Chap­ter 69 of We Solve Mur­ders unfolds in the Gre­gor house­hold, where Bon­nie Gre­gor is immersed in the process of pack­ing for her upcom­ing trip. The air buzzes with excite­ment and mild chaos as her moth­er, Lois, super­vis­es while her chil­dren, Mimi and Max­ie, attempt to “help” in their own unpre­dictable way. Bon­nie metic­u­lous­ly selects her wardrobe, treat­ing the process as both a pro­fes­sion­al oblig­a­tion and an oppor­tu­ni­ty to show­case her per­son­al brand. For her, this isn’t just about stuff­ing clothes into a suitcase—it’s a cal­cu­lat­ed effort to ensure she presents her­self flaw­less­ly in every sit­u­a­tion. Lois watch­es with a mix­ture of amuse­ment and admi­ra­tion, occa­sion­al­ly chim­ing in with remarks about Bonnie’s choic­es. A com­ment about Bonnie’s deci­sion to pack biki­nis for an influ­encer event pro­mot­ing paint leads to laugh­ter, with Lois play­ful­ly ques­tion­ing the log­ic behind it. Bon­nie, unfazed, explains that social media mar­ket­ing often thrives on visu­al appeal rather than strict indus­try rel­e­vance.

Despite the seem­ing­ly light­heart­ed pack­ing, Bonnie’s mind is pre­oc­cu­pied with the weight of this oppor­tu­ni­ty. She rec­og­nizes that her tran­si­tion from work­ing behind the scenes for com­pa­nies like For­est Paints to step­ping into the spot­light as an influ­encer is a defin­ing moment. Though she has been steadi­ly grow­ing her online pres­ence, this trip sig­ni­fies a major step for­ward. A sig­nif­i­cant part of her excite­ment stems from her part­ner­ship with Felic­i­ty Wool­las­ton, whose belief in Bon­nie has boost­ed her con­fi­dence. As she folds her clothes with pre­ci­sion, she envi­sions the pos­si­bil­i­ties that await—networking with key fig­ures in the indus­try, expand­ing her reach, and prov­ing that she is more than just a behind-the-scenes con­sul­tant. She briefly won­ders if she should express her grat­i­tude to Felic­i­ty by tak­ing her out to lunch upon her return. It’s a small ges­ture, but one that could strength­en their pro­fes­sion­al bond.

Mean­while, Mimi and Max­ie bring their own brand of ener­gy into the room, trans­form­ing the task into a game. Their excit­ed chat­ter fills the space as they pre­tend to pack for their own grand adven­tures. Max­ie, in his usu­al dra­mat­ic fash­ion, sug­gests they should take a trip to the moon, prompt­ing Bon­nie to chuck­le at his bound­less imag­i­na­tion. Mimi, always the voice of rea­son, pro­pos­es France as a more real­is­tic des­ti­na­tion, which sparks a fleet­ing day­dream in Bonnie’s mind. She allows her­self to imag­ine a future where she can take her fam­i­ly on a lux­u­ri­ous vacation—one that is ful­ly fund­ed by her suc­cess­ful career as an influ­encer. The idea fuels her deter­mi­na­tion, rein­forc­ing why this oppor­tu­ni­ty is so impor­tant. Lois, notic­ing her daugh­ter’s thought­ful expres­sion, reas­sures Bon­nie that she’s on the right path. Bon­nie smiles, grate­ful for her mother’s unwa­ver­ing sup­port.

As the con­ver­sa­tion shifts toward Bonnie’s upcom­ing respon­si­bil­i­ties, Lois play­ful­ly pre­tends to be a cus­toms offi­cer, inspect­ing Bonnie’s suit­case with exag­ger­at­ed seri­ous­ness. “And what’s this?” she teas­es, hold­ing up a bot­tle of organ­ic paint. Bon­nie laughs, explain­ing that her con­tract includes an “unbox­ing” video to show­case a new line of eco-friend­ly paints—a trendy niche that influ­encers have recent­ly embraced. Lois rais­es an eye­brow, skep­ti­cal about the con­cept of influ­encers pro­mot­ing paint, but ulti­mate­ly shrugs it off with a know­ing smile. She has always sup­port­ed Bonnie’s ambi­tions, even when she doesn’t ful­ly under­stand them. The light­heart­ed exchange eas­es some of Bonnie’s pre-trip nerves, allow­ing her to momen­tar­i­ly enjoy the absur­di­ty of her pro­fes­sion. She appre­ci­ates that, despite all the stress of pack­ing, her moth­er and chil­dren keep her ground­ed.

As the evening pro­gress­es, Bon­nie finds her­self reflect­ing on how far she has come. Not long ago, she was sim­ply work­ing for brands like For­est Paints, help­ing oth­ers mar­ket their prod­ucts. Now, she is step­ping into the role of an influ­encer her­self, using her own per­son­al­i­ty and style to shape her career. The tran­si­tion is both thrilling and ter­ri­fy­ing, but she knows she is ready. With her suit­case final­ly packed and her plans in place, she takes a deep breath, feel­ing a mix of antic­i­pa­tion and con­fi­dence. She knows that suc­cess in this field requires risk, adapt­abil­i­ty, and a will­ing­ness to step out­side her com­fort zone. As she pre­pares for bed, she reas­sures her­self that she has every­thing she needs—not just in her suit­case, but with­in her­self. Tomor­row marks the begin­ning of a new chap­ter, and Bon­nie is deter­mined to make the most of it.