In Chap­ter 56 of We Solve Mur­ders, Adam Wheel­er reflects on a pro­duc­tive day in his pro­fes­sion­al life, feel­ing a sense of accom­plish­ment. He has suc­cess­ful­ly sold a stake in a cin­e­ma chain locat­ed in Sin­ga­pore and invest­ed in a South Kore­an AI soft­ware start-up, which seems like a lucra­tive move. Through­out the busi­ness deal­ings, Adam enjoys a deli­cious lunch, savor­ing the moment while keep­ing his atten­tion on the tasks at hand. His thoughts then turn to his upcom­ing trip to Dubai, where he will attend a dia­mond con­fer­ence. The trip promis­es to be an excel­lent oppor­tu­ni­ty for net­work­ing, par­tic­u­lar­ly with clients who val­ue his keen lis­ten­ing skills and his abil­i­ty to gen­er­ate impres­sive prof­its. How­ev­er, despite the excite­ment of the trip, Adam can’t help but wish that Amy could accom­pa­ny him. Her extend­ed con­tract with Rosie D’Antonio, how­ev­er, has her tied up with com­mit­ments, pre­vent­ing her from join­ing him. Adam is also curi­ous about the enig­mat­ic nature of Amy’s rela­tion­ship with his father, a mys­tery he hasn’t yet had the time to inves­ti­gate due to his busy sched­ule.

As the evening approach­es, Adam’s col­leagues plan to enjoy a night out in Dublin, eager to indulge in din­ing, gam­bling, and casu­al rela­tion­ships. How­ev­er, Adam’s pri­or­i­ties are dif­fer­ent; he decides to spend his night in the qui­et soli­tude of his hotel room. Instead of engag­ing in the nightlife, he opts for room ser­vice and decides to unwind by down­load­ing Ram­page 5, a film that allows him to escape from the world out­side. He spends his evening watch­ing the movie, which stars Max High­field, though Adam finds him­self unim­pressed by Highfield’s per­for­mance, pre­fer­ring the action-packed roles of Jason Statham. As he watch­es, Adam’s thoughts stray toward the lav­ish lives of those around him. He reflects on how peo­ple val­ue pos­ses­sions like a £25,000 Rolex, see­ing them as sym­bols of sta­tus, even though he believes these items only serve to attract trou­ble. His mus­ings reveal a sense of dis­con­nect from the mate­ri­al­ism that seems to define the world of his col­leagues. Adam’s crit­i­cal thoughts on extrav­a­gance reflect his deep­er feel­ings of skep­ti­cism toward the pur­suit of wealth for its own sake, an out­look that sets him apart from those around him.

Dur­ing the movie, Adam is sud­den­ly inter­rupt­ed by a text mes­sage from Amy, caus­ing his heart to race with antic­i­pa­tion. Her mes­sage brings an unex­pect­ed turn to his evening, as she reveals that she won’t be able to meet him in Dubai due to her ongo­ing respon­si­bil­i­ties. Instead, she urgent­ly needs him to help with a case at Al-Awir Prison, where smug­gling charges are involved. Amy’s request pulls Adam away from his com­fort­able, iso­lat­ed evening and thrusts him into a sit­u­a­tion that requires his imme­di­ate atten­tion. He feels a strong sense of duty toward her and under­stands that help­ing her is a cru­cial part of their uncon­ven­tion­al rela­tion­ship. Although the task is far from glam­orous, Adam rec­og­nizes its impor­tance, which strength­ens his resolve to sup­port Amy. This shift in focus from busi­ness to per­son­al com­mit­ment high­lights the unique dynam­ic between the two, where their bond is more about mutu­al trust and duty than tra­di­tion­al roman­tic norms. Amy’s mes­sage forces Adam to tran­si­tion from a world of lux­u­ry and indul­gence to one where he must take prac­ti­cal action. As he pre­pares to assist her, Adam begins to real­ize that this rela­tion­ship, while uncon­ven­tion­al, is ground­ed in real part­ner­ship and shared respon­si­bil­i­ty. The chap­ter clos­es with Adam con­tem­plat­ing the nature of his con­nec­tion with Amy, under­stand­ing that their rela­tion­ship is not just about emo­tion­al close­ness but about stand­ing by each oth­er in moments of need, no mat­ter how uncom­fort­able or chal­leng­ing the cir­cum­stances may be. This bal­ance between per­son­al and pro­fes­sion­al com­mit­ments con­tin­ues to shape Adam’s deci­sions, demon­strat­ing how love and duty inter­sect in their part­ner­ship.