I was sitting jejely in my room, minding my business when Esther suddenly barged in unannounced.

I stood up immediately to give her a piece of my mind but she covered my mouth with the back of her hand and told me not to talk.

I knew immediately that Esther was up to something. The Esther I know eats and plays with trouble. The girl has a big mouth and will never stop at any opportunity to run it.

Apparently, some tenants were fighting and the cause of the fight had been traced back to her. She wanted me to defend her whenever they called her to state her part in the fight.

When Esther told me what happened, my mouth was wide open. I started shouting and rebuking her that she shouldn't have done that and she has to stop interfering in people's matters. I promised her that I was going to speak for her and she should not worry. Esther might be talkative and troublesome but she is a wonderful person and someone you should have by your side.

About twenty minutes later, the landlord called for Esther and I followed her as the spokesperson.

Immediately, we entered the room, one of the tenants pounced on her and would have beaten her blue and black if not for the intervention of people that were there.  That was when I noticed that policemen were around. I looked at Esther for an explanation , her eyes were already misty and red.The landlord urged all of us to remain silent and that we should speak in turn. 

One of the ladies named Claire was the first to talk. She explained how Esther told her that a particular lady had been seeing her boyfriend at her back. She didn't believe it at first because she knew her boyfriend so well and he would never do that to her.  Esther managed to convince her that she was sure of what she was saying. She confronted the lady about it but the girl acted nonchalant about it which aggravated the situation. She and Esther went to the lady's house and they beat her till she landed in the hospital.

The lady's friend got her arrested.   They have been looking for Esther since it happened . I was shocked. Esther must be the devil's sister. Is it everything you see that you say?  Me forgetting that I was supposed to defend her started shouting at her. Then something incredible happened. Esther looked me in the face and said I was the one that told her. I thought she was playing until she dragged me by my clothes and started raining curses on me. I couldn't believe it. I started to plead that I didn't tell her anything and that Esther was saying nonsense. All my pleas fell on deaf ears. I was heartbroken. How could things go from wrong to bad? I  understand. I watch incidents like this a lot in movies, I just didn't think it could  happen to me. I burst into uncontrollable tears. 

That was how the landlord asked the police to arrest me and Esther.

I saw a new Esther that day. She was just sobbing and shouting that I had put her in trouble. I know I am dreaming. Somebody should please wake me up.

That was how I went from spokesperson to being in detention.

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