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By day, she swept streets as a cleaner; by night, she gathered recyclables, driven by the ceaseless demands of
her drug-addicted son.
Ahead, perched atop a trash can, lay a discarded bouquet of roses and an exquisite cake. Ruby hastened her
steps, but she was still too late.
Another elderly scavenger, an old man, had already claimed the cake. Ruby reached for the roses.
She knew that at times, women would turn away from roses and leave cakes untouched simply because their
hearts held no fondness for the men who offered them.
Every so often, a glimmer of fortune lay concealed within the roses—perhaps a ring or a necklace—treasures
that, once discovered, could amount to several months’ earnings for her.
But before Ruby could grasp it, the old man snatched the bouquet.
“Elm Street is my turf. Who gave you permission to rummage through the garbage here? Show up here again,
and you'll regret it.” Though his clothes were tattered and age had etched lines upon his face, the old man had
an intimidating presence.
Ruby, never one to shrink from a challenge, shot back, “Who do you think you are, chasingoff? This street
doesn’t belong to you. I'll cand go as | please!”
The old man’s eyes narrowed, his finger jabbing toward Ruby menacingly. “Say that again?”
Unfazed, Ruby said, “I'll say it a hundred times if | want. You don’t scare me!” She lunged forward to hit him.
The old man, not one to back down, dropped his haul and fought with Ruby. Years of hard labor on the streets
Follow on NovᴇlEnglish.nᴇthad made him far sturdier than Ruby, and within moments, he had struck her down, leaving her sprawled on the
ground.
Fuming, Ruby exclaimed, “How dare you shove me! Do you even know who my daughter is? She is a member of
the powerful Harper family!”
The old man laughed derisively. “Sure, and mine is the president's daughter!” He didn’t buy Ruby’s claims for a
second.
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Ruby staggered back to her feet and hurled herself at the old man once more. With a swift kick, he sent her
crashing down, then struck her with a few more brutal blows. “Get out of here! Pushagain, and I'll cripple
you.”
Ruby fell to the ground again, her hand grazing the rough pavement, a thin trickle of blood marking her pain.
She winced, her eyes flashing with defiance as she glared at the old man rummaging through the nearby trash.
The cake and the bouquet lay abandoned on the ground. Ruby looked at them for what felt like an eternity
before scooping them up and running away. The old man caught sight of her fleeing figure and gave chase, his
hand quickly snatching her hair and yanking her back to the ground.
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After what seemed like forever, Ruby
stirred, her body aching as she
staggered to her feet. She seicHed
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