I met Yaw when I was in my first year at the university. He was in his final year by then. We were very drawn to each other right from the day we met. We kept finding our way onto each other’s paths until we accepted that we were supposed to become friends. Our friendship started on a very innocent and simple note. He helped me find my way around the school so we spent a lot of time together. And the more time we spent together, the more we fell in love with each other.

When we found out what we meant to each other we became lovers. He has been good to me just as I too have been good to him. We’ve had our fair share of problems in the relationship. Some we resolved, but others we left to resolve on their own.” This has worked for us and would have kept working until we encountered a problem we couldn’t get rid of.

This problem involves my father. You see, my dad is one of the senior officers in one of the national security services. Yaw asked me, “Can you do me a favor?” I nodded my consent and he went on, I need you to talk to your father for me. It’s a dream of mine to become a national security officer. But you know I can’t get in if nobody up the ranks knows me or helps me. So I believed I never had the chance. But now I know someone big in the service. He is also my girlfriend’s father. So my dear, introduce me to your father and ask him to help me enter the service.”

I wanted them to help him so I didn’t introduce him to them as my boyfriend. I introduced him as a friend from school who needed a little help to reach his potential in life. Of course, I didn’t say it long like that. I implied it by speaking about all his good sides to get my parents to fall in love with him. That way it would be easier for my dad to help him when the time came.

That was how he became close to my family and they warmed up to him as well. My dad pulled all his strings but none of them yielded anything. We all saw that he did his but it just didn’t work. So my dad spoke to one of his friends and solicited his assistance.

His friend demanded that Yaw pay an amount of money to secure his position in the service. It was difficult to raise that money but we held on to the promise of a good job and pulled through. After he paid the money, he expected to see signs that he was going to work but every day was just a regular day.

My dad’s friend gave several unnecessary excuses until Yaw got fed up and decided to make an official complaint to their headquarters. This didn’t go down well with my father. He said Yaw disappointed him. He had asked Yaw to hold till the next year. He said he would be able to help him then. Yaw should have been a little patient, I know, but I can’t blame him either.

Things are so bad for him. He owes a lot of people money. So he needs to get a job as soon as possible. That’s why he comes across as desperate. He just wanted a fighting chance but why should he allow himself to be duped in the process?

It took a lot of effort but we managed to get half of the money from my dad’s friend. My parents, especially Dad felt betrayed by Yaw because of all the assurances he gave him and asked him to be patient. He also said their close relationship with Yaw should have made him handle things in a less aggressive way.

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I also got angry at myself for introducing Yaw to my parents. If I hadn’t done that this whole mess wouldn’t have happened. The good news is, things have calmed down right now. However, the relationship between him and my parents hasn’t remained the same after that incident.

Although I did not introduce him to my family as my boyfriend, they suspect that there’s more than friendship between us, because of how close we are. My parents advised that I focus on my books and forget everything that happened between us. They have been on my neck for the past two years to walk away from Yaw but I still stick around him.

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He has been nothing but amazing to me. He is so selfless and kind. And I love him so much. Although I’m in my final year at the university, I have two additional years to continue elsewhere. The pressure from my parents to leave him is taking away my own peace of mind.

This time around I want to honor my parents and do their bidding for my own good. However, I don’t want to hurt Yaw’s feelings. He already thinks my parents have issues with him and are against our relationship because of him, and not necessarily because they want me to focus on my books. How do I solve this problem without disappointing my parents or hurting Yaw?

—Sister Molley

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