“She Let Her Best Friend Into Her Home… And It Destroyed Her Life 💔 | African Folklore #moralstory”

• If Nelly had known that the two people she loved the most would break her heart, she would never have let them into her life. If she had known that Kiki was not just her best friend, but her biggest enemy, maybe she would have walked away, but she didn’t know, and now it’s too late. Nelly was a young lady from Edo State.
• She was calm, softspoken, and kind to everyone. Her mother died when she was a baby, so she grew up with her grandmother, Mama Ima, who raised her with love. Life was not easy, but Nelly worked hard. She sold bread on the street after school and still finished top of her class. Kiki came into her life in JSS2. Kiki was loud, funny, and full of life.
• She had a lot of friends, but somehow she chose Nelly to be her best friend. The two girls did everything together. They ate together, played together, even shared clothes. Kiki would always say, “You’re the sister I never had.” They promised to be best friends forever. But forever is a long time and sometimes forever lies. Nelly and Kiki became inseparable.
• People in the village used to call them twins by heart. When Nelly didn’t have food at home, Kiki would share her own. When Kiki had trouble with maths, Nelly stayed up late to teach her. Even their birthdays were just 3 days apart, so they celebrated together every year. Kiki’s parents liked Nelly and always welcomed her into their home.
• As they grew older, things changed. Kiki wanted to leave the village and become a fashion designer in the city. Nelly had only one dream to become a wife and have a peaceful home. They both moved to the city after secondary school. Kiki worked at a fashion shop while Nelly helped an aunt sell Akara at Ring Road, but they still lived together in one room, still laughed every night, still told each other everything.
• Everything until Nelly met Santo. Nelly met Santo on a hot Thursday afternoon. She was standing by the road helping her aunt pack the leftover when a white car stopped in front of her table. The glass rolled down and a tall fairman with a soft voice asked, “Please, can I get Akar and Pap?” Nelly smiled shily and gave him his order.
• He gave her 5,000 naira and said, “Keep the change.” She was shocked. That money was more than she made in a whole day. The man came back the next day and the next soon. He didn’t come just for food. He came to see Nelly. He would ask about her day, tease her gently and smile in a way that made her heart beat fast. His name was Stor.
• He was from Anra but lived in Benin where he worked with a building company. He was 10 years older than Nelly, but he made her feel safe. When she told Kiki, her friend screamed with joy. But deep inside Kiki’s heart, something dark had already started to grow. Nelly and Sto became close. He would take her out sometimes, buy her gifts, and even help her aunt with money.
• He told Nelly, “I want to marry you. You are different. You have peace in your eyes.” After 6 months, he took her to meet his family. That was the first time Nelly met Mama Santo, a tall, sharpeyed woman who looked nearly up and down like she was dots. She didn’t smile. She didn’t say welcome. She just said is this the girl you want to marry? Nelly greeted her with respect.

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• Good evening ma. But mama only replied h. Later that dayto’s mother told him she’s too quiet. I don’t trust girls like that and she’s not even from our town. You can’t marry this girl. Samto told Nelly not to worry. My mother will come around. I love you. That’s what matters. Nelly believed him, but Mama Santo was not a woman who forgets things easily, and she had already started her secret plan.
• When Nelly got back home, Kiki was waiting in their small room. “How was the visit?” she asked with a big smile. Nelly sat on the bed and sighed. “His mother didn’t like me, Kiki. She didn’t even pretend.” “Kiki laughed and pulled her into a hug. Forget that old woman. What matters is that STO loves you. You’ve won already.
• But as Kiki hugged her, her smile grew even wider, too wide, and her eyes didn’t match the joy in her voice. That week, Sto started visiting less often. He said he was busy with work. Then he stopped speaking some of Nellie’s calls. When he did answer, his voice was tired, distant. Nelly was worried, but Kiki kept saying, “You worry too much.
• Men are like that sometimes.” One night, Nelly woke up and saw Kiki holding her phone under the blanket, smiling at a message. When Nelly asked who it was, Kiki quickly locked the screen and laughed. “It’s nothing,” she said. “But it was something, something big, something Nelly would only discover too late.” One afternoon, while helping her aunt at the market, Nelly saw something strange.
• She was arranging Acura when she looked up and her heart almost stopped. Kiki was standing by the road laughing with some to not just laughing, she was holding his arm. The same arm Nelly used to hold when they walked together. Nelly wiped her eyes and looked again. Yes, it was them. She didn’t say anything.
• She just watched as they entered his white car and drove off. Her hands began to shake. Her chest felt tight. Her aunt noticed and asked, “Nelly, what happened?” But Nelly couldn’t answer. She wanted to scream, to cry, to chase the car, but she did nothing. That evening when Kiki came back home, she acted normal.
• She even brought Suya and said, “I bought this for both of us.” Nearly forced a smile. But inside her, something had broken. Trust, love, friendship. She didn’t sleep that night. She just lay in the dark thinking, “Who was this girl sharing her bed and stealing her life?” Nelly couldn’t hold it anymore.
• The next morning, while Kiki was bathing, she opened her friend’s phone. Her hands were shaking. She had never done this before, but she had to know. She went to WhatsApp. And there it was. Hickeyi sumped up. Nellie’s heart dropped. She opened the chat. What she saw made her feel sick. I miss you already. When will you come over again? She suspects something. Be careful.

