Ruth was not ready to face her landlord when he appeared at her doorstep to ask for the rent of the month. When he asked for the money, he didn't accept her invitation to come inside her room so that people won't get a spectacle of her humiliation.
Ruth bit inside of her cheeks as her eyes moistened. "I... I..." Words couldn't come out of her mouth. And that made the man agitated.
"You have the money ready or not?" He asked in annoyance.
Ruth nodded her head and went inside her room to take whatever little money she had managed to save. She came in the doorway and placed that money in her landlord's hands.
The man was surprised to see that she had money. His features relaxed a bit while he counted the money. But soon his face contorted in anger.
"What is this? It is not even half of the rent amount." He asked while showing the money in front of Ruth's face.
