Ruth was bubbling with excitement while ascending the stained and old stairs of her apartment building. She knocked on the door that was on the same floor as hers and within a few seconds, it was opened by Mrs Payne.
The old woman was surprised to see smiling Ruth on her doorstep.
"Hello, dear!" She gave a warm smile that Ruth always admired.
"Hello, Mrs Payne! You are not going to invite me inside?" She asked with a puppy face.
The old woman's eyes widened in realisation and she stepped aside to let Ruth enter her house. "Oh my God! I am seriously forgetting my mannerisms with this old age. Come on, come inside my dear."
Ruth happily got into the small house which had only two rooms. One was a living room come bedroom and the inner one was a small kitchen.
Hearing their voices Mr Payne, who was laying on an old and shabby mattress, sat up.
