Chap­ter 39 of We Solve Mur­ders opens with an unex­pect­ed vis­it from Bon­nie Gre­gor to Felic­i­ty Woollaston’s home. Bon­nie, feel­ing a bit anx­ious about the impromp­tu meet­ing, steps into a world of pri­va­cy that Felic­i­ty rarely shares with oth­ers. Felic­i­ty, accus­tomed to her soli­tary rou­tines, works to make Bon­nie com­fort­able, even though this encounter feels like a depar­ture from her usu­al qui­et exis­tence. The con­ver­sa­tion begins on an unex­pect­ed note as Bon­nie express­es her desire to learn more about influ­encer agen­cies, espe­cial­ly giv­en her 14K Insta­gram fol­low­ers. She wants to under­stand whether this social media fol­low­ing can be trans­lat­ed into a full-time career, a shift from her cur­rent job. Felic­i­ty lis­tens with gen­uine inter­est but feels some uncer­tain­ty about her abil­i­ty to help, as she has lim­it­ed expe­ri­ence in the influ­encer world.

Bon­nie, unde­terred, delves deep­er into her aspi­ra­tions, ask­ing Felic­i­ty about the mechan­ics of grow­ing and mon­e­tiz­ing an online pres­ence. She’s eager to find out how she can turn her Insta­gram account into a viable busi­ness and what steps influ­encers take to make that leap. Felic­i­ty, though famil­iar with the sur­face-lev­el dynam­ics of influ­encer cul­ture, knows that this world requires much more than just post­ing pret­ty pic­tures. She encour­ages Bon­nie to clar­i­fy her expec­ta­tions, as she believes many influ­encers face the chal­lenge of bal­anc­ing per­son­al ambi­tion with the finan­cial real­i­ties of sus­tain­ing an online career. Bon­nie dreams of one day leav­ing her cur­rent job behind and focus­ing exclu­sive­ly on becom­ing a full-time influ­encer, though she tem­pers her expec­ta­tions, say­ing that she’s not inter­est­ed in becom­ing exces­sive­ly wealthy from it. This hum­ble out­look con­trasts with the typ­i­cal influ­encer nar­ra­tive, which often revolves around fame and for­tune. As the con­ver­sa­tion unfolds, it becomes clear that Bon­nie is dri­ven by a desire for inde­pen­dence and per­son­al ful­fill­ment rather than just finan­cial suc­cess.

As their con­ver­sa­tion deep­ens, Felic­i­ty grows more aware of her own lim­it­ed knowl­edge of the influ­encer space but is moved by Bonnie’s pas­sion. Bon­nie offers to show Felic­i­ty her Insta­gram pro­file, @bonnieinspo, as proof of her efforts and the con­tent she’s been cre­at­ing. Felic­i­ty, feign­ing tech­ni­cal dif­fi­cul­ties, hes­i­tates at first but then encour­ages Bon­nie to present her work direct­ly on her phone. Bon­nie eager­ly flips through her posts, reveal­ing vibrant and engag­ing con­tent designed to inspire and uplift her fol­low­ers. With each scroll, Felicity’s skep­ti­cism fades, replaced by admi­ra­tion for Bonnie’s eye for detail and sto­ry­telling. Felic­i­ty finds her­self impressed by the way Bon­nie crafts her posts, under­stand­ing how her visu­al sto­ry­telling res­onates with the audi­ence. In that moment, the dynam­ic between them shifts from one of men­tor and mentee to one of mutu­al respect and shared enthu­si­asm for cre­ativ­i­ty, even though their worlds are quite dif­fer­ent.

The dis­cus­sion turns to poten­tial brand part­ner­ships, as Bon­nie seeks Felicity’s input on what types of com­pa­nies might be a good fit for her grow­ing plat­form. Felic­i­ty sug­gests that Bonnie’s aes­thet­ic would align well with brands in the inte­ri­or design and paint­ing indus­tries, open­ing the door to pos­si­ble col­lab­o­ra­tions. This idea excites Bon­nie, who is eager to explore how her online per­sona could be mon­e­tized fur­ther. How­ev­er, as Felic­i­ty lis­tens, she begins to feel the weight of her self-doubt. Though she is gen­uine­ly invest­ed in help­ing Bon­nie, Felic­i­ty acknowl­edges that she feels some­what dis­con­nect­ed from the influ­encer world, a world in which she does not feel entire­ly at home. Despite this, she sees the poten­tial for Bonnie’s suc­cess and begins to con­sid­er how she could sup­port her in her jour­ney. While Bon­nie is all ener­gy and opti­mism about her future, Felic­i­ty con­tem­plates offer­ing advice or even mak­ing a rec­om­men­da­tion to her col­leagues at Vivid Viral. Though her knowl­edge is lim­it­ed, she rec­og­nizes the val­ue of sup­port­ing Bonnie’s ambi­tions, even if it means step­ping into an unfa­mil­iar ter­ri­to­ry.

By the time the con­ver­sa­tion wraps up, Felic­i­ty offers Bon­nie the oppor­tu­ni­ty to con­tin­ue their dis­cus­sion over lunch, sig­nal­ing her gen­uine inter­est in sup­port­ing Bonnie’s growth. The offer is more than just a friend­ly ges­ture; it sig­ni­fies Felicity’s will­ing­ness to help Bon­nie nav­i­gate this new world despite her own reser­va­tions. Bonnie’s will­ing­ness to open up about her dreams and ambi­tions has sparked some­thing in Felic­i­ty, who finds her­self intrigued by the pos­si­bil­i­ty of sup­port­ing her. As the chap­ter con­cludes, there is a sense of cama­raderie between them, despite their dif­fer­ing life paths. The meet­ing, ini­tial­ly seen as a sim­ple favor, ends up being a turn­ing point for both women. For Felic­i­ty, it opens the door to new pos­si­bil­i­ties in the influ­encer world, while for Bon­nie, it offers hope that her aspi­ra­tions can one day become a real­i­ty. In the end, the chap­ter leaves the read­er with a sense of antic­i­pa­tion, hint­ing at future col­lab­o­ra­tions and growth for both char­ac­ters.