Cheating can take any form,from the cheapest to the most significant. Well we all started cheating from our childhood, from eating our younger siblings food, to cheating them for breakfast allowance, oh God! I did that alot.
I happen to work in school close to a police station sometimes ago, most cases I happen to witness is cheating it either cheating in marriage, business deal, workers, family, brothers taking themselves to court, friends fighting over being cheated and lots more.
It always a show everyday, from morning till night there's always issues being brought on cheating, as of course we use to have the "gist girl" that tells us full story of all cases, that had made me learn and restrict myself from trusting someone to the extent of being cheated, but nevertheless we can never be perfect, we learn everyday.
Cheating is synonymous to betrayal, so I believe any person or friend that cheats me isn't true friend, such person should be avoided, apart from relationships, have had quite experience, so I'll like to share an incidence of how the cheat that hurts me the most.
It was many years back when I just gained admission, I was looking desperately for an accomodation, fortunately for me my best friend in secondary school (I mean a very close friend, that we even live close to each other, we were close to the extent that our parents are friends), has an accomodation and he said he I could squat with him till I get my own accomodation eve though he has a roommate.
Even though we were friends and age mate, but he was a senior to me in school because he gained admission a year before me.
On hearing this I was happy that I can finally find a place to live before I get mine, even though I never had the mindset of staying long.
Some days later I wasn't able to get any hostel yet, even though I was still searching, so he asked if we could stay together at least for the year which the other roommate concurred. As a fresher who has no experience of living with stranger, I innocently said "yes" because it would save my money because I'll only have to pay part of the rent, and besides I thought it's wise to stay with students that has experience about college.
That was where the problem begins, I trusted this guy to the extent that I can give him my life to help me safeguard, but unfortunately for me I shouldn't have trusted him.
It all started when my parents sent my first allowance into his account, because I had no bank account yet, the one I opened was recently and I haven't collected the ATM card, so I believe it's better to put the money into his account.
For everytime I wanted to withdraw my money, he would give excuse about something coming up on his account, Firstly he said a thousand naira has been deducted for ATM card charges, that he would return, later he would say his ATM card is being declined, he would always find excuse for everytime I wanted to withdraw.
This continued for almost 2 weeks that I couldn't buy anything for myself, thanks to God I came with enough cash to buy some pretty things. After two weeks my account was active and I collected my ATM card, I asked him to transfer the money but the excuse continued untill I stopped talking about it, I feel he has genuine excuse about his account even when the other roommate hinted me about his gullible act but still I trusted him.
Afterwards my parents sends money into my account, but sometimes I notice a reduction in my account balance but no alert, he knows about my ATM card because he uses my account to receive money, sometimes I will notice missing cash in my wallet, this got to the extent that I was sick a particular time that I wanted to buy drug but I couldn't find the money input in my wallet, I had to borrow money from the other roommate
This continued and makes me dislike him, after a reduction of money, he wouldn't come home for fee days, and when he comes and and i tell him, he would act suprised and even suspect the other roommate.
Until when I told my mum and he asked me to request for bank transaction statement, of course I didn't know why that means I would have done it since, when I told my friend I want to go to bank to make complaint he would against it and tell me it some sort of charges when I make payment online, and of course I make all sorts of school payment online then, so it made me believed.
Finally I went to bank to print bank statement, I was so sad and brokenhearted when I discovered my so called best friend had been taking from my money, I saw all transactions made into his account, I couldn't believe my eyes but of course it's true.
I came home and confronted him, but he denied until I had to show him the bank statement, immediately he knew he had been caught, he started pleading but he has taken alot from me, I had to move out the next week because I found own hostel.
Nobody knew all what happened between us not even my parents or our third roommate, but still I forgave him but, it's still a would that will never heal, I would never trust someone to that extent anymore.... NEVER!!!
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