Everyone is doing it...
Funke had become a shadow of herself. As she stared at her image in the mirror, She wondered where she got it all wrong. She only wanted to 'fit in' and get the acceptance and approval of her friends. Living above her means had been quite devastating but she just had to. She had falsified records as her friends instructed her to. After all, that's what 'everyone does'. She even spent her life savings to acquire an apartment in the 'fancy' side of the City. She could not afford a car so she obtained a loan and bought a 'tokunbo'. She smiled, "at least, I have a car". She was drowning in the emptiness she felt within. As she drove to her office, she reflected on the choices she had made in the past month. She figured she had been living her life in accordance to the script written by her friends and 'everyone'. ...