In Chap­ter 42 of We Solve Mur­ders, the ten­sion aboard the flight is pal­pa­ble as Rosie, Steve, and Amy find them­selves nav­i­gat­ing a mix of light­heart­ed­ness and under­ly­ing anx­i­ety. Rosie and Steve are loung­ing com­fort­ably on a cream leather sofa, while Amy, deep in her thoughts, sulks in a vel­vet arm­chair, glued to her phone. Despite the pilot’s warn­ing of poten­tial tur­bu­lence, Amy dis­miss­es it, sig­nal­ing her dis­be­lief in the sit­u­a­tion. The trio starts singing an unfa­mil­iar coun­try song, which stands in stark con­trast to Amy’s grim thoughts. She’s pre­oc­cu­pied with the thought of a threat loom­ing over her life, the weight of which is far from light. The jovial atmos­phere between Rosie and Steve, with their care­free song, high­lights the con­flict­ing emo­tions with­in the group, leav­ing Amy feel­ing more iso­lat­ed in her con­cern.

Amy’s focus quick­ly shifts to a press­ing issue—the inves­ti­ga­tion into Bel­la Sanchez’s mur­der. She sus­pects a con­nec­tion between Bella’s death and a larg­er mon­ey-smug­gling oper­a­tion, one that might be tied to the elu­sive Lou­bet. But ques­tions persist—who is Lou­bet, and where is he now? Just as her mind races through these uncer­tain­ties, a mes­sage noti­fi­ca­tion from an unknown num­ber inter­rupts her thoughts, sig­nal­ing the start of an unex­pect­ed con­ver­sa­tion with Henk van Veen. Though Henk’s his­to­ry as a major ben­e­fi­cia­ry of recent mur­ders makes him an unre­li­able source, Amy, des­per­ate for infor­ma­tion, decides to engage with him. She knows that uncov­er­ing the truth could be key to under­stand­ing the larg­er con­spir­a­cy she is entan­gled in, even if that means rely­ing on some­one she dis­trusts.

The ten­sion between Amy’s mount­ing anx­i­ety and her com­pan­ions’ obliv­i­ous­ness to the sit­u­a­tion con­tin­ues to grow as the con­ver­sa­tion with Henk esca­lates. Henk’s mes­sages reveal dis­turb­ing news about Jeff, a friend of Amy’s who is sup­pos­ed­ly dead, adding anoth­er lay­er of con­fu­sion and dread to her already fraught mind. As Steve and Rosie con­tin­ue to sing their care­free songs, unaware of the dark under­cur­rents of Amy’s sit­u­a­tion, the con­trast between their light­heart­ed­ness and Amy’s con­cern becomes even more pro­nounced. Their ban­ter and laugh­ter rep­re­sent a stark­ly dif­fer­ent real­i­ty, one that Amy can­not ful­ly engage with while grap­pling with the weight of the threats sur­round­ing her. This dis­so­nance deep­ens Amy’s sense of iso­la­tion, even as she is phys­i­cal­ly sur­round­ed by friends.

With the sit­u­a­tion becom­ing more dire, Amy feels cor­nered and resolves to con­front Henk about his role in track­ing her move­ments. Her mind races as she con­tem­plates the severe con­se­quences of Henk’s pos­si­ble hos­til­i­ty, not just for her, but also for Steve’s safe­ty. In the midst of the grow­ing ten­sion, an invig­o­rat­ing song blasts through the cab­in, and Rosie, ever the opti­mist, begins to dance. Steve joins in with play­ful antics, bring­ing a momen­tary break in the gloom. Yet, for Amy, this brief inter­lude doesn’t erase the real dan­gers she feels are clos­ing in. The stark con­trast between their care­free singing and her inner tur­moil inten­si­fies the emo­tion­al divide with­in the group.

As the flight con­tin­ues, Amy receives anoth­er mes­sage from Henk, invit­ing her to con­tin­ue their con­ver­sa­tion. At this moment, Amy makes a deci­sive move: she destroys her SIM card, cut­ting all ties with Henk. This bold action is a sym­bol­ic dec­la­ra­tion of defi­ance, choos­ing to embrace the present moment with Steve and Rosie instead of being con­sumed by the dan­gers of the out­side world. Togeth­er, they sing the cho­rus of Take On Me, a song of hope and resis­tance, rein­forc­ing their bond in the face of impend­ing dan­ger. The song and the moment sig­ni­fy a col­lec­tive stand against the threats they face. As the plane nears St. Lucia, the island appear­ing on the hori­zon sym­bol­izes both a lit­er­al and metaphor­i­cal new begin­ning for Amy. The jour­ney ahead, uncer­tain as it may be, offers a chance for renew­al and hope.