He said the first person who came to mind when he entered trouble was me, because it was my name on his mind the entire time. He needed money to add up to what he had to spend as settlement to the family for taking their property without proper permission. He was speaking in parables, winding up and down. He then came to explain.

He had actually impregnated a lady, and the family was a no-nonsense type, so they wanted to lock this my friend up. He was fined 10,000 cedis, and he could gather some amount, but it was not enough. I screamed, “My guy, were you having unprotected sex when you don’t have money?”

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He playfully brushed it off. He came to me to help him gather money. I was disappointed in myself that I could not help. I had just finished paying my fees, got a new laptop, and changed my wardrobe for the semester. I had nothing on me.

Before we ended the call, he said, “Bro, abeg, help me find something for me, I can’t sleep.”

I understood very well. His mother was not well, and he was the one supporting her, with all the bills that came with it. I understood the pressure on him. He said her family was not accepting pleas or anything. It was either he brought the money or they would go after him.

I even wondered, ah, because of one pregnancy? Was the lady a princess? But I understood their frustration to an extent. The way boys and men are leaving women to carry children alone these days, maybe they wanted to make him an example

Every morning and evening, I called to check up on his progress. Every time, it was the same old tale, nothing. When push came to shove, I went to one of the loan sharks for money. He is a friend of mine. My friend said he would pay in, give or take, a month. He would be able to source the money.

I relayed the information to the loan shark. He said he could work with it. I collected the money and sent it to my friend. The next day, he called to say thank you and said that he had a good night’s sleep after that. We even had a good laugh about the child and how we needed to reap harvest from the child who was on its way.

A month passed, and my friend was not picking up his calls. When he picked up, he came up with excuses. He was buying baby food, clothes, this and that. His excuses never ran out. The loan shark was on my neck for his money plus his interest. The loan shark is my friend, but when it was time for money, he said, “Money does not know friend.”

I secured the loan to help this my friend, and now the person I owe has been calling me day in and day out. I have always tried to calm him down, but he has lost his temper now and has given me one week to pay the remaining money, else I should prepare to pay with my life. I am not even working to get money to pay, so how does he expect me to pay?

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The friend I took the money to help is not responding to my calls anymore, and I am really frustrated. My world is going to end very soon. I do not know what to do, because the guy I am owing, after hanging up the last call of threat, has not been answering my calls again, which means he means what he said. If I should die because of something I did with good intention, that is cool, but I want you to share my experience so others can learn not to always go beyond for people. Help if you can, but going beyond your limit might not end well.

I will scrape by here and there to gather the money and pay, but ultimately, I have learned my lesson.

—Enoch

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