In Chap­ter 92 of “We Solve Mur­ders,” Rob Ken­na approach­es the ninth tee, express­ing a spe­cif­ic dietary need to his cad­dy for iso­ton­ic water due to his aver­sion to nor­mal water con­tain­ing estro­gen. Upon receiv­ing the iso­ton­ic water, he pre­pares to take his shot, which he anx­ious­ly exe­cutes, nar­row­ly avoid­ing deep rough and the sur­round­ing trees. Although Rob prefers shar­ing the expe­ri­ence with oth­ers, he looks for­ward to play­ing golf with Nel­son Nunez, who will join him tomor­row for both recre­ation­al and busi­ness dis­cus­sions.

As Rob plays, he con­tem­plates sev­er­ing ties with François Lou­bet, rec­og­niz­ing the need for trans­paren­cy in any busi­ness rela­tion­ship. Aim­ing for pre­ci­sion, he asks for a nine-iron to visu­al­ize land­ing the ball per­fect­ly on the green. How­ev­er, he is dis­tract­ed by his caddy’s whistling, which is unusu­al for her. Though she feels bore­dom, she has tak­en on added respon­si­bil­i­ties under Rob’s direc­tion, act­ing as his trust­ed aide in var­i­ous oper­a­tions and demon­strat­ing loy­al­ty.

As Rob pre­pares for the shot, a rus­tle in the near­by trees skews his con­cen­tra­tion. Just as he begins his back­swing, a gun­shot pierces the air, strik­ing him direct­ly in the chest. He instinc­tive­ly drops his club, fal­ter­ing back­ward as pan­ic ensues; amidst the chaos, he sees his cad­dy flee­ing, leav­ing him to con­front dan­ger alone. More gun­fire fol­lows, and a fig­ure soon appears from the foliage, aim­ing a shot­gun at him. In this moment of immi­nent per­il, Rob Ken­na final­ly meets François Lou­bet’s gaze before the final shot rings out, shift­ing the chap­ter into a tense cli­max as the life-threat­en­ing sit­u­a­tion unfolds.

In the late after­noon sun of Mon­ta Clare wood­land, Saint engaged with nature, cap­tur­ing the beau­ty around her with her cam­era. Spot­ting a dis­tant white­tail, she took a moment to admire its majes­tic pres­ence while reflect­ing on her grand­moth­er’s wis­dom about patience sym­bol­ized by the sum­mer tan­ag­er watch­ing over her. This serene expe­ri­ence brought her a fleet­ing sense of calm, alle­vi­at­ing the haunt­ing mem­o­ries of her bad dreams and the unset­tling images of Eli Aaron’s face.

As Saint wait­ed in line at the drug­store to devel­op her film, she bumped into Ivy Macauley, who appeared dis­tressed. Their exchange revealed Ivy’s con­cern about the ner­vous boys try­ing to pur­chase con­doms for senior prom. Despite the heav­i­ness in Ivy’s demeanor, she nos­tal­gi­cal­ly rec­og­nized the inno­cence in Saint, rem­i­nis­cent of their child­hood. They dis­cussed their plans for the evening, with Saint intend­ing to accom­pa­ny Jim­my Wal­ters to the prom, which felt like a sig­nif­i­cant step for­ward.

Their con­ver­sa­tion touched on deep­er themes of moth­er­hood and grief as Ivy recount­ed painful mem­o­ries, includ­ing a sug­ges­tion to bury her son with­out a body. This con­ver­sa­tion etched a mark of sor­row on their encounter, evi­denc­ing Ivy’s strug­gle with her past. As they observed the boys make a hasty exit after Ivy stared at one of them, Saint joked about youth and the poten­tial con­se­quences of the night ahead.

How­ev­er, the con­ver­sa­tion took a dark­er turn as Ivy admit­ted to her ongo­ing bat­tle with night­mares and insom­nia. Her plea for pills at the phar­ma­cy, and the sub­se­quent rejec­tion, reflect­ed her deep need for relief. Despite the final­i­ty of the phar­ma­cy clerk’s response, Sain­t’s instinct nudged her to col­lect Ivy’s dropped papers which con­tained pre­scrip­tions for var­i­ous med­ica­tions, includ­ing sleep­ing pills.

Return­ing home, Saint felt the weight of the pre­scrip­tion papers in her pock­et and, upon exam­in­ing them lat­er, dis­cov­ered the dates for refills, find­ing the next one alarm­ing­ly close to the date after Patch was tak­en. This chill­ing rev­e­la­tion left her shak­en, thread­ing her per­son­al his­to­ry with Ivy’s painful real­i­ty inter­twined with her own grief, clos­ing the chap­ter with an echo of vul­ner­a­bil­i­ty and unre­solved con­flict.