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• I don’t care anymore. I want to be with you, not her. Tears dropped on the phone screen. Her best friend, the one she called sister, was sleeping with her man and they were laughing behind her back. Nelly didn’t know when Kiki came out of the bathroom. Kiki, she said, voice shaking. How could you do this to me? Kiki froze.
• Then she dropped her towel and looked at her with bold eyes. So you checked my phone? That was the only thing she said. No sorry, no shame, just pride. Kiki didn’t say sorry. She didn’t even look guilty. She just laughed and said, “If you were really good enough, he wouldn’t have come to me.
• ” Nelly stared at her, heart shattered. “You were my best friend,” she whispered. “I told you everything.” Kiki picked up her makeup bag calmly. “That was your mistake. You talk too much and see too little.” That evening, Santo came to see Nelly. She thought maybe he had come to explain or even to say sorry, but when she opened the door, he didn’t smile.
• Instead, he said, “Kiki told me what happened. I don’t like women who check people’s phones. It’s childish.” Nelly couldn’t believe her ears. “So, you’re not even sorry?” He shrugged. “Things change. Maybe we move too fast.” The next day, Nelly came home to find her things outside. Hickeyi stood at the door.
• “You can’t stay here anymore,” she said. “Soto is coming over.” Nelly stood there staring at her clothes on the ground. She had no home, no love, no friend, only silence. Nelly wandered the streets that night with her nylon bag and tears. She couldn’t stop. She didn’t want to go back to the village. Not like this. She had no pride left.
• She slept on a bench near a small pharmacy. Cold breeze kissed her skin. Her stomach was empty. Her heart was heavy. The next morning, an old woman selling ground nuts nearby noticed her. “My daughter, are you all right?” the woman asked. Nelly shook her head slowly, eyes swollen. The woman handed her a small piece of bread and pure water.
• “You remind me of my own daughter,” she said softly. The woman’s name was Mama Titi. She let Nelly stay in her one room house for some days. Nelly helped her sell ground knots and swept the compound. She didn’t talk much. The pain was still fresh. Mama Titti asked no questions. She only said, “Sometimes the people who break your heart are not strangers.
• They’re the ones you carried like blood.” Nelly nodded because she knew it was true. Two weeks passed. Nelly was slowly finding her feet. She was still quiet, but she no longer cried every night. One morning while walking through New Benning Market to buy Peppa for Mama Titi, she saw a poster on a wall.

