Time for Dimeji to renew his rent was approaching, and he still had no job. Feeding himself was now proving difficult. Thanks to the charity of a few of his fellow tenants. Dimeji was able to feed just once in a day from little money he got from them on weekly basis. He could not feed more than once because he didn’t want to be left with no money to go around in search of a job. He intensified his...
Kenechukwu Obi - Hard Times
Hard Times
A short story from the 'Rainbow of Tales' collection
Kenechukwu Obi
Description
Time for Dimeji to renew his rent was approaching, and he still had no job. Feeding himself was now proving difficult. Thanks to the charity of a few of his fellow tenants. Dimeji was able to feed just once in a day from little money he got from them on weekly basis. He could not feed more than once because he didn’t want to be left with no money to go around in search of a job. He intensified his search for any type of job, but got none, all to his disappointment.Then his rent expired. He couldn’t believe one year had just…..