Who is your friend? Your friend matters a lot, your friend define who you are. A friend is that person, who got your back every time, he stands with you in every phase of your life. A friend is closer than a brother, Friends don't suppose to betray each other, but this was not so for Rita, Rita was a young promising girl of 19, she had a dream to become an economist, an entrepreneur, but her dream was cut short, because she falls for her best friend advice. In other not to waste your time, let me tell you the story.

My name is Rita, Rita Lawrence am through with secondary school, am planning to take Jamb next year to study the my dream course economic. 

I was at home one evening, when a car drive into my father's compound, I was surprised, because I don't know anyone that owned a car, is not that my family members don't have cars, they have, we are not expecting to see them soon, because they visited home last month, so I was perplexed. The person drive in and killed the engine, as the person step down, I shout, it was my lost long best friend Precious, I ran to her, and we hugged each other, I was extremely happy to see her, Precious was my best friend in secondary School, we were always with each other, nothing was able to separate us, untill one day Precious told me, she want to travel, she can't continue with school again, because she don't have money to pay for her school fees, I tried telling her not to travel, that I will help her to raise money for her school fees, she didn't listen, it seems her mind was already made up, I asked were she want to travel to, she said Lagos, that was how she left, and now she just disappeared back with a car. I welcome her inside, I asked her series of questions, she told me she travelled to Italy, that's where she stays now, she has acquired money, and she is now working in one company, she came to visit her family and also me, I was happy to see her again, we talked about everything, I was giving her latest information of what happened when she left. 

Then she asked me if I don't want to travel to Italy too, I said no, I want to go to school, she said what's school, is not because of money that makes you want to go to school, I just come to Italy within two years, you will be rich, look at me I didn't spend up to three years there, and I have make money. I asked her what kind of what will I be doing, she said don't worry, there is lot if works you can do, work is not a problem, I have arranged everything, is just for you to come. 

I told my parents about it, they were happy about it, and they support me, so that was how I agreed to follow Precious to Italy.

On our way to Italy, precious took me to a native doctor's house, I was made to swore an oath, she said the oath was to make sure, I didn't ditch her when I get there, after some days we were finally in Italy, Italy was fine, the people, building and everything I saw excites me, I thanked God I agreed to follow her, not knowing I had ingnorantly plan my down fall. From airport we drove to one big house, she said the house belongs to her, she show me to my room and told me I should rest, that five minutes time she will come get me, I thanked her and she left.

Exactly she five minutes she came into the room, she told she wants to introduce me to someone, I followed her, on getting to the sitting room I saw a woman sitting on one of the chairs. She was fat, dark in complexion and had this bossy behavior, we greet her, she said to the woman; this is her, later on I was made know that Precious sold me to the woman for two million naira, so I have to work to pay the woman, I am to pay the woman three million, and the work I am to do is that kind of work young girls do in Italy, I cried day and night when they told me, the woman also made me swore an oath, I was beaten when I refused to do it, but then there was nothing I could do, no father or mother to called it was too late, so I gave in. The work wasn't an easy one, I worked for five years before I was able to pay her, and I also worked for some few years, in other to buy my own house and other things, but life was shattered, it was a disgrace, my dreams didn't come true, and now my health is at risk, am suffering from disease which has no cure, I blame my self for believing my friend, she didn't told me all this, she didn't told me, this was what she prepared for me, she betrayed me. 

hope you gain something from this article, forget about the story I used, the important question is do you know your friend?