“But,” Elizabeth continued, “these two hunters told me that they had chosen you from the very beginning, and were trying so hard to catch you, and only you, that they passed up any opportunity to catch another female.”
Beverly looked up and past Elizabeth at Paul and Rob. She looked briefly at Ron with what appeared to be wistful disappointment, and then back at Elizabeth.
“Is it all right with you if I pass you on to these two men?” Elizabeth asked.
“We'll take good care of her,” Paul spoke up. Beverly looked up at him again, then at Rob, then one last time at Ron before turning her gaze back to Elizabeth. She bowed her head and nodded. Once she did that, Miranda pulled out her own not-really-a-cellphone device out of a pocket in her somber black dress and held it near Beverly's ear as
