Ruth felt a mixture of emotions like sadness, hurt, anger, helplessness and frustration. She couldn't understand why people with power behaved rudely with the helpless ones. Why people didn't care about others? She couldn't understand at all.
After she left Mr Cooper's tailoring shop, she was disappointed and worried. The amount Mr Cooper paid for the work that Ruth had done on the red dress was not enough to buy daily essentials. The landlord was asking for the rent of the room in which Ruth lived. She somehow managed to convince the man that after this work, she would pay the rent. But all her plans ruined when she didn't get the just pay for the hardship she had been through.
While lost in these thoughts, Ruth didn't notice a familiar face approaching her. Though her eyes were watching her surroundings, her mind was too occupied to notice anything.
" Ruth, hello! How are you?" The voice snapped Ruth from her thoughts.
