Square: AAA86, Date: 6.23.96, Time Elapsed: 6:31, Mileage 120.4

A woman standing in her two-car driveway. In shade, deep in thought. Ruby X. About to answer a question, or to ask one?

Ruby X. Raped at the age of three by a cousin, later told she could never conceive. Ruby becoming pregnant at 18 with Marvin, her "miracle child." No father mentioned. Only Marvin. Marvin and Ruby X.

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