I Have Been Betrayed By Friends
Still Can't Belive What Happened...
-I still find it hard to believe they could ever do this to me. We've been friends for almost five years, through thick and thin.If three days ago someone had told me how all this would play out, I probably would have told him he was mental.
It all started two days ago, when I received a call on my mobile from an unknown number, where a stranger demanded his money for drugs he gave to one of my friends. Now, I know my friends have done these prank calls before, though it was never about money, or drugs before. I hung up, and almost immediately received a threatening SMS, and several more ensued soon after, each threatening me with violence (death even in one case) should I fail to pay up a sum of 500 euros. After some time, when I didn't receive anything from my friends that would indicate it was all a joke (like they normally would have done) I started to wonder about the possibility of this being the real thing. I went to the police, who told me to come back in the morning and speak to one of the inspectors. Due to someone screwing up, I was only able to get in touch with a police officer a little earlier today, where I spoke to him, and he directed me to another of his colleagues who dealt with narcotics. Under their advice, I put pressure on my friends, forcing them to admit the truth to me (very clumsily, I might add, with some inconsistencies). I think that both me and the inspectors came to the same realization - it might have started off as a joke, but it quickly turned into something ugly. In the inspector's words "what if I had decided to actually pay up?"
This is far from over. The police may not have enough to charge them with now, but they're going to bring them in for a talk. And should they ever try anything, the police said that they will press charges, and that they would even go for warrants to search their homes.
I'm still reeling from the shock off it all. Five years of thick an thin, we were always together, only for our friendship to end like this.
I think that one thing that won't let me have peace is that, when I first met them 5 years ago, I felt something - deep down inside me. And in that instant I knew that they would one day become my enemies. I immediately pushed away that feeling. And now its back to haunt me.
-I still find it hard to believe they could ever do this to me. We've been friends for almost five years, through thick and thin.If three days ago someone had told me how all this would play out, I probably would have told him he was mental.
It all started two days ago, when I received a call on my mobile from an unknown number, where a stranger demanded his money for drugs he gave to one of my friends. Now, I know my friends have done these prank calls before, though it was never about money, or drugs before. I hung up, and almost immediately received a threatening SMS, and several more ensued soon after, each threatening me with violence (death even in one case) should I fail to pay up a sum of 500 euros. After some time, when I didn't receive anything from my friends that would indicate it was all a joke (like they normally would have done) I started to wonder about the possibility of this being the real thing. I went to the police, who told me to come back in the morning and speak to one of the inspectors. Due to someone screwing up, I was only able to get in touch with a police officer a little earlier today, where I spoke to him, and he directed me to another of his colleagues who dealt with narcotics. Under their advice, I put pressure on my friends, forcing them to admit the truth to me (very clumsily, I might add, with some inconsistencies). I think that both me and the inspectors came to the same realization - it might have started off as a joke, but it quickly turned into something ugly. In the inspector's words "what if I had decided to actually pay up?"
This is far from over. The police may not have enough to charge them with now, but they're going to bring them in for a talk. And should they ever try anything, the police said that they will press charges, and that they would even go for warrants to search their homes.
I'm still reeling from the shock off it all. Five years of thick an thin, we were always together, only for our friendship to end like this.
I think that one thing that won't let me have peace is that, when I first met them 5 years ago, I felt something - deep down inside me. And in that instant I knew that they would one day become my enemies. I immediately pushed away that feeling. And now its back to haunt me.
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