Feeling exhausted after the day's work, I got home freshened up and was ready to retire for the day when I caught sight of my sister's diary (Lolo) lying carelessly on the bed. I got up to it to have a glimpse of what it could contain then I remembered an event she tried sharing with me that happened to her two days ago but she couldn't complete it because she got a call from someone at that minute.
I opened the diary and scanned through her recent event and this is what I got:
It is really raining cats and dogs this night in the city of Lagos, Nigeria and I am just lying down on bed contemplating on how I would gather so much courage to enter school tomorrow for the trial I am to face concerning the department's money laundering that happened three months.
As the president for the department of law, I got an update about the fraudulent acts of the financial secretary early enough but I decided to turn deaf ears and blind eyes towards it because the secretary is my Bestie. One thing I have always cherished in life is protecting my relationship with my friends which is what I was doing concerning this act with my bestie, Laurie.
I was just being the nice friend who was always ready to help her friend in need so this is what I did for her. She called me earlier in the morning when I was asleep and she was crying on the phone, this made me wake up fully and I asked her what the problem was. Laurie said,"Lolo,I just want to make a confession to you, concerning the department's money which I'm holding I transferred one million naira from it to give Josh (this was her boyfriend) since he needed for a project he was working on but right now I can't reach him his phone lines are switched off and I can't reach him on any of his social media pages and I need to present the account of the money in the committee meeting in four days time ". She bursted out crying profusely.
I just sat there trying to absorb the information,then I spoke up "when did this happen?why such huge amount of money?" She was just crying then she whispered,"Three weeks ago". Being the good friend, I told her not to worry that I will help her in the meeting if asked for the money which is what I did.
Few weeks after this incident happened that I helped her with, the dean and head of department got to know about the missing money in the department. They called me to question if I knew what was going on but me being the smooth talker assured them that everything was in my control which they trusted me instantly.
I left the office feeling fulfilled that but as I got online to the department's group chat I saw a post that I was involved in the money laundering and that there was an evidence to prove it. I became confounded at the turn of events so I placed a call on Laurie to ask what was going on. Her number wasn't reachable. After the five calls I made, I saw a message from an unknown number saying "I'm so sorry bestie that I traded this our relationship just for my boyfriend, well I was trying to secure visa to travel out when I called you that morning. I was using you to buy time while it was processing. I know you feel shattered reading this but I love the way you acted when you were defending me so I believe you will be able to face the trial placed on you because I made some evidence against you. I'm sorry bestie but this traveling means alot to me. Goodbye".
I was so broken that I didn't know what to do, still in my fazed I got a call from the dean that I was going to be tried in the school court and the failure not to be present on the set day means that I will be placed on probation and I won't go for law school in the next five years (mind you, I'm in my final year). I cried so badly but I knew that I caused it.
Dear diary this is what I can't tell my parents about though I need someone to talk to, what do you think I should do? I wish I didn't pick that call.
Your owner, Lolo
After reading this diary I just laid pondering on what would happen to my sister after the trial. With that in mind I dozed off.