We are three friends: Owusu, Peter, and I. I was the first to marry in the group and later, through Owusu, Peter also found a wife, Portia. Portia was friends with Owusu but had lived in Nigeria for years until she eventually returned. When she came back, Peter saw her and developed an interest in her. They dated for a year and got married.
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So in our group, it is only Owusu who isn’t married. Because of his friendship with Portia, anytime they had issues, Peter ran to him to tell him about them, and Owusu always tried his best to resolve the situation. The three of us have been able to stick together all these years, visiting each other’s homes and making our wives cook for us.
Our wives are equally invested in our friendship because we go to places together.
I called Owusu to tell him I was in his area and was passing by. He told me he wasn’t home but would be home very soon and that he would give me a call when he arrived.
I wasn’t far from his place, so I stuck around for a while. Not long after he had told me he wasn’t home, I saw him walking with Portia to the roadside. I waited until Portia got into a taxi before he went back. The scene didn’t make a lot of sense to me.
“He was home with Portia and said he wasn’t home?” I asked myself.
He called to tell me he was home, and I went over. I intentionally brought up Peter and Portia’s issues and asked when the last time he had seen them was.
He responded, “I talked to Peter only this morning. I asked about Portia, and he said she was good. Why do you ask? Is anything wrong?”
That lie he told made me believe something was wrong.
I discussed it with my wife, and she said I was overthinking the whole issue and that maybe he didn’t want me to know Portia had visited him alone.
Peter traveled. I went to Owusu’s house one early morning, and Portia was there. For the first time in our friendship, Owusu asked me why I would come to his house without informing him first. Portia couldn’t look me in the face, and the awkwardness eventually pushed me away.
My wife asked me to keep quiet about it, again telling me I might be getting it wrong.
Just yesterday, I was talking to Peter when he said, “It’s hard for me to say this, but I think my wife is cheating. I’ve seen signs of it, but nothing concrete.”
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This time, I was the one telling him to let it go because he could be mistaken.
He said, “I will be happy to get this one wrong. Hopefully, I’m wrong.”
I’m asking: Am I treating my friend, Peter, fairly by keeping what I know from him? He’s already suspicious. I also have information. Currently, we hardly meet because things haven’t been the same among us since I saw the two of them together.
Do you think I should spill the beans to make it easier for Peter to know where to look for evidence?
—Alfred
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