Greetings!
One thing that would not stop soon in life is an act of betrayal. I have been betrayed so many times and my recent experience is that with my trusted cousin, Lekan.
It all started when Lekan graduated from the polytechnics but have nothing to do and since he was the closest person to me among my relatives, I invited him to come and join me in my new business which I just kickstarted.
Although, he had come to me in the past to ask if I had any help I could render to him, but then I had nothing to offer him, but when the opportunity came and I was looking for whom to work with, his name was the first that popped up in my heart.
So, immediately I have thought of working with him, I placed a call to him and when he had answered his call, I asked,
“Lekan, where are you?” “I'm home,” he replied. “Can you come over to my place as we have something to discuss?” I asked. “No problem, I will be on my way in a moment,” he replied.
So, immediately I dropped the call, I went into the kitchen to prepare what he would eat when he comes around and while doing that, I heard a knock right at my door. Although, I was expecting him, but courtesy demand that I asked who was at the door, and I asked,
“”Who's that?” “It's me, Lekan,” he replied.
So, I went to the door and opened the door for him to come in. When he came in, I offered him what to eat, but he refused my offer at first saying,
“Let's talk business first before food.” “Okay,” I replied.
It's after I had replied to him that I continued with my conversation, and I told him that I have a plan and I would want him to come on board as a way to help him with what we had earlier discussed.
I told him that I wanted to start a building material supplying business, and that because I was still in school, I may not always be around, so he would hold forth for me and whenever I'm around, I would also join in the business and aside from this, I would be the major financier of the business.
In addition, we also have a deal on what the percentage of every supply to be, most especially, we also had a deal of allocating a particular percentage to the business.
All these were all what we discussed and he was very pleased and even agreed to the terms and conditions of the deal after which he appreciated what I have brought to the table.
After he had appreciated me, he ate his food and left and with all we have both agreed on, the business was to start the following week.
So, at the start of the second week, I called him and we started the business. We started the business and in the first 4 months, we really made very good sales and everything went well.
However, after the first 4 months, everything went south and Lekan began to behave strangely which was so shocking to me.
What I noticed was that the market was not moving again. I asked him saying,
“What is going on?” He said, “nothing.”
I told him that I don't like how the market is going and he replied and said,
“Everything will change.”
However, even after he had promised, nothing tangible or different changed about the business.
It's after 2 months after our discussion that someone who happened to be my customer called me to tell me that, the guy, Lekan called him that he should patronize him as he has left my place, so he to inform me as to how true that was, but I told him that wasn't true and that I would call him back.
And immediately I dropped the call, I called Lekan and asked him about what I heard, but he denied it and because of the trust I had for him, I believed him.
However on the following day, which is a Monday, those few customers that were left were at the door of the shop without anybody showing up. These people started calling my number and when I answered one of the calls, I was told that customers were stranded at my shop.
I called lekan after I dropped the call, but he didn't answer the several calls placed to his line and since then, he never answers my calls and that's how the business collapsed.
It's later, after seven months, that I saw Lekan cruising around in his car. I waved to stop his car, but all to no avail as he didn't answer the call.
However, a few months later, I saw a private number calling me. At first, I didn't want to answer the call, but I later answered the call and in the end it's Lekan's voice that I heard and he begged me not to be angry with him as he had offended me. He said he had been duped and that he was told to come and plead with me, but I asked him,
“Why did you do what you did in the first place?”
But instead of him saying anything, he continued pleading with me and when moved with emotion, I forgave him and let bygones be bygones and that's how I relieved him of the burden of his guilt.
Thanks for reading.
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You really have a strong and forgiving heart to be able to forgive him when he betrayed you at that level. Some people in life always want to take advantage of the small opportunity that was given to them to make name for themselves and destroy their employer which is never a good thing.
Lekan really was a disappointment because if something had not happened to him later in life he wouldn't have come back to beg you.