The Scapegoat

The worse time to try and explain yourself is when you're feeling hurt, especially if you're being accused for something you didn't do, tears always ends up rolling down your cheeks even though we don't want it to, because it always makes us look like we've been beaten by that person even though that isn't want we want them to think.

I honestly don't think I've been accused wrongly a lot in my life and I think this is because I always try to keep a low profile and stay out of things that even smells like trouble. I always hated it whenever I was the topic being discussed so I always tried to avoid any scenario that would bring that to play.

But as kids, we're bound to make mistakes and I and my friends had made one in the past. My friends and I had gone into the building that looked abandoned and had seen some scrap metal that looked like it had been thrown away. So one of us suggested to take it and sell it to these guys who buy these kind of things.

The idea of selling the metal wasn't mine. I only was there with them when the metal was found and I followed them to go sell it so that I could get a cut. By the time we sold it, we had split the money into three (there were three of us) and everyone got their cut, with me taking the lesser share of the money because all I did was escort them and nothing else, almost like a drug deal. Lol.

We had all later retired to our various homes only for my friend's mom to come report me to my parents that I had stolen some lady's metal and she was at her home, shouting at her kid instead. I tried explaining that it wasn't even my idea for the metal to be sold but no one believed me, especially after my two other friends both confirmed that I had been the mastermind behind it all.

I remember tears rolling down my cheeks as I stared at both my friends, speechless. When I was asked to provide the money I had made selling the metal, I couldn't because the money was so little, I already spent it on sweets and biscuits.

I remember not looking at my dad's face throughout the whole thing because I was scared his looks would kill me. My parents had apologised to the lady and everyone went their way. I had thought I would get the ass whooping of a lifetime that night but surprisingly, my dad didn't lift a finger on me. For some reason he believed that I wasn't the one in charge of everything like they had all implied because he knew how much I always avoided getting into trouble.

After that whole thing, I stopped talking to both of my friends and even though they both later apologised and said they only did what they did because they were scared, I still haven't forgotten it and probably never will.

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There is a saying in Portuguese that goes like this: it's better alone than bad accompanied

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And that saying is very correct because I honestly wished I had no friends that day.

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You friends did very wrong to you.
Well, we all do mistakes, the good is to learn from the mistakes we made in the past.

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Yeah you're right.. We should always learn from our mistakes and try to prevent it from happening again.

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Kids are always like that once they make one mistake they will push the blame on anyone next to them
LoL 😂 totally understand how you felt that day because I have been into such mess before.

And been accused as a child is still ok than being accused as an adult because you won't have the face to explain the whole thing

Thank God your dad didn't beat you if it were to be my mom am sure you must have seen what heaven looks like by the time she's through beating you🤣

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I'm sure if I was accused as an adult, I would at least be able to defend myself and not just stay mute like I did when I was younger.

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And at this point trying to explain you can even cry like a baby because it's seems you are the one that is not telling the truth

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Exactly. And that is why some choose to say nothing, just to make sure the tears doesn't roll out.

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Your first paragraph is more like the story of my life while I was growing up, once accused I start to cry instead of defending myself or trying to let them know it wasn't me.

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And it's a very painful and annoying stuff. Crying and not saying anything only makes us look guilty.

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That's bad and even though you guys were young, they were not worth being called friends.

Shifting your crimes to people just to avoid punishment is terrible and what could have happened if you parent have flogged you mercilessly for a crimes you didn't commit.

Shout out to your day for handling the situation and not scolding you. I find it impressive when parents know what their children are capable of doing.

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That night was probably the longest because I stayed up all night, anticipating the ass whooping. Surprisingly it never came 😂

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This is why parents need to understand their kids and know what they can and not do. Thank God they knew you couldn´t have done that. That must have been so painful for you as they both lied that it was you who brought the idea up. In this kind of situation, I don´t think the truth can ever be revealed except if your friends confessed which they didn´t do but only apologized to you privately which was unfair.

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The truth was actually never revealed, the whole thing just kinda died down and went away. So to them, I'm still the mastermind who stole and sold that lady's scrap metal.

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