Big Shame

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A thirty four year old man, Rudolph Smith from Maryland in the United States was recently arrested for knowingly infecting women he met on dating apps with the dreaded Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV).

This should be one of the most wicked things a human being may do. Why infect an innocent person as a revenge for being infected by another person who your victim does not even know?

Gratefully HIV is no longer as deadly as it used to be, thanks to God who gave man the wisdom for science.

Regardless of the fact that HIV is treatable, no one wants to get it and then have to live out his life popping pills into the mouth every day.

A carrier of the virus should be decent enough to tell a significant other that he or she has the virus. It is understandable why they may not want to divulge such information; it could be quite lonely having everyone running from you but then that should be the sufferer's reality.

There's a community of carriers where such people may find love and live a fulfilling life. Honest individuals quickly accept their fate and move on with their new lives.

Only a wicked soul would intentionally infect others and the hottest part of hell awaits such a person.

Years back a certain young girl Nedu (not her real name) was approached by a good looking man that she met by chance.

He saw her at the entrance of a gated estate where she had gone to visit her friend. Coloured taxis were not allowed to drive in and as soon as she got off this man who was driving in stopped and offered her a ride to the particular house which was still further inside.

While in his car he started to make advances at her and went on to give her a huge sum of money as transportation to vist him the next day.  

Nedu was a young undergraduate, and had never seen such an unbelievable amount of money at once in her life.

The amount was so ridiculous that she left her friend's house early so she could bank some of the money.

She was happy and couldn't wait for the next day to visit him. (Talk about money being the root of all evil).

He was a business man,  very good looking and sounded really smart;  he also looked like a ladies' man and most importantly, very generous.

The next day she got ready to go and see her new catch but something in her told her not to go. She suddenly had this gut feeling that something wasn't right.

She confided in her big sister who further prevented her from going; she told her that she would appear cheap to the man.

He lived in that particular estate in a magnificent house which he showed her as he dropped her off at her friend's house.

He told her that he was divorced from his wife with whom he had two children and quickly needed to settle down before he got carried away by the freedom his new status presented him.

She never went back to see him and in those days of analogue phones, she avoided his calls on their landline. Thankfully he didn't know where she lived.

She also avoided going back to visit her friend Nnenna (not real name)which was unusual; Nnenna lived in a big and comfortable house which was a meeting point during the holidays for all their friends.

After the long vacation, Nedu met Nnenna in school who asked why she hung out just once throughout the holiday. 

Nedu confided in her friend and told her of how she accepted a huge amount of money from a man in her estate and so had to stay away from that neighbourhood. The man was attractive and so she knew he couldn't resist him if she visited.

After describing the man to Nnenna, Nnenna held Nedu's arms and started weeping.

The man was a well known womanizer whose wife left when she couldn't put up with him anymore. He passed on just before the holidays ended.

At the point of death, he confessed that he had the virus and spent his last days wasting money on girls, enticing them and infecting them with the disease. Nnenna' aunty who lived in their house was one of his victims.

Nnenna was still crying and talking at the same time when Nedu broke off from her grip and ran all the way to the school chapel, she knelt down and thanked God for saving her. 

It was a turning point in her life. She locked her 'ngada' and never slept with any man again until she married her husband whose HIV status she knew before their wedding day.

Nnenna was lucky but I imagine that a lot of girls were not as lucky. This should be a big lesson to all even to those who appear decent. Nobody is exempted including me.

Shame to Rudolph Smith and others like him! Big Shame!