My sister is Nineteen years older than me, she will always tell me to be careful when it comes to making friends and trusting friends, unfortunately I never understood till the moment it was done to me that i was really barking on the wrong tree.
As write this prompt i am facing the consequences of looking for solution from the wrong direction.
My full story.
I couldn't finish my secondary school due to the unfortunate tragedy that befell my family, so at some point I started feeling sad over the whole situation, i thought that maybe leaving home will be the best option for me but unfortunately i wish i waited a bit maybe things wouldn't have turned out this way.
There was this my friend Amarachi who we schooled together and she left home and was telling me that i am wasting my time in the village.
When my brother was still in the hospital, she was advising me to leave my brother and join her where shes living, she told me she was making money from her business and if i come i can make money too.
One day she came to our house and my mom overheard our conversation about me leaving home without telling my parents, my mom quickly informed my sister and she called me immediately.
My sister asked me "How can someone who is advising you to run away from home knowing that this will cause your family great pain, how can you call her a good friend
?"
She told me that disobeying my parents will not benefit me at all, so i went ahead and told my friend what my sister said, she brainwashed me, saying that my sister wants me to remain the housemaid forever, that's since she left home she has been doing well and her family members now respect her a whole lot.
Honestly i wanted my family to respect me and i wanted to leave home but she was giving me a wrong advice on how to go about it but i never believed until the moment i did what she asked me and she showed me her true color.
When i made up my mind to follow her directive, i boldly told my parents that i was leaving home, they asked me where i will be staying i told them my friend has an apartment in the city.
My parents were concerned, they told me that all that glitters are not gold and that i can't trust that she will fulfill her promise, also that i don't know the kind of job she's doing so i can't just leave home to meet her.
I refused and left home one early morning without my parents consent, I traveled to the town, i called her and she gave me her address, i was very happy that i have left the village but i became a shadow of myself when i got there.
When i got there i found out that she was living with her boyfriend and she has also arranged one for me whom i will live with, she wasn't doing any work rather her boyfriend was taken care of her bills.
I SAID TO HER "This is not what you have been telling me Amara.
She said "Where you expecting me to tell you that am living with a guy, inshort that's what most girls that left the village do"
I was shocked, she mentioned names of girls who where into such lifestyle and I became sooo confused because i can't live such life.
At that point it became obvious to me that i have made a big mistake by trusting and taking her advice.
She just said "If your not ready to accept my offer thats your business me am going inside my house".
That night was so bad for me, i had to call my sister to help me out, am happy shes a loving sister, she quickly called her friend and i passed night there.
The next day i searched and got a job in a fuel station and that was were i lived for six months before i got money to rent and apartment, it wasn't easy for me, i suffered a lot because i took advice from the wrong person and till date she have never asked me how i managed that night.