Such an energetic Ruby Gregory, she's as vibrant as she was many years ago…
Steve Burton's steps halted in place, his gaze fixed on Ruby's lively expression. Her clear, haughty words from her mouth and her occasional laughter provoked his thoughts, and he couldn't resist tracing back to the past.
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After Steve first met Ruby, four-year-old Steve often sat in the courtyard, engrossed in a comic book.
However, his thoughts weren't on the plot of the comic, but rather, he was attentively observing the movements in the courtyard next door.
Ruby Gregory's movements.
At four, children couldn't discern beauty from ugliness, but in Steve's memory, Ruby of that time resembled the Barbie doll in his older sister's room, always dressed in a colorful princess dress, her sparse hair combed into two neat braids, each tied with a butterfly bow.
