Troubles of a friend
Mood: confused
I play an game online called tibia. I met a guy there and we became friends. At the time we met he had a girlfriend whom he had met playing tibia. This girl was shockingly sweet, but had some serious health concerns. The two had been long distance dating for 2 years. They swaped pictures, talked on the phone and so on.
The girl said she had lukemia and needed a bone marrow transplant. This went on for a long period of time. I in the meanwhile had become very close friends with the girls real life cousin. One night we were talking and I was told that the girl was in the hospital for her bone marrow transplant. 3 weeks later I was speaking to the girls cousin via MSN messenger. I was informed that the girl had passed away.
Everyone that knew this wonderfully sweet girl was greifstricken. Especially her boyfriend of 2 years. I went off for Christmas vacation only to come back and hear the most shocking thing of my life.
It turns out that the girl was really a 40 year old woman posing as a 19 year old. She had led this poor boyfriend of hers to believe that she had been in a car accident, and had lukemia, among other serious mishapps. While she was supposedly in the hospital after having her bonemarrow transplant, she talked to this poor man on the phone every night. The things she put him through are unimaginable.
Her cousin whom I had become friends with was really her son and had been helping her in this scheme.
I just can not believe there are really people in this world who could be so cruel. I have since spoken with the son posing as the cousin asking for his side of the story. I did not get much of an answer. He did appologize for lying to me like that and said his mother forced him to go along with it all. I don't know if I should believe him and let it go or not. The man who was most hurt by this all says he is fine but I do not believe him. How can anyone be fine after what happened to him? We talk on occasion and I look forward to hearing from him. Because when I talk to him I know that he hasn't gone and done something stupid. I know that all I know of him is a picture and a few written words, but I still feel a very strong friendly love towards him. I know that he thinks of me as a friend but I don't know his feelings about that friendship. I being a naturaly loving compassionate person cherish every living soul that enters my life. He doesn't know this but I would give anything for him, just for sake of knowing for sure that he was going to pull through this. I know that this is a tough time for him and I wish that there were something I could do to help him.
