"What are we doing?" Ruth's mother stepped out of her room and kicked at Ruth. "You little skank! Where is your conscience? How dare you step over our sister to get into the elite community? Huh? How could you be this cheap? Do you really want to really be a part of the elite society that badly? Do you want to take your sister's resources from her that badly? Aren't you sisters? How could you be this cheap? How shameless!"
Her mother kicked Ruth a few times, more viciously. Ruth wailed in pain, she couldn't see a thing with her head in the sack, so she could only plead. "Mom, can you please just take this off me first? Let me out and-and you can scold me or beat me however you want, okay?"
"We can let you out!" said her father. "But not until we take your phone and every last penny you own from your bag. We have to tie you up before we remove the sack."
Her parents immediately leaped into action after that t o go through her bag. Her phone, cash and the shopping card Sabrina had given her were all taken away. Even her handbag was snatched away by Mindy.
Mindy gave her a kick mercilessly and hissed, "How dare you use a bag this fine? One of these could cost
tens of thousands of dollars, are you worthy of this, Ruth? Are you?? Do you even know what brand this i s? You are just a bumpkin who doesn't know a thing about brands! It's a waste for someone like you to use this bag!"
Ruth had the time to contemplate and she knew that she might not survive or escape her parents and cousin today. Since there was no chance of survival, she thought it better to speak her mind. After all, Ruth had always been a fearless fierce woman. She used to be unsophisticated and knew no boundaries or shame, so she used to show off and take pleasure in suppressing others. She finally realized that she was the way she was under the influence of her family and her cousin. After spending time with Sabrina and Yvonne, she had learnt what it meant to be courageous and strong. Her face was swollen but the contempt in her glare remained.
"I said, not only are you hideous, you are pathetic!" she said, loud and clear, "do you know just how pathetic you look right now? Mindy Mann, you have completely gone out of your mind!"
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