Thread by @abenamagis

1. Eunice was 16 when John met her fetching water for her parents. He was then 19 years and had just completed SHS. They didn't meet again until she turned 21 and he 24. He'd gone to see his friends off at the airport and stopped by a shell shop to refuel his car.

2. He remembered her because of a birthmark on her forehead and confirmed if it was her. She told him of her struggles to pay her fees since her parents couldn't afford her fees. The fact that at her age she didn't have a phone even moved him to buy her a brand new #Samsung

3. The following day. This led to a beautiful relationship and he went to see her parents to introduce himself as her friend. He helped her rewrite some WASSCE papers by not just paying for the exams but paying for a private tutor for her.

Whiles waiting for her results

4. She became scared that she might not do well in her exams and begged him to open a shop for her. He bought a container for her and paid for her cosmetology fees where she opened a nail salon. Thankfully her results came and she did passably well.

5. She wanted to go into nursing and he paid for her fees throughout and every bill was on him. They'd agreed on no sex before marriage but after 3 years he'd waited long enough. The day they had sex, she cried and he promised not to coerce her into having sex against her will

6. She finished school and it was during her rotation that she met a doctor. She fell in love with him but didn't know how to tell John. He realised she wasn't giving him the necessary attention like she used to.

He asked her but she always gave him excuses until the day

7. He went to visit her unannounced and met a guy eating fufu and wearing boxers whiles Eunice was in the kitchen washing dishes. He confronted her and she shakily told him the man was a doctor and just a friend. The man wore his clothes and left

John tried to forgive her but...

8. When she brought her parents to beg him he didn't want to listen, thinking of all that he'd done for her

After a lot of pressure, he gave her another chance but his heart was not in it and she wasn't being open. He dug deeper and found out she was still in touch with the...

9. ...doctor. He broke up with her and told her to do what pleases her.

A year later, she called him out of the blue and told him not to get mad, she was getting married and wanted to invite him. Her groom? The same doctor.

John was seething in anger so much that he went to...

10. ...her house at dawn and standing at the gate, insulted her for all her neighbors to hear. A dawn preacher who always came around at that time was the one that calmed him down and convinced him to get into his car.

The soft spoken woman asked him why he was doing all that...

11. ...and he told her of all the pain his ex girlfriend had put him through only to call him a year later that she's getting married to the same man she cheated on him with.

Preacher: so this is the woman you wanted to marry? Someone capable of cheating on you?

12. I would have thought you'd be in church by now, thanking God for removing this yoke from your neck?"

John was speechless as these few words hit his guts.

Without another word, the preacher grabbed her megaphone and Bible and exited his car.

John drove off deep in thought

13. He didn't attend the wedding but sent her some money. When she called to thank him, he accepted it but kept their conversation short.

4 years later, he met her at a mall and she was holding the hand of a 3yo and carrying a baby in her arms. She introduced him to her...

14. ...3 year old as 'mum's good friend.' He smiled but his heart wasn't in it. He was mad. Why did she look so happy and content? He expected her to look sad and dejected but here she was proudly telling him of her husband's achievements and asking if she could pay for anything

14. ...he ordered. He declined and left, seething in anger.

He went to a pub to get drunk and that's where he met Asantewaa. She'd just arrived in Ghana from Germany but her brother had left Kumasi late and so she was waiting for him to arrive. They struck a conversation

15. ...and realized they had like interests. He'd tried dating after Eunice but hadn't taken any of the ladies seriously for fear of being treated the way she did. But with Asantewaa, things were different

She had her own things going for her and didn't need his help

16. ...she was the rather with the links and connections she needed to expand his business

A year later to the date they met, they got married. As he looked deep into her eyes as she said, "I do," he remembered what the dawn preacher said and said a quiet prayer of thanks to God

17. He and Eunice haven't met in all the 8 years he's been married but he hardly thinks of her because he and his wife are happy.

You were expecting karma to visit Eunice? Naa. Karma doesn't work like that.

But, life happens to us differently and sometimes we rush into...

18. ...relationships we had no need entering. When the person is too young and you help them to reach a level in life, any feelings they feel for you is merely that of gratitude. When a person no longer needs you, that's when you'll find out how 'genuine' their love was.