Chap­ter 25 of We Solve Mur­ders sees Steve fac­ing the unset­tling sight of a blood­ied BMW, rid­dled with bul­let holes. His thoughts are quick­ly inter­rupt­ed by a phone call from Amy, who reveals she has dis­tress­ing news of her own. Steve, already shak­en by the dis­turb­ing scene he just wit­nessed, express­es his con­cern, shar­ing his belief that Jeff Nolan might be dead. He describes the blood­ied car he saw at Hol­lands Wood, a har­row­ing image with no body in sight. Amy, try­ing to remain hope­ful, sug­gests that as long as no body is found, there is still a chance Jeff might be alive. As they con­tin­ue their con­ver­sa­tion, Amy recalls Jef­f’s ear­li­er warn­ing of impend­ing dan­ger, adding to the grow­ing ten­sion sur­round­ing them.

While Steve and Amy dis­cuss their respec­tive fears, Amy’s voice becomes faint­ly muf­fled, and a third voice is heard in the back­ground. Steve quick­ly iden­ti­fies it as Rosie D’An­to­nio, fur­ther con­firm­ing the urgency of the sit­u­a­tion. Amy explains that she feels increas­ing­ly threat­ened, men­tion­ing an ex-Navy SEAL and a poten­tial­ly cor­rupt local cop as the indi­vid­u­als who are tar­get­ing her. Despite Steve’s reluc­tance to trav­el, pre­fer­ring to assist from Eng­land, Amy firm­ly insists that her safe­ty is at risk and that she des­per­ate­ly needs his help. Her words are heavy with urgency, and she stress­es that mul­ti­ple mur­ders are involved, mak­ing the sit­u­a­tion all the more crit­i­cal. Steve, still reel­ing from the weight of his cur­rent cir­cum­stances, feels torn between his desire to help and his hes­i­ta­tion to engage in such a high-stakes sce­nario.

Amy, sens­ing Steve’s hes­i­ta­tion, offers him a way to get involved imme­di­ate­ly, explain­ing that a pri­vate jet is wait­ing for him in Farn­bor­ough, with Rosie ready to assist. This offer com­pels Steve to con­sid­er the grav­i­ty of the sit­u­a­tion, but it also brings to mind what his late wife, Deb­bie, might have advised him to do. He grap­ples with his con­flict­ing emo­tions, recall­ing how his instinct to help is coun­ter­bal­anced by the fear of the unknown, espe­cial­ly giv­en the dan­gers lurk­ing in South Car­oli­na. He imag­ines alli­ga­tors in the swamps and the uncer­tain toll this will take on his per­son­al life, adding lay­ers of com­plex­i­ty to his deci­sion. Despite these fears, the urgency in Amy’s voice stirs some­thing in Steve, a flick­er of excite­ment that con­trasts with the dread he feels. He real­izes that he must step into the role of an inves­ti­ga­tor, despite the risks involved.

As the con­ver­sa­tion con­tin­ues, Amy stress­es the impor­tance of find­ing some­one they both trust to inves­ti­gate the mur­ders and help untan­gle the web of lies and dan­ger. She reas­sures Steve that, togeth­er, they can nav­i­gate the chaos, and her words fuel the bond they share in this high-stakes sit­u­a­tion. The moment marks a sig­nif­i­cant turn­ing point for Steve, as he rec­og­nizes the need to take action rather than remain pas­sive. With each pass­ing minute, the weight of the sit­u­a­tion press­es hard­er on him, but Amy’s per­sis­tence and the sense of respon­si­bil­i­ty they share push him toward involve­ment. This piv­otal real­iza­tion sets Steve on a new course—one that leads him deep­er into the heart of the unfold­ing mys­tery, with no clear path ahead, only the promise of uncov­er­ing the truth.

The chap­ter beau­ti­ful­ly cap­tures the ten­sion, urgency, and emo­tion­al tur­moil faced by Steve as he decides whether to jump into the chaos of the inves­ti­ga­tion. His rela­tion­ship with Amy and the trust they’ve built serve as the emo­tion­al foun­da­tion for the choic­es he faces. It’s not just a case of solv­ing mur­ders; it’s about nav­i­gat­ing per­son­al fears, rela­tion­ships, and moral dilem­mas. This chap­ter also under­scores how the unex­pect­ed can push indi­vid­u­als toward unchart­ed ter­ri­to­ries, chal­leng­ing them to rise to the occa­sion and con­front their worst fears in pur­suit of jus­tice.