Chapter 12 Summary

Joe doesn't want Jane to wear the ring. He believes that in doing so it will play into Aldo's game. They begin the search into the origins of the ring and Trevor informs them that the ring may have been purchased years ago in Italy.

With Jane off to bed, Joe and Eve talk about what this experience is doing to Jane. Essentially, they agree that this is changing Jane. Eve says, "We might have had a chance of bringing a little springtime into her life before this happened, but not now. She's changed" (p. 184). As much as they don't want Jane to take the risk of being bait used to lure Aldo into the opening, they acknowledge that it is the right thing to do.

In her room, Jane admires, albeit with repulsion, the ring in the lamplight. She studies the cut...