"And she wanted you to know," Beth says. That sort of thing makes sense to her. Sometimes it's hard for people to say what they really feel, but she thinks there are times when they realize they might not get another chance and suddenly it's important for them to tell someone. She thinks about Jason, the night when he'd been attacked and how frightened she had been that he would just not be here one day without her having ever said anything to him. That had changed everything for her, even though she knows she should have been thinking that way all along.

Beth never wants to take anything for granted. Not in Darrow. Not when it's all she has.

"Just in case the worst happened, she wanted you to know." She pauses, considering, then continues. "To her, it was worth the risk. If the worst had happened, then you'd just never know, but now that it hasn't, now that she's gonna be fine, you do know and you guys'll have to face that, but... but I'm gonna guess that's probably what she wants." She can't see any other reason why someone would say something like that, not until they really did want to deal with it, want to explore it.