In Chap­ter 46 of We Solve Mur­ders, Amy is seen sprint­ing along the sandy shore­line, her feet sink­ing into the wet sand as the waves crash against her legs. The phys­i­cal exer­tion takes its toll, and she col­laps­es in exhaus­tion, feel­ing as if she’s crossed a fin­ish line after a long, gru­el­ing race. She takes a moment to catch her breath, allow­ing her­self to pause and appre­ci­ate the view before her. The tow­er­ing resort over­look­ing Emer­ald Bay stands as a sharp con­trast to the peace­ful yet tense atmos­phere sur­round­ing her. With her phone in hand, Amy pre­pares to make an impor­tant call, her mind con­sumed by the urgency of the sit­u­a­tion. The serene beach moment is in stark con­trast to the whirl­wind of thoughts rac­ing through her mind, which prompts her to reach out for the answers she des­per­ate­ly needs.

Mean­while, Susan Knox, engrossed in her work at her desk, is sur­round­ed by the con­stant hum of trad­ing soft­ware and mar­ket data, a far cry from the tran­quil sur­round­ings Amy finds her­self in. The sud­den buzz of her mobile phone star­tles her, and she fum­bles to find it among the mess of papers and equip­ment. After knock­ing a key off her desk, she opens a draw­er to locate the phone, final­ly answer­ing it with a mix of curios­i­ty and con­cern. To her sur­prise, it is Amy call­ing, and she quick­ly learns that Amy is alive but out of breath, con­firm­ing that she’s still in the midst of some­thing much big­ger than either of them had antic­i­pat­ed. As the con­ver­sa­tion shifts, Amy wastes no time get­ting to the heart of the mat­ter, reveal­ing her grow­ing con­cerns about Jeff and the miss­ing blood test results. This quick turn toward seri­ous con­ver­sa­tion sets the stage for an even deep­er dis­cus­sion, one that will chal­lenge the both of them and raise ques­tions nei­ther is pre­pared to ful­ly answer.

As Susan lis­tens intent­ly, Amy press­es her about the miss­ing blood sam­ple, specif­i­cal­ly how it was the only one unac­count­ed for in a locked med­ical room. Susan admits that only Amy’s blood went miss­ing, and she had briefly con­sid­ered the pos­si­bil­i­ty that Amy might have tak­en the sam­ple her­self due to fear of the results. How­ev­er, Amy adamant­ly denies this, refus­ing to accept the notion that she might be involved in such an action. The sus­pi­cion grows even fur­ther as Amy urges Susan to dig deep­er into the sit­u­a­tion, ask­ing her who would have had access to the locked room at the time. Susan responds, reveal­ing that only a hand­ful of peo­ple, approx­i­mate­ly ten to twelve, includ­ing her­self and Jeff, had access to the blood tests. Amy points out that Henk, anoth­er employ­ee, was also present dur­ing the time of the inci­dent, rais­ing even more doubts about whether some­one else could have accessed the sam­ple. Although Susan brush­es off the idea, sug­gest­ing that they occa­sion­al­ly give clients tours of the facil­i­ty, the notion that some­one unau­tho­rized could have tak­en the blood sam­ple lingers in the air. With every new detail, the ten­sion builds, and the sus­pi­cion sur­round­ing those involved inten­si­fies.

The con­ver­sa­tion takes an even dark­er turn when Amy makes a chill­ing request. She tells Susan that if any­one, includ­ing the police or Henk, inquires about her where­abouts, she must deny any con­tact and claim she hasn’t heard from her. This state­ment, though seem­ing­ly sim­ple, car­ries with it a weight of fore­bod­ing that reflects just how high the stakes have become. Susan, now thor­ough­ly con­cerned, press­es Amy about Jef­f’s loca­tion and her own safe­ty, eager to ensure that her friend is not in imme­di­ate dan­ger. Amy’s response, how­ev­er, only deep­ens the mys­tery, as she calm­ly states that she believes no one, not even her­self, is tru­ly safe any­more. This chill­ing admis­sion under­scores the dan­ger­ous real­i­ty Amy is fac­ing and serves as a stark reminder of the threats loom­ing over them all. Susan, now more wor­ried than ever, feels the weight of the sit­u­a­tion press­ing down on her, real­iz­ing that every­thing they knew has just been turned upside down. Amy’s request for secre­cy, cou­pled with the sus­pi­cions sur­round­ing Jeff and Henk, leaves the con­ver­sa­tion hang­ing in uncer­tain­ty, set­ting the stage for what is sure to be a tumul­tuous turn of events.