Drama King Teejay's CORNER

I worked in a company at Port Harcourt around 2014. I left two years after when a better opportunity arrived.
During my time at the company, I came in contact with a young pretty Igbo lady

She was so lovely, charming, respectful with an angelic smile. Though we never dated but were very close. I had wanted to date her but there were rumours at the time she was dating the owner of the company. 

So no one dares 'eat' from the master's table. Giving credence to the rumour, her appearance showed she was living in money. Her account was in millions as at the time. Oga rented an apartment for her and made her the manager in a new branch and she reports to the main office.

Secretly, I kept communicating with her to see if we can get into a relationship. Jokingly she kept turning me down. ''What would I have offered her that will be close or more than what she was getting from the owner of the company?'' I said to myself. Eventually, I gave up.

In 2016, I had left the company and equally lost communication with her when my phone crashed. I had always pray to see her someday.

Last week I had visited another branch of the company when I got the most shocking news of my life. Someone was discussing and mentioned her name to be late. Immediately I interrupted and asked, '' Excuse me Sir, which of the ××××× are you talking about that's dead?'' 

I felt so weak when I was told it was my friend that had gone. I never got to know about it. So painfully hurting I didn't get to see her again, not even her corpse.

 For some seconds I was lost in the memories of the short time our path crossed.

 I didn't know when a tear dropped down my cheek. Coldness ran down my spine. Betrayal kills slowly. Not everyone survives it. It's the most dangerous stab anyone without a conscience can carry out.

I was told that a young man tricked her in the name of marriage, did introduction and they both relocated to Lagos. She left the company and was eagerly anticipating marriage and to start a new life with him. Only to be duped of millions of naira by the same man she had poured out her love on. He absconded with every money he can lay hands on from her account and traveled abroad, leaving her stranded with nothing in Lagos.

She had lost everything to him and fell into depression. Severely, she became sick that her people managed to transport her back from Lagos to the East where she finally passed on. Deep sigh.......

The heart of man is despicably evil. How would you have hurt someone who showed you nothing but true love?
Keep resting with the angels in peaceful sleep.