Locked Out Without My Clothes
A friend’s dare turns into something more
THE DARE Times had not been good. Kemper & Kemper Imports in Portland where I was a financial analysis laid off half the staff, and just when it looked like we’d be hired back, it folded. The meager weekly checks from unemployment weren’t going to keep me in my apartment and buy food at the same time. My savings were shrinking, what little family I had couldn’t help, and my credit cards were maxed. Still, I figured someth...