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The past
THE PAST
Ijeoma Chidubem
I still regret it,I still regret betraying my my best friend. Rose was my very best friend, I shared a room with her in our university school day,she was very nice to me.
Emeka was my friend too but we were on different levels,my father worked in his fathers company. My Mom was close to his mom but they were never friends. My mom always complained of how his mom belittles everyone just because of the money they had. I loved Emeka but the feeling was one sided,he only saw me as his friend. Emeka felt he was better than everyone, to him his ideas were the best and yet I still loved him.
Rose saw a Job opportunity in my state,she told me about it and I advised her to come stay with me. She said it was okay if she didn't have the job but I insisted,telling her not to l
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