The first thing that struck me about Suyah was her beauty. She didn’t look fancy or anything. Her beauty was just effortless. Even though she wore clothes that were anything but beautiful, they did not dim her light. I told myself, “There’s something special about this poor girl. I want to get to know her.”

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I was in my first year at the University back then. That didn’t stop me from going after what I wanted though. The first time we spoke she was welcoming. It gave me the assurance to be her friend.

The day I proposed love to her was the day she told me about her ex-boyfriend. She spoke regretfully about how he took advantage of her and dumped her.

“He said I am not his class. All because he is in the university and I am just a SHS leaver. You too you are in the university so you can understand my reservations.”

I assured her that I was not going to treat her badly.

“Give me a chance and see if I won’t make you happy.”

You should see how happy I was when she gave me a chance. I started planning our future right from that moment. I wanted her to realise her potential. I believed in her.

In the early days of the relationship, I took her to town and helped her find a job. As the relationship grew, I coached her and encouraged her to rewrite her WASSCE. This time around her results came out better.

I was in my final year when she gained admission to college. That was when the drama started.

I saw the signs, but I turned a blind eye because she was my first love. I didn’t want to lose her. Suyah, on the other hand, did not care to lose me. She started changing. Before I knew it, she was saying things and acting in ways that suggested I was no longer her kind of man.

I kept wondering what triggered that change until I discovered that her ex was back in the picture. It all made sense. Just as she was my first love, he was her first love.

I asked what was going on and she said nothing. “I don’t have anything doing with my ex. You are the man I choose. You are the person who stood by me when I was at my lowest.” I believed her and let my guard down.

On 20th December 2018, she came to my place. At that time, I was running a small business while schooling, so I had some money. That day she used my money to buy unnecessary things. She spent over GHS 1,000.

The next day, her mother called me and said I was her “husband,” so I should pay off the debts Suyah took to pay for her college admission fees. She got a scholarship, and they were going to refund the fees she already paid. Her mother promised that Suyah would refund me once the scholarship money was paid.

Out of love and trust, I used all my savings to pay off her loan.

Then on 24th December, I had my heart viciously torn apart by Suyah and her mother. Rabid dogs would have been kinder to my heart than those two. What they did to me…?

I went to visit my girlfriend only to find her eating a meal with her ex-boyfriend, the man who left her because she wasn’t pursuing higher education. When I greeted her, she didn’t respond. Her mother also acted as if she had never seen me in her life before. I was shocked.

When I tried to understand why the hostility, the woman insulted me and drove me out of the house like a troublesome goat.

“Are you treating me this way after I spent all my money on your daughter?” I asked her. She mocked me. Her daughter and the ex-boyfriend also joined in. I was a joke to them.

One evening, I had nothing on me. Suyah was in her dorm when I called her and asked if she could just send me GHS 50 to refill my gas and buy food. I had heard the scholarship money was released. She refused. Even worse, she put the call on speaker and her roommates joined in and mocked me. They laughed, called me names, and made me feel like nothing.

I cried. Many of my friends laughed at me too, though a few sympathised and advised me. Because of all this emotional stress, my grades dropped. I went from a First Class to a Second Upper.

When I told my father, he said, “Leave everything to God.”

Now, I’m in my first year of my PhD. I’ve moved on. I’m married. Only for Suyah’s family to come looking for me.

They say she has been mentally ill for two years now, on and off. They claim they consulted a spiritualist who told them that her condition was spiritual. That it happened because she scammed someone out of their money.

They believe I am the one. So they want to return my money. I told them I have nothing against her. I forgave her long ago.

“It doesn’t matter, just take the money. If we return it to you and she is still sick, we will know where to go next.”

I didn’t take it. They too won’t let it go. Every day, they come to my house and disturb my peace, my wife’s, and the whole household.

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I honestly don’t want any drama in my life. I’ve moved on.

I also don’t know anything about spiritual consultations. My dad, who would’ve advised me, is gone from the world.

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Some elders have told me not to take the money. They say it could be a trick to transfer her sickness to me spiritually.

Now I’m stuck. I don’t know how to handle them.

— Yuriel

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