tion on Rosie’s ter­race. Reflect­ing on her pre­vi­ous con­ver­sa­tion with Steve, Amy is still grap­pling with the dis­turb­ing impli­ca­tions of Andrew Fair­banks’ death and the web of secrets that sur­round it. Her sus­pi­cions about the influ­encers’ involve­ment in a larg­er con­spir­a­cy, poten­tial­ly tied to mon­ey laun­der­ing, begin to crys­tal­lize, and she con­sid­ers her next steps care­ful­ly. Amy’s uncer­tain­ty grows as she con­tem­plates a flight to Lon­don, where she could seek safe­ty, yet a nag­ging feel­ing tells her there’s more to uncov­er, espe­cial­ly regard­ing the involve­ment of François Lou­bet and the dark forces pulling the strings behind the scenes.

Sud­den­ly, her thoughts are inter­rupt­ed when Kevin enters, armed and demand­ing Amy’s com­pli­ance. His pres­ence is a chill­ing reminder that she is not in con­trol of the sit­u­a­tion, but she remains focused, siz­ing him up and weigh­ing her options. Kevin, with a gun point­ed at her, orders Amy to the floor, but she quick­ly assess­es the pow­er dynam­ic, real­iz­ing that although he holds the weapon, he’s keep­ing his distance—perhaps unsure of what she might do next. While the dan­ger is imme­di­ate and unde­ni­able, Amy forces her­self to remain calm and cal­cu­lat­ing. She takes in the scene around her and begins to strate­gize, know­ing that get­ting through this con­fronta­tion requires more than just com­pli­ance.

Reluc­tant­ly, Amy fol­lows Kevin’s orders and hand­cuffs her­self behind her back, all the while weigh­ing the con­se­quences of her deci­sion. The thought of being trapped like this, at the mer­cy of some­one else, stirs a deep sense of help­less­ness, but she fights to main­tain con­trol. Kevin’s demand to restrain her­self, paired with his cal­cu­lat­ed move­ments, makes it clear that this sit­u­a­tion isn’t just about a ran­dom threat—it’s a part of a larg­er plan. Amy real­izes that she’s not just caught in a moment of dan­ger but in the mid­dle of a well-orches­trat­ed trap. Still, she refus­es to suc­cumb to pan­ic, know­ing that her best chance for sur­vival lies in keep­ing a clear mind.

At this crit­i­cal junc­ture, Rosie’s time­ly inter­ven­tion shifts the bal­ance of pow­er. Using an Oscar stat­uette with sur­pris­ing pre­ci­sion, Rosie knocks Kevin off bal­ance, send­ing him reel­ing and dis­arm­ing him in the process. Amy, still in hand­cuffs but fueled by adren­a­line, seizes the oppor­tu­ni­ty to escape the pan­ic room and heads for the main house, where the two women are now on equal foot­ing. They exchange a look, one that acknowl­edges the grav­i­ty of the sit­u­a­tion but also the unex­pect­ed cama­raderie form­ing between them. Amy, still pro­cess­ing the chaos that had just unfold­ed, under­stands the impor­tance of stay­ing one step ahead—of think­ing beyond their imme­di­ate cir­cum­stances and plot­ting a course that would lead them out of this mess.

Once out­side, with Kevin locked away in the pan­ic room, Amy and Rosie take a moment to regroup. Their imme­di­ate escape seems clear, but the threat from François Lou­bet and the pos­si­bil­i­ty of more trou­ble ahead weighs heav­i­ly on them. As Amy reflects on the dan­ger they’ve nar­row­ly avoid­ed, she can’t shake the feel­ing that they are only just begin­ning to uncov­er the full scope of the con­spir­a­cy that sur­rounds them. The men­tion of Lou­bet’s involve­ment sends a rip­ple of anx­i­ety through her, con­firm­ing that their actions have set them on a path from which there may be no turn­ing back.

Rosie, how­ev­er, refus­es to be intim­i­dat­ed by the mount­ing dan­gers. With a mix­ture of humor and deter­mi­na­tion, she reas­sures Amy that they will get through this togeth­er, no mat­ter what it takes. Amy, although grate­ful for Rosie’s unwa­ver­ing con­fi­dence, under­stands the weight of the sit­u­a­tion and knows that their next steps must be cal­cu­lat­ed with the utmost pre­ci­sion. They need a plan, and quick­ly. With the prospect of both finan­cial and per­son­al dan­ger loom­ing large, Amy sug­gests that they gath­er supplies—coffee to clear their heads and ammu­ni­tion to defend them­selves.

The urgency of their sit­u­a­tion is not lost on Rosie, who cheer­ful­ly agrees, adding that their next move should be more than just a hasty retreat. They need to find out who is behind this oper­a­tion and why they have been tar­get­ed. Amy’s deter­mi­na­tion hard­ens as she real­izes that escap­ing to safe­ty is not enough; they must con­front the shad­ows loom­ing over them and expose the truth. Togeth­er, they begin to pre­pare, their bond strength­en­ing as they brace for what lies ahead. As they look out over the island, with Kevin still locked away and the sounds of their pur­suit grow­ing near­er, the ten­sion reach­es a new height. The chap­ter ends on a note of uncer­tain­ty but also deter­mi­na­tion, as Amy and Rosie pre­pare for what­ev­er chal­lenges await them, know­ing the stakes have nev­er been high­er.