Recap:
"Noo!" Ruth screamed as she tried to get up and grab the child but another guard was quick to push her back onto her knees. "Again, weakness, it's always available in all shapes and sizes. At times they are the worst kinds of gifts, worst kind of joy and now your doom." The king said as he opened his arms and the boy was placed in his arms. My heart dropped as I realized that must have been Ruth's child.
Ruth's only son.
"Mercy my king, mercy! He is but a child! A child with no sin! A child with dreams! My only child!" she screamed as she begged. "I beg of you, I have been but a loyal subject since your time and served even with your son. I have nurtured and cared for your sons as though mine, do not take away my only blood!" she cried and I felt my heart squeeze more and more at the sight of all of this.
