STRANDED AGAIN!!!(episode 8)

Evening was fast approaching. Chris kept walking aimlessly down the street soliciting for help. At a certain time, he got famished and needed something to eat urgently. On the verge of hunger, his phone rang. He reluctantly picked the call. It was his mother at the village. She called to inform him that his father was diagnosed of a cancer and needed some money to undergo a scheduled surgery. Chris was speechless and dumbfounded. When he found his voice at last, he hopelessly assured her that he would see to it some other time, next morning to be precise (but all that was to keep his mother less worried).

Chris' rumbling stomach reminded him that he has not eaten since noon. Fortunately for him, he saw a crumpled old Naira note on the ground and picked it up without further delay. Chris smiled wryly as he moved to a nearby food vendor to buy food. He bought some jollof rice with grilled fish.

As he was going to a conducive place to devour his food, he mistakenly struck his right foot against a large stone. He missed his pace and the food he was holding slipped off from his hand into a drainage channel. Chris tried his possible best to secure the food but the flowing water flushed it off. Chris could no longer withold the tears in his eyes as he let them trickle down his cheeks freely.

After some while, Chris rose up and ventured into begging people for help but he was disappointed by them all. As myriads of thought envisaged Chris' mind, he bumped into a little girl hawking a crate of uncooked eggs. The fragile eggs fell and smashed on the ground. The little girl began screaming amidst Chris' apology. Unfortunately, the little girl's stepfather approached the scene and caught Chris who attempted to escape the girl's trouble by the arm. The mean broad chested man landed a clenched fist on Chris as he fell roughly to the ground and lost consciousness.

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