Chapter 6

Chapter 6

After that episode with my mom, I picked up my phone and logged on to hang out on social media. Sleep finally took me, I really don't know what time. Around 8 a.m. my sister comes to wake me up. I get up and do some chores around the house. While I was there Jores called me, after almost a week of silence he was calling me again to make sure his game was working. I didn't even wait for it to finish ringing, I hung up. He tried again, I couldn't handle it. In the afternoon, Kessie called me. She wanted to come home but I refused. I didn't want my mother to accidentally hear anything about it. So I preferred to go to her. I hurried out, as for some time, I looked around me as if I was hiding. Here I am walking up to Kessie's she was there with some guy I didn't know, or I had just interrupted something between them oh, way there was silence when I walked in... Probably just cut the sauce from someone…

Arole: Hello… Did I interrupt something?

Kessie: no no… sit down then! Or do you want to stay up?

I sit down and stare at her intently.

Kessie: Arole, meet Fabien! Fabien is Arole, my friend...

Fabien: Nice to meet you Arole…

Arole: Me too!

Kessie: You come at the right time Arole. As I told you, we will solve your problem. Fabien will help us do it

Arole: And how will it be?

Kessie: I tried to explain the situation to him in general... But if you want you can explain it to him in more detail...

Arole: If you told him that I'm being harassed, that's fine...is there anything else to say? How can I do to get out of this situation? That's all I want…

Kessie: You have to calm down my dear…

Fabien: we will find a Solution, don't bother you anymore!

Arole: how? Are we going to threaten him to leave me alone? Or what ?

Fabien: Not at all. You have two options...

Arole: which ones?

Fabien: As I was explaining to Kessie, you can either give him what he wants...

Arola: What? Are you serious…

Kessie: weeh also wait for him to finish talking...

Fabien: either you give him what he wants, or you sue him... I strongly advise against the first option because he may want more...

I got up and started spinning in place. I didn't know where to start. Me who thought I was going to get out of the ordeal there. I even wanted to cry already, give him what he wants? What did he even want from me first? So I was going to accept him playing with me like that? …Sue him? Haha! How was I going to do? What am I going to tell my parents? How does it even happen? I couldn't think anymore.

Arole: Like…what…what am I going to do my God?

Fabien: You have to make up your mind...

Arole: It's clear that I'm not going to give him what he wants...

Fabien: So you have to file a complaint with him for Harassment...

Kessie: I think he's right Arole!

Fabien: unless you have another solution...

Arole: Not at all...

Kessie: then you have to complain to him!

Arole: I know how we do that, Kessie?

Fabien: I'm going to give you a hand... I'm doing computer training, but first I did law, and I know someone who will be able to help you. I wrote to him just now, I'm waiting for him to answer me. When it's done he will explain everything to you and guide you through the whole procedure.

Arole: And how will it be?

Kessie: You too, calm down, nor! He said his friend would explain everything to you...

Fabien: In these situations, you have to be patient. Above all, you must be calm and courageous. Because if you do things wrong, you can easily complicate the situation on your side. He's harassing you, that's what you say, but maybe he doesn't even know it's a delusion. So be patient!

Kessie: What about your friend there, he's a lawyer? How will it be with him? Are we going to pay? How much ?

Arole: So that's another problem…money! I know how much we pay?

Fabian: It doesn't matter! Your safety first...your parents will...

Arole:…No! Not my parents, I don't even want that to reach my father's ears, sorry. Where do I start to explain to him?

Fabien: In any case, you're going to work things out with my friend I'm talking about.

Kessie: I hope he'll understand us huh!?

Fabien: When he answers me, I'll wave to Kessie and you'll meet to discuss it.

I was silent for quite a while. The two were chatting and I was not with them. I was afraid that my father would find out about the situation I was in. My mother was going to finish me. Tears welled up in my eyes when I thought about the cause of all this. It hurt to know that Jores had something to do with it. I got up to go home. Either way I felt like I was a bit of a nuisance. Kessie went with me. I went straight home straight away. I took classes to read, since the semester had started, I hadn't seriously opened the notebooks yet. I fought as best I could to retain a few things from the course. And then I fell asleep. It's the ringing of my phone that wakes me up. I see it's Jores calling, I don't take it. I put my phone on silent so as not to be disturbed and I still fall asleep. In the morning, when I wake up, I look at my phone and see 10 missed calls, including 2 from Kessie, 3 from an unknown number and 5 from Jores. I look again I see displayed 5 unread messages. I enter the messaging system and see a discussion from Jores: “Good evening Arole, you are well I hope!? "What am I to understand by all this silence?" I've been trying to reach you for days and days, but you don't even bother to pick up... What's wrong? "Honey, I really don't know what happened to make you like this with me, I think I deserve to at least know what you're blaming me for!" Is it because I lied to you in Limbe? Baby I apologized no? Or is it because I left you in limbé to go to Yaoundé? I explained to you why nor? Arole, what's the problem? Honestly, I need you to explain. "If it's still your whims, know that it's too much there." I am losing patience. You are going to stop your childishness and act like a mature person! » « answer me Arole ». That was the messages. I didn't understand what he wanted. I had turned against him, and each time I read these messages, I was more and more sad at the same time. I wondered why it had to turn into this story. I started to hurt. I hesitated whether or not to answer. Finally, I did not answer, I went to bed, crying overtook me! Probably because I had already shed too many tears for this idiot! But I was in pain.

