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Back in the mid eighties, Ruby was a pretty, young, carefree factory worker who had everything going for her: a house, a late-model BMW, lots of friends, and a job that paid well where she could get all the overtime she wanted. She dressed sharp as a tack. She had long, flowing black hair and a smooth Hershey complexion. She was big on the social scene, and she had a man, Uno, that she loved. Uno was fine and always had plenty of cash.
They lived high on the hog until the cops showed up at her doorstep, wanting to question her about Uno’s drug empire. She wouldn’t cooperate. Although they tried to strong-arm and threaten her, she never budged. She knew everything about Uno, and with all that pressure, she could have sung like a bird—especially after she was locked up and indicted on the same charges as Uno. But to their surprise, she stayed true to the game and her man and never breathed a word. The media had a field day labeling them the “Bonnie and Clyde of the eighties.”
While she sat in jail, she lost everything, including her job and her house. Friend after friend fell off, and everything that she had worked so hard for went up in smoke. Still, she maintained. She got beat down badly several times by some of her fellow inmates as she awaited trial. To someone on the outside looking in, she had every right to tell on him, especially since he was out on $100,000 bond and living his days on the street to the fullest, never bringing her a dollar. She had the perfect opportunity to “help herself” out of jail. Instead she held tight and never ratted her man out.
Uno, however, wasn’t as thorough as he portrayed, and he ended up ratting her out to get a lesser sentence. He blamed everything on her and was out within three years while she wound up giving the state of Virginia ten years of her life. Not long after Uno was released, he was found dead on an old abandoned slave plantation in a guillotine, with his dick cut off and resting in his mouth.
Ruby was immediately indicted on murder charges. The DA claimed that she had the power and connections to have the hit arranged from prison. The state, along with the media, put her through a high-profile murder trial, dragging her name through the mud, so Ruby Lee Meedlepoint became a name that wouldnever be forgotten. Since the charge was bogus, though, the jury returned within thirty minutes with a not-guilty verdict.
Ruby had been blackballed and her life ruined by the man she had loved so dearly. Although she was the victim and had suffered tremendously, no one ever regarded her as anything but a menace to society, simply because she had a weak man who couldn’t take responsibility for his actions while she was woman enough to do so.
Ruby had thought that once she was released, her life would eventually fall back into place, but it never did. With her name ringing so many bells, no one would hire her. No one would give her a chance. The only place she could get a job was at Burger King, and that’s only because she knew the manager. The manager paid her minimum wage and made her work the longest and crappiest hours. What else could Ruby do but accept it, which she did for a while. After working there six months, money started coming up missing, and she was sure it was the manager skimming money off of her register. Ruby knew if this ever surfaced, it was a free ticket back to the penal system. So she never returned to Burger King again, and the issue died.
Ruby’s dream was to save enough money and move to a new place to get a fresh start. In the meantime, she lived with her mother, the only family she had. Ruby cooked, cleaned, and did all she could to make her mother happy, but it was never enough. Ruby’s mother dogged her, always reminding her that she was nothing but a burden. It tore Ruby’s self-esteem up to have to put up with her mother’s verbal abuse, but where else could she go?
Bambi felt sorry for Ruby and always
Back in the mid eighties, Ruby was a pretty, young, carefree factory worker who had everything going for her: a house, a late-model BMW, lots of friends, and a job that paid well where she could get all the overtime she wanted. She dressed sharp as a tack. She had long, flowing black hair and a smooth Hershey complexion. She was big on the social scene, and she had a man, Uno, that she loved. Uno was fine and always had plenty of cash.
They lived high on the hog until the cops showed up at her doorstep, wanting to question her about Uno’s drug empire. She wouldn’t cooperate. Although they tried to strong-arm and threaten her, she never budged. She knew everything about Uno, and with all that pressure, she could have sung like a bird—especially after she was locked up and indicted on the same charges as Uno. But to their surprise, she stayed true to the game and her man and never breathed a word. The media had a field day labeling them the “Bonnie and Clyde of the eighties.”
While she sat in jail, she lost everything, including her job and her house. Friend after friend fell off, and everything that she had worked so hard for went up in smoke. Still, she maintained. She got beat down badly several times by some of her fellow inmates as she awaited trial. To someone on the outside looking in, she had every right to tell on him, especially since he was out on $100,000 bond and living his days on the street to the fullest, never bringing her a dollar. She had the perfect opportunity to “help herself” out of jail. Instead she held tight and never ratted her man out.
Uno, however, wasn’t as thorough as he portrayed, and he ended up ratting her out to get a lesser sentence. He blamed everything on her and was out within three years while she wound up giving the state of Virginia ten years of her life. Not long after Uno was released, he was found dead on an old abandoned slave plantation in a guillotine, with his dick cut off and resting in his mouth.
Ruby was immediately indicted on murder charges. The DA claimed that she had the power and connections to have the hit arranged from prison. The state, along with the media, put her through a high-profile murder trial, dragging her name through the mud, so Ruby Lee Meedlepoint became a name that wouldnever be forgotten. Since the charge was bogus, though, the jury returned within thirty minutes with a not-guilty verdict.
Ruby had been blackballed and her life ruined by the man she had loved so dearly. Although she was the victim and had suffered tremendously, no one ever regarded her as anything but a menace to society, simply because she had a weak man who couldn’t take responsibility for his actions while she was woman enough to do so.
Ruby had thought that once she was released, her life would eventually fall back into place, but it never did. With her name ringing so many bells, no one would hire her. No one would give her a chance. The only place she could get a job was at Burger King, and that’s only because she knew the manager. The manager paid her minimum wage and made her work the longest and crappiest hours. What else could Ruby do but accept it, which she did for a while. After working there six months, money started coming up missing, and she was sure it was the manager skimming money off of her register. Ruby knew if this ever surfaced, it was a free ticket back to the penal system. So she never returned to Burger King again, and the issue died.
Ruby’s dream was to save enough money and move to a new place to get a fresh start. In the meantime, she lived with her mother, the only family she had. Ruby cooked, cleaned, and did all she could to make her mother happy, but it was never enough. Ruby’s mother dogged her, always reminding her that she was nothing but a burden. It tore Ruby’s self-esteem up to have to put up with her mother’s verbal abuse, but where else could she go?
Bambi felt sorry for Ruby and always
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