She and Mindy were cousin sisters.
Even though Mindy was an orphan, she had been staying with the Shaw family since she was a child, and Old Master Shaw loved her very much. Hence, even though she was an orphan, her high position in the Mann family allowed her to be arrogant.
Besides, the Mann family accounted for nothing. In South City, the Manns weren’t even considered middle class. All they had was a four-bedroom old house in the city. Ruth’s mother was a seamstress in a textile factory, a