"Yeah, does it?" Beau asks. A hint of interrogation gets in her voice, and she notices it and shrugs sharply as if to dismiss the tone.

"They told me the cost of getting pulled out was working with you guys for a bit. Like, a year."

She already heard that it's normal and happens pretty often, but the thing on her mind is: a couple people gave the impression that the carnival used to deliberately trick people into hiring on, making trouble for them to fall for. And that's worrisome.