His voice boomed as he condemned his daughter, "I have lost all patience with you and your constant failures, Mileena. You're attempts at finding the ...ideout of Li Mei's rebellion have bore no fruit and I can not let such constant failure go unpunished." The large, muscular man leaned forward in his throne, his dragon-like eyes peered fiercely through his skull shaped helmet, "I sentence you to be imprisoned in the dungeons until I see fit." Imprisoned?! I have done everything for you and your. I was very happy that poor Steve would be remembered in this way, but sometimes wondered if little Mark would ever ask who his second name came from. Big Mark was expecting a little one of his own by then, but no-one could have been prouder of his firstborn. He was at the hospital the whole time, Mel trying to calm him down. I was with Em through every minute of that wondrous day.Lady H lived to see her grandson's first steps and hear his first words, but it was as if having a male heir at last. No ... but I don't resort to those. Let's make something for dinner. What would be good on a Saturday evening?" Her eyes widened. "Burgers. Do you have a grill?" I have an old hibachi." That'll do." She took over steering the cart and headed for the meat department."Yes, mam," the counter man said."A pound of ground Angus," she replied. Then, she headed toward the produce. "We need some sort of a vegetable," she said."Does ketchup count?" She pulled back one corner of her mouth. "Just kidding.. “S’pose you tell me what a fine upscale white woman like you is doing in a shithole like this.” The man was obviously the leader of this group of troublemakers.“I-I was just ... asking directions,” Ruby said, terrified.“Oh, so it’s directions you want is it?” he said looking at his friends. They all laughed at his mocking her. “Well here’s a direction for you ... get over here and suck my cock, bitch!”“Please, I don’t ... I don’t want any trouble...” she said.“Oh, it’s no trouble at all,.