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One Thursday evening, after work, my elder sister called me and asked me to meet her. When I arrived, she handed me an envelope containing her children’s school fees and asked me to keep it somewhere safe until the new school term started. I didn’t ask too many questions because she is probably my elder sister, I just put it in my home safe and went on with my life. Last week, her husband called me. He sounded unusually serious and asked if my sister had given me any money to hold. He said she’d been acting strangely and that a large amount of money had gone missing from their joint savings account. I knew exactly what he was talking about, but I told him I hadn’t received anything. That evening, I drove to their house. My sister was sitting on the back porch when I arrived. Before I could explain why I was there, she asked, “He told you I was stealing money, didn’t he?” I sat beside her and asked what had happened. She explained that her husband had been using their joint savings to bet on sports and gamble online. At first, he told her he was making extra money, but eventually, he started losing more than he could afford. When she confronted him, he promised to stop. But a few weeks later, she discovered that even more money was missing. Worried that he would eventually spend the children’s school fees too, she withdrew the remaining money and gave it to me for safekeeping. Now he was telling people she couldn’t be trusted with money. 🧵