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Back in my second year in higher institution, I happened to be staying squatting with a friend of mine from secondary school while I was scouting around for a lodge of my own to stay. Felix, the name of my friend, stayed with his cousin named Chinonso. Chinonso – unlike his cousin Felix who was god-fearing and of good behavior – lived a wayward kind of life.
He indulged in smoking and kept bad company of friends. All manner of people came into our room who came to see him. Among his circle of friends in the lodge, he was the only one with a TV set in his room, so people often loved to come around. Apart from Felix who was the person I had known all along, I rarely talked with anyone else who came into the room. On very few occasions I and Chinonso engaged in conversations
So there was a friend of his that brought in a friend from another school that was close to ours as they had vacated for the semester and were on break. Just like the rest of the other guys, I rarely talked with this new guy who was now staying in the room with us because he was of the same company as the rest. My time staying in that room made me feel uncomfortable because I felt like the odd one amongst them because of the kind of life they live.
I couldn't help but stop thinking that if anything were to go wrong and they are looking for who to put the blame on it won't take them anything to decide that I would be that guy. And one faithful day, my fear came to reality. The guy from the other school, Samuel, who had come to stay with us for the holidays had bought a power bank which was quite expensive at that time. It was admired because of it's fancy look and the fact that the battery lasts.
So one day, he left the lodge to go get something at town. While he left, there were still a few of us that was in the room. I was taking a nap as at the time he left but I woke up a few times and saw some guys still in the room. When I woke up completely it turned out that everyone had left the room, so it was just me that was left. I got up and prepared to go for fellowship in campus.
After about two and half hours when I returned to the lodge, as I was approaching my room I was hearing voices. Some of the guys were standing outside the door. I was wondering within myself what was going on. As I drew closer one of the guys said, "See the guy, he's here!", as if they had been waiting for me. But why would they be waiting for me in the first place was what I didn't know.
As I entered the room, Samuel asked me if I knew where his power bank was. I replied him that I did not know. Then one of the guys who was in the room when Samuel left, who happened to be the last guy to actually leave the room before I woke up, said that I was the last person to leave the room so I was supposed to know something about it's whereabouts since it was in the room.
I kept telling them I had nothing to do with it but they seemed not to believe me. And because I seldomly associated with them and just minded my business made me look guilty even though I was innocent. While the accusation was going on, Chinonso walked into the room with the power bank in one of his hands as it connected to his phone which he held with the other hand. When they saw him a sudden silence entered the room.
He enquired what had been the cause for the noise and Felix told him how he had been searching for the power bank. Turned out that after I had left the room Chinonso dashed into the room so minutes later and took the power bank along with him while going out. Realizing that I was innocent and I was being accused wrongly, they apologized to me.
That incident made it pretty clear to me that I really needed to vacate that room as quick as possible, and few weeks later I was able to secure my own lodge.
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