If they asked me why I was in pain, I couldn't tell the real reason. Sometimes I was hurt by Jores, with each passing day I was convinced that his friend was right, the latest events between us confirmed it, I was in pain! But I also had a treacherous pain inside me, despite all that, I couldn't forget jores, I missed him, I wanted so much for it to be different. I wanted to call him, answer him, write to him. But what normal guy would find it normal that his friend spends the night at his house in his absence while his girlfriend is there alone? Am I so less important to him? He doesn't care about me? Pffft! What was all these questions for? I was suffering, I was going through the ordeal and he was surely having a good time with his friends and laughing at me! What do I hate this bastards! I burst into tears and the tears are flowing, I'm in so much pain! Those moments when you swear never to love someone again! Those times when you feel stupid for loving the wrong person. I stood up, determined to move on. I wasn't going to let them succeed with their plan. I had to focus on the essentials, my studies. The days passed and I was still subjected to Farel's prosecution and threats. I didn't let myself go anymore.

Fabien, Kessie's friend, had actually introduced me to his friends who were going to help me. Doctor LAW and Company, that's what they called themselves. We had exchanged and they were young people like me, quite talented and mastering the field. Young lawyers to whom I told my story.

Arole: I hope I can finish this story soon…

Doctor LAW: Already, you have to be patient…

Arole: until when?

Doctor LAW: don't worry, with a bit of luck, we can get a restraining order...for that, we have to gather the overwhelming evidence

Arole: what does that mean?

Doctor LAW: if we gather the evidence that shows that he is harassing you, the judge can forbid him to approach you too closely...

Arole: (excited) yes yes…. There is proof...he calls me and writes to me all the time, he chases me everywhere...he even threatens me...

Doctor LAW: Calm down Arole…do you have all the messages that show it's him?

Arole: (perplexed) Heuh…I think, the numbers I blocked, the messages…hee! I deleted…

Doctor LAW: You have to calm down! Sit down, I'll explain to you... from today, the messages he's going to send you, you don't delete, you answer by asking him to leave you alone, that you don't want anything with him. In short, we must be able to read in the discussion that he is harassing you…

Arole: weeehh I have to...

Doctor LAW: yes! We need this evidence to file a complaint...otherwise it will not be taken seriously. In addition, his calls will have to be recorded. The number of calls he makes, the hours…find a way to keep them

Arole:…and if I take screenshots…

Doctor LAW: it is a possibility…but you should make sure that the numbers with which he calls you are in his name…if this is not the case, it is necessary that in the recorded conversation you realize that's him...

Arole: *bana loba* my part came…

Doctor LAW: You have no choice…if not it will be your word against his and believe me, no one will believe you if you don't have proof.

Arole: So I invented this story??

Doctor LAW: that's what he's going to say… another thing, you also need the witnesses…

Arole: kessie and my sister are witnesses...

Doctor LAW: if possible witnesses with whom you do not have much affinity, if not they will say that it is a collective and premeditated lie!

Arole: ayaahhh…. Why is it so complicated??

Doctor LAW: Because it's delicate…it's not to be taken lightly. Everything has to be consistent. Then you will have to report this harassment to the police station.

Arole: that's still a lot of work... I'm already exhausted...

Doctor LAW: Calm down...we'll try to manage at the police station. If it does not succeed there, we will seize the higher instance!

Arole: ...where do you start?

Doctor LAW: seek a restraining order. For that you need some evidence that shows that he is harassing you!

"As if Kessie knew, she came to support me because I was going to collapse, I was so exhausted, it's not what I expected. I felt like a burden, a burden so heavy, so heavy that my feet softened, I was at the bottom of the abyss! Morale lower than earth. Was it possible to go crazy from bullying? Well, this fear crossed my mind, I just wanted to disappear! After this interview I went back to bed, I replayed the last few months on a loop in my head, my life was a mess and I was there whining and moping? No no no, what Jores and his friend were looking for, they weren't going to find it! I took the time to think, there was no point in feeling sorry for this situation! No no, I had a way out, as narrow as it was, I was going to exploit it! Gathering evidence was not impossible, on the contrary, it was easy! I'll let Farel produce the evidence I need! This shitty world taught me that, if you're weak, we crush you, if you joke, even the cockroaches at the time can reverse you and crush you. And if you are strong, you have a choice: either you crush others, or you prevent others from crushing you. So far I have been weak! It's over like that, even by force, I will become strong! Let's go!"

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