She stared at the stupid little beans for an inordinate amount of time.

She couldn’t make them face each other in battle, because she was afraid she would read too much into the outcome.

She couldn’t just squish Karen Bean (as much as she’d like to), because she honestly liked Karen. And even a jelly bean death from another state would make her feel guilty.

But she couldn’t quite bring herself to separate Jim Bean and Pam Bean either.

In the end, she sealed all three of them in an empty push-pin box and hid them in her bottom drawer.