I have once admired a friends slippers. I found her wearing a pair that was so beautiful and give her accoladed on how she knows how to purchase quality items. And that I would equally want to have something of such. By morning of the previous day, the shoes had gone missing we were not sure who came to pick them up from the room. It was like the world was coming to an end for me since the thought of everyone as to who might have stolen the slippers points to me as it was in a females hostel where I was visiting for he first time.
We had an upcoming exams that weekend and I couldn't make it home since it will be a waste a time moving around such distance. A friend decided to accommodate me for a few days and such negative incident happened for the first evening I arrived.
The girls were even sure and kept insisting that nothing has gone missing in that hostel room before except for the evening day I came around.
The girls kept whispering among themselves with every opportunity they get and I felt so bitter. Why would such a thing be happening at that period? I had exams to worry about, and this was coming as such a huge distraction.
While I had gone to the bathroom to ease myself, the girls had privily searched through the tote bag and school bag containing my items, which I had carried along. They couldn't accuse me to my face but instead chose to search my items when I stepped out to the bathroom. It wasn't hard for me to have noticed that my items were in disorder and not the way I had left them.
I had kept my calm even though it was difficult to do so and joined them in the search for the slippers. After my exams that day I picked my things and left their hostel room before more things will go missing.
Several months passed, and the real thief was exposed. She had entered the room where I was from an opposite room to pick up the slippers. Even though it had been with her that long, she wasn't wearing the slippers in school, as it would be easily noticeable. She had packed them to her home outside the school and had been using them where she felt that any of these girls wouldn't know.
Then came her unlucky day when she had unknowingly posted a picture of herself wearing the slippers. And since it was a unique kind of item, it was easily noticed and related to the missing slippers. This happened during the holiday, and upon resumption to school, they were all surprised that such a beautiful-looking and decent girl was a thief.
I want aware of this until a year later when we were having exams and my friend invited me over again to pass the night, with boldness I quickly reminded her about how bad I felt the last time and wouldn't be putting myself in such situations again. That was when she apologized and told me the truth about the slippers. It wasn't their fault to have accused me either considering the circumstances. I had borne the burden and shame of being wrongfully accused for a while year.
One thing I have learnt from all of these is never to accuse anyone of anything unless we have evidences that are real and genuine. Situation like this happened coincidentally but in other cases where people nurse hatred and hurtful feelings for others, they can decide to be manipulative and set traps for people, accusing them wrongly and damaging their reputation. I hope and pray that we do not find ourselves with the wrong company.
A similar thing had happened to my mum was I was a teenager, she was wrong accused of something I cannot remember, she even resorted to fitting her accusers just to protect her name but that went to further cause more harm than good. Hence wisdom and discretion is needed to solve majority of life's challenges
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