"I do," she says and it's as simple as that. She does trust Jason. There have been plenty of moments when he could have turned his back on her and he hadn't, moments when she knows someone else might have run away and never looked back. It's not that Beth thinks he's perfect or even that he's told her everything, but he doesn't need to. Things have a way with coming out in time.

"That's good, though," she adds with a grin. "Carl'll be real mad if you let me fall and I break somethin'. Then he'll have to take care of Judith and me."