PEARLS TO PIGS (the bet)

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“Rade! How could you”?, She asked with so much pain and disappointment in her voice;
"I loved you, I trusted you, respected you, opened up to you, told you my deepest secrets, even things I couldn't tell my mom (she was the truest confidant) or anyone else, but I told you because of our friendship and how far we’ve gone; how could you?", She further scolded with so much hatred springing from the inside.

Tiana had been so mad at me since she found out about what I did behind her back; we've been best of friends from childhood, we were too close to ever imagine that we could someday break up. She must have found out about the bet; hell no!, It can't be true, it was just a simple bet with no bad intentions. Maybe it's something else, I thought to myself.

I'm sorry Tiana but what exactly is the prob……
“Shut the hell up!”, she yelled (before I could complete my sentence and then I stood still and reminisced).

I had placed a bet with some group of guys in our office, Fred inclusive (forgetting he was Tiana's newest crush, she would hardly say no to his demands because she so liked him that she would always talk about him at any slight opportunity she had) for just twenty thousand Naira (I was broke and I needed money). Rheda, one of them had approached me on a fateful day telling me about how he feels about my friend, Tiana and why she seems so protective of herself and doesn't want to even smile at him by mistake or look in his direction. “Just forget about her because she will never give in”, I replied. “You think so”? he asked, “yes!”, I replied.

Ray, Rarum, and Fred (his three friends walked in and joined the conversation after exchanging pleasantries) affirmed to what Rheda was saying. I was about leaving the office when Rheda voiced out; “Let's stake a bet!”, after all, she is no different from all other girls I've slept with.

“What?” I replied in shock, “Yes, twenty thousand Naira cash”, he replied. “Rheda just forget it, Tiana will never give in, I am hundred percent sure”, I said. When the other guys indicated interest too, I thought to myself that the total cash I'll realize will be a hundred thousand Naira which was enough for Tiana and me to enjoy the weekend. I was too sure my friend will not give in but I forgot that Fred was involved. “Deal?”, the guys asked. After a while, I replied “DEAL!”. “Let the game begin”, said Rheda and the other guys concurred. We all dispersed.

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I sincerely didn't know that these guys were determined to go the extra miles to get Tiana.

Three months later, Tiana came crying to me that she had lost her virginity to Fred. “What?”, I screamed in shock. I didn't know what to do and how to tell her about the bet.

One faithful day, while in the office with Tolu the receptionist, having a brief chat when the four guys walked in to demand my own share of the deal (the twenty thousand naira), showing pictures of how Fred had slept with her. I was so disappointed and I had to give them the money not knowing Tiana had been listening and had seen everything that just happened.

“Rade! How could you”?, She asked with so much pain and disappointment in her voice;
"I loved you, I trusted you, respected you, opened up to you, told you my deepest secrets, even things I couldn't tell my mom (she was the truest confidant) or anyone else, but I told you because of our friendship and how far we’ve gone; how could you?", She further scolded with so much hatred springing from the inside.

………………….Hmmmmmmm………………...

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You can imagine what would happen to the relationship Tiana and Rade had built over the years. They've lost trust in each other and Tiana has lost her precious virginity (her pearl) for some very very silly reasons.

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