When we were dating, he promised to buy me a laptop. I needed it urgently for a project, but I didn’t have all the money to purchase it. He told me to give him a week, but two weeks later, there was no show. When I asked him, he asked me to give him another week. That too, no show.

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Later, I told him that I’d been able to get some part of the money, so I would be glad if he pushed me a little. He said I shouldn’t worry, but some money was coming in three days, and once he had the money, he would buy it for me. Three days later, no show. I decided to forget about his promises and get help somewhere else.

And then he called to tell me he had gotten the money, but he didn’t get everything, so I would have to add my money. I was happy. After all, that was the initial suggestion.

He went with me to get the laptop. I thanked him with all my heart, and he even promised to refund the money I added once his money arrived.

Two months later, the laptop was missing. I was in the bathroom when I heard that someone had opened my door. I shouted, asking who it was several times, and nobody answered. I thought it was the sound of air pushing the door. I came out of the bath, and my laptop was missing. I went from room to room, asking my neighbors if they saw someone entering my room. I even thought one of them was trying to pull my leg.

When I didn’t see it days later, I realized it was indeed missing. I called to tell my boyfriend. He didn’t go easy on me. He called me careless and questioned why I would be in the bath and not lock my door. “What if the person jumped on you and did it by force?”

I didn’t know what to say. It was like a piece of me was missing. The fact that I didn’t know how I was going to get a new one made my situation worse. I started saving money. It was going to take forever, but I was ready to starve to get a new one.

Weeks later, I was with him when he had a call. He was telling the person that he wasn’t in the house, so the person shouldn’t come. The person was getting loud, so he went out to receive the call. All I heard was, “Don’t worry, I will come soon and give you a call.”

A few minutes later, this guy opened the door and entered. He said, “I knew you were home. I’ve brought it. Collect it and give me my money. I don’t want to create a scene here.”

He went into his backpack and brought out a laptop—my laptop that had been missing weeks ago. He sat down, waiting for his money. My boyfriend looked at my face while I looked back. I didn’t say a word. The two of them exchanged words here and there until he convinced the guy to come back in two days for his money.

When the guy left, I took the laptop. I breathed in heavily before asking what happened.

He stole my laptop, used it to secure a loan from the guy, and later asked the guy to sell it and take his money. When the guy didn’t get a buyer after weeks, he decided to return it for his money.

I took the laptop and left his place. When he called, he told me I shouldn’t take it wrongly, but he was in a hard place, blah blah blah.

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I told him to continue staying in that hard place and leave my life alone. I broke up with him. He couldn’t even fight back. I guess he was too embarrassed to come to my place to beg. He called and texted, but I left it at that. I didn’t know what he would steal next from me—it could be my life, and that is too precious to put in the hands of a thief.

—Efe

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