In Chap­ter 82 of “We Solve Mur­ders,” Bon­nie’s jour­ney to Heathrow Air­port proves sur­pris­ing­ly swift. With her neigh­bor’s hus­band assist­ing her with her leather holdall, Bon­nie drags her rolling suit­case behind, feel­ing grate­ful for the ear­ly arrival despite the intim­i­dat­ing check-in lines and secu­ri­ty process­es loom­ing ahead. She reflects on the bit­ter­sweet farewells from her fam­i­ly, espe­cial­ly her teary-eyed moth­er, who only asks her to return safe­ly.

As she waits in line, Bon­nie begins to wor­ry about the con­tents of her leather bag. It feels heav­ier than it should, and doubts twist in her mind about what could be inside—possibly some­thing dan­ger­ous like a bomb. The thought prompts con­cern, but she dis­miss­es it as para­noia. She con­sid­ers reach­ing out to Felic­i­ty via email to ease her anx­i­ety, com­pos­ing a mes­sage that describes her sit­u­a­tion, includ­ing the mys­te­ri­ous locked bag she’s been giv­en for an unbox­ing video. How­ev­er, she hes­i­tates on send­ing it, fear­ing it might make her seem dra­mat­ic or pro­voke embar­rass­ing laugh­ter from Felic­i­ty and her col­leagues.

Even­tu­al­ly, she reach­es the check-in desk, where a friend­ly clerk inquires about her trav­el plans. Bon­nie proud­ly states her trip to São Paulo is for busi­ness, which boosts her con­fi­dence. She strug­gles with her bags on the con­vey­or belt when a clerk informs her she arrived too early—her check-in isn’t until the after­noon. Despite feel­ing slight­ly fool­ish for her eager­ness, Bon­nie opts to wait at the air­port café. She acknowl­edges the expense but main­tains opti­mism about her ear­ly arrival.

The chap­ter encap­su­lates Bon­nie’s inter­nal mono­logue filled with humor­ous self-doubt and excite­ment, reveal­ing her character’s blend of anx­i­ety and ambi­tion as she embarks on this new oppor­tu­ni­ty. The nar­ra­tive, light-heart­ed yet intro­spec­tive, show­cas­es the mun­dan­i­ty and unpre­dictabil­i­ty of trav­el, punc­tu­at­ed by Bonnie’s relat­able fears and aspi­ra­tions.

In Chap­ter 82 of “All the Col­ors of the Dark,” the atmos­phere is live­ly as Patch observes a scene filled with youth­ful ener­gy and social inter­ac­tions. He sits on the curb with his belong­ings, sur­round­ed by girls in fash­ion­able attire and boys wear­ing unbut­toned shirts that expose their skin. The near­by estab­lish­ments, like Hanes Jew­el­ry and Bray­bart Cof­fee, reflect the small-town vibe as bright­ly col­ored signs flut­ter in the breeze. It’s a bustling evening as peo­ple, eager to make the most of their night, engage in care­free rev­el­ry.

Patch leans against a bul­letin board, grap­pling with the invi­ta­tion from Misty that weighs heav­i­ly on him—a promise to attend an event he is dread­ing. He clutch­es a small box con­tain­ing a del­i­cate snow globe, a whim­si­cal emblem of his thoughts as he often gazes at it before sleep­ing. Despite cost­ing only a dol­lar, he feels regret about this item’s sig­nif­i­cance.

As he nav­i­gates through a gath­er­ing near the Town Clerk’s Office, he wit­ness­es groups of girls danc­ing, the atmos­phere filled with cheers and laugh­ter. How­ev­er, his expe­ri­ence takes a turn for the worse when a group of peers snatch­es the box from him amidst mock­ery about his appear­ance. The play­ful taunts esca­late into aggres­sion as he strug­gles to push through the crowd, even­tu­al­ly find­ing him­self on the ground, feel­ing the tug­ging of his eye patch.

In a harsh moment that silences the laugh­ter, Patch receives his eye patch back, high­light­ing a fleet­ing sense of cama­raderie. Yet soon after, the box con­tain­ing the snow globe is care­less­ly hurled towards him, result­ing in the shat­ter­ing of glass and the dev­as­tat­ing loss of his trea­sured item. Patch is left kneel­ing on the ground, feel­ing aban­doned, and a wave of nos­tal­gia wash­es over him as he longs for the com­fort­ing dark­ness, a yearn­ing to be beside Grace as he reflects on the painful iso­la­tion he cur­rent­ly expe­ri­ences.