At about 7:17pm of the same day, a knock came on the door
“Oya go open dat door see who dey dia” GP said to Kalito “and as u dey open kuku dey go ur own house”
“I no dey go anywia”
“Why u no wan dey go abi you and dat ur neighbour fight again ni”
“Mcheww” Kalito hissed as he got up from the creaking six sprint bed
When he answered at the door, lo and behold standing there was someone they had not seen in a very long time
“Chisos!” Kalito screamed in surprise” my guy na ya face be dis?”
“It’s me, brother” the visitor replied smiling
“Who dey dia?” GP asked without looking up from the beans he was picking under the hurricane lamp
“Come see na, na better person” Kalito invited
“Chai!” GP equally screamed with pleasant surprise at the sight of the unexpected yet very much welcomed visitor
“My brothers”
“Dino a.k.a freshest guy!”
“my brothers” Dino smiled again”
it’s me flesh and blood”
“Abeg come inside, no mind that agbero Kalito”
They settled and got reminiscing their days in high school, the dwindling state of the economy, the political changes and sports over some spiced chicken Dino brought to them
“Wallai, Dino, you na better person” Kalito appreciated, “to shop chicken for this kind time no be for here o”
“I tell you e don tey o” added cracking a rib bone
Dino could only smile, glad that he could bring smiles to peoples’ faces
“Really, the economic situation hasn’t been that easy” Dino admitted “but God will help us”
“Ehen how far with you girlfriend na, eh Kings that girl Grace” GP asked
“Hmmmm, it’s complicated”
“Compli wetin, na 2go again?”
Dino narrated to them a bitter experience
“I went to officially ask for her hand in marriage. Her people received me well and we got down to business straight away. My uncle Jimo was in my company. Her father professor James acknowledged that there's no money in circulation so it will be inhumane for them to seek bride price from me. We were all smiling until her uncle Pastor Moses demanded we bring 100 baskets of tomatoes as dowry”
“Chai, Pastor Moses that man that came here chai!!!” Kalito screamed
“Mtcheww, dem dey craze!” GP spat out in anger
“E be like say their village oracle they use their shadow take selfie” Kalito added
“So na tomatoes now dem dey ask? Dem sabi say people dey chop tomatoless rice even for dream?”
“Well, we left in the end without any serious sign that they were going to reconsider their stand” Dino added sadly
“Imagine! Na like so people dey misbehave when witches and wizards of poverty dey use their pisho fan themselves” GP added
“my brother” Kalito advised Dino” just leave dem, mek dem marry their pikin. Na on top your head them wan recover the economy ni? Abeg o!”
“Some people sha……the kind cane wey devil dey use for them”
The guys kept up their discussion late into the chilly harmatan night until sleep did them part as Dino returned to his base on the other side of a more affluent neighborhood
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