It was more like all those roadside food sellers who just stack benches and sell cooked food to people to passers-by , well you get the picture right.
So practically I walk up to the food vendor with a less than empty stomach and ask her 'ma please where am I 'it was then I found out Just how hoarse my voice was, like I had sang on a high note for days without stopping and now my voice is bearing the brunt of it
The food vendor gave me that who the hell are you look but thankfully she answered and said 'ilorin'.
But at that period ,I was so hungry that whatever pride I has in me was had evaporated and turned into desperation , then of course after burying my last shred of self-respect I once had.
I opened my mouth while looking deep into her eyes and making the most pitiable face I could make ,I asked her 'ma please I'm hungry and I don't have money ,I don't know If you can help me and give me food to eat ,I didn't even notice that I was holding her hands.
She started at me and I started back at me, obviously anticipating the worst that could happen because I had already made up my mind that it push came to shove , then i'd probably steal one of the cooked wrapped food,Even i had just woken up ,the thought vane naturally to me without any obstruction , that was how hungry i was.
It was then the woman replied in a very weird manner and said ,you're hungry ,you don't have any money ,I will give you food to eat.
Thank you ma, I managed to say after being flabbergasted to say at least ,I was actually prepared to steal the wrapped cooked food,.
What do you want to eat young lady she said ,young lady thought , it sounded weird to me why is she acting like she is under some kind of spell , but right now ,the only thing I cared about was my raging hunger.
Whatever you have ma,I said trying to sound as respectful as I could , okay she replied while I sat at one of the vacant benches.
The other customers who clearly paid for their food were looking at with such blatant envy , if looks could kill , then i'd probably be dead a million times but lord knows I couldn't even care less.
The food seller packed rice and beans inside a plastic plate and covered the food with stew and one of the biggest meat I had ever seen(mostly due to the fact that I don't remember most things apart from this morning especially about myself).
The food vendor gave me the plate if food and I devoured it immediately without even taking a break between spoons and gulped down the water she had given me , well that went well I thought.
I thanked the woman energetically and started walking towards the road , even though the food vendor had fed me ,I didn't trust her one bit , especially when she kept looking at me with their weird eyes