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• It was colorful and new. She froze. On the poster, two people were smiling in matching outfits. The man in a white capan, the woman in gold lace. Tomto and Kiki traditional wedding ceremony. Date the 24th of June 2023 at town hall. Time 12:00 noon. Nelly stared at the picture. Her legs became weak.
• Her hand dropped the nylon bag. People passed by her, but she couldn’t move. So, it was true. Hiki didn’t just steal some. She was now marrying him proudly and openly, and the wedding was in 4 days. That night, Nelly said nothing. She just lay in her mat beside Mama Titi and looked at the ceiling. The tears were quiet.
• Her heart was louder. She had lost everything. And now the whole city would celebrate her pain. The next day, as Mama Titty swept outside, she came in holding something in her hand. “This is for you,” she said gently. “It was an envelope.” Nelly opened it with shaky fingers. Inside was a white and gold invitation card.
• “You are specially invited to the traditional marriage of STO and Kiki.” Her name was handwritten at the bottom to Nelly with love. Nelly stared at it for a long time. Her chest felt tight, like something heavy was pressing it. Why would they send her this? Was it a joke, a warning? A wicked way of saying, “Look what we took from you.
• ” She dropped the card and ran outside, barefoot, tears running down her cheeks. She ran until she reached a quiet place by the river. There she sat on a rock and cried like a baby. A dog backed in the distance. The wind was cold, her heart was colder. The ones she loved most had not only betrayed her, they wanted her to watch.
• Two days before the wedding, Nelly was sweeping Mamat’s compound when she heard a knock at the gate. When she opened it, her breath caught. Mama stood there wearing a red wrapper and black blouse with dark glasses on her face. Nearly stepped back. Good afternoon, Ma. Mama didn’t smile.
• She looked around the compound then said, “Can I come in?” Nelly nodded slowly. Inside they sat in silence for a while. Then the older woman spoke. “I told some to not to marry you,” she said sharply. “But what he’s doing now. I didn’t plan that one.” “Nie looked at her confused. I never wanted you as a wife,” Mama continued. “But this girl, Kiki, she’s worse.
• She controls him. And now it’s like I’ve lost my son. Nearly said nothing. Then mamato stood up. Don’t come for the wedding. Don’t embarrass yourself. They already won. She dropped a 5,000 naira note on the table and walked out without looking back. Nelly stared at the money. It wasn’t her heart they broke.

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• It was her spirit. The day of the wedding came like thunder. The whole street buzzed with music, laughter, and colors. People wore their best clothes. Dramas played loudly. Dancers moved their waists with pride. But not Nelly. She sat quietly in Mati’s house, staring at the wall. No tears, no smiles, just silence.
• That morning, Mati tried to cheer her up. Don’t think about them, she said. Better days will come, but Nelly only replied. They stole my life. My friend stole my soul, and the man I loved helped her. At noon, gunshots of joy filled the air. Fireworks cracked. Nelly could hear olations from far away.
• She imagined Kiki smiling wide, holding SO’s hand, dancing with pride as if she had won something. Maybe she had. People from the old street sent her messages like, “Now, wow, Kiki really married some. We thought you were the one. Life is funny, Nelly.” Nelly didn’t reply any of them. She just hugged her knees and whispered, “God, why me?” But heaven was quiet.
• 3 days after the wedding, a delivery man came to Mamatut’s house holding a small white box tied with gold ribbon. “For Nelly,” he said. Nelly opened it slowly. Inside the box was a tiny glass perfume bottle and a card. The perfume smelled like the oneto used to buy for her. She picked up the card.
• It read, “No hard feelings. Life goes on. Kiki nearly stared at the card like it was poison. Her hands shook. Her eyes burned. No hard feelings. After taking her joy, her trust, her peace, she stood up, walked outside, and dropped the box in the dust bin. Not even rats deserve that kind of wicked memory.
• Mama Titti came outside and saw her standing there. My daughter, she said, some people are born with no shame, but don’t let their darkness turn off your light. Nelly looked at her. Mama, I don’t even know if I have light anymore. And in that moment, she looked like someone who had died but was still breathing.
• One early morning before the sun had risen, Nelly packed her few clothes into a nylon bag. She tied her wrapper, wore her slippers, and stood at Mama Titi’s door. Mama, I’m leaving,” she said softly. Mama Titti sat up in her mat. “Where will you go, my daughter?” Nelly shook her head. “I don’t know, but I can’t stay here and breathe the same air as them.
• I want to start again. Far away.” Mama got up and hugged her tightly. “You are stronger than you think. But don’t run forever, Nelly. One day, you must forgive not for them, but for yourself.” Nelly didn’t reply. She just whispered, “Thank you for saving me when I was nothing.” And then she left. She didn’t take a phone.
• She didn’t tell anyone. She disappeared like smoke. Till today, nobody has seen Nelly. Some say she went to Lagos. Others say she became a school teacher in a small village. But one thing is certain, she never came back for revenge. Because some betrayals don’t need punishment. They already carry their own cause.