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I do not believe the letter of the rule, nor the spirit of the rule meant for player possession to have to change to have illegal forward handing.
Handing is described as transferring the ball from one player to another. But just because the transfer is not complete does not mean the ball was not handed. 2-19-2 says Forward handing occurs when the runner releases the ball when the entire ball is beyond the yard line where the runner is positioned. It doesn't say the ball has to be possessed by the second player for forward handing to occur, only that it must be released by the first player.
As Ed said above, a fumble in such cases where A recovers the ball would allow them to circumvent the rule.
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