On Betrayal

Ugochi Okoli
2 min readJun 10, 2021

No one tells you

When people tell you how betrayal would feel before it happens to you- they tell you about pain, anger, regret, sadness, self-pity, and so on. They give you a list of emotions that involve endless wallowing in a feeling of stupidity.

They tell you about a sudden need to travel back in time and do things differently. To not do anything at all-to stand, hands folded as you watch in utter relief as…

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