Betrayal

Received an email this afternoon that both shock and disgust me a great deal.

I got to know this friend about two years back. He is an African who is currently working in Malaysia. We got to know each other pretty well and to me, he's probably considered as one of my good brothers whom I trust explicitly. Never once doubted his integrity and his upright character. On many occasions, he has also shared with me on how he really hoped to find someone special and start a family. We have too, on several times, talked about family values, Christian education etc etc. To me, this is one brother whom I really looked up to and prayed that God will bring him a terrific wife to share his life's journeys with.

So, it was such a rude shock to me when I received an email today from none other than HIS WIFE!!! Couldn't believe my eyes at all. My first thought was that email was a prank. *Dalinton couldn't possibly be married. If he is, I would definitely have known. I mean, we are such close buddies...why would he lie to me?

Now, seems more and more certain to me that he is a married man, with his wife in Africa. My goodness.

My reaction - Extreme disgust, anger and disappointment, plus a huge sense of betrayal. This is a friend whom I never once doubted and the fact that he has been lying to me for over a year plus and even asked me to introduce girls to him when he is a married man, is totally disgusting and unacceptable! To me, that's the perfect definition of a jerk!

Disappointed and felt betrayed by a friend whom I treated as my own flesh and blood brother.

Now, I am just concerned for his poor wife, who's been kept in the dark all this while. God knows how much pain she is going thru right now. Really hope she'll survive through this betrayal and start a new life again.

Scary how human nature can be @ times...

I am totally disillusioned.