"Isabella! You have always been my joy.
The last time my breath was stolen, I found it in your nostrils.
I begged God for a child and He gave me a princess.
When we were still living in the village, there used to be a natural alarm I hear from birds every morning.
The alarm sounded closely like your name, Isabella! Every morning, that used to be 'my wake up and prepare Isabella for school call'.
The greatness of your future is more real to me than the present joy you bring to this family.
Your achievement within the past month, I must say, is what Kings desire for their princes".
Isabella had always been the best right from primary school.
When she sat for her University entrance examination, she came out with the most amazing result ever.
She had a total of 370 marks out of maximum of 400 making her the best student in the country.
Private, state, national and international scholarships offered her were countless and she soon became financially independent.
Isabella enrolled at the College of Medicine of the South-West National University with her childhood friend, Amanda.
They were finally positioned in the fields of their dreams.
The matriculation ceremony was honored by the President of the country in person.
What a memorable day! Isabella and Amanda purposed in their hearts to be the best graduating students.
But how well will their determinations be backed up with focus? While in school, these two friends tried their best to be diligent.
They studied for hours almost every night.
They cooked together, attended church together, as a matter of fact, they did almost everything together until a young man popularly called Barry K poured chaff into their fine grains and so, this lifestyle, sadly, was interrupted.
Barry K was an engineering student who also belonged to an evil sect.
He became Isabella's bosom friend until the spot of Amanda was finally stolen away.
Amanda lamented and warned her friend against friendship with the young handsome man but she failed to listen.
She fell in love with this young man and never wanted to ever lose sight of him.
She enjoyed the company of Barry K and his friends.
After a while she started going to clubs and parties so much that she made these pleasures her primary objectives and failed to set her priorities right.
Barry K and his friends organized an initiation party for their new cult members under disguise of a student party.
The naive Isabella went with Barry K and his friends.
As they drove near a police check point, they were ordered to bring the car to a halt but he could not because his friends had weapons on them.
Their failure to obey made the anti-crime squad chase them and open fire on them.
Two guys were shot and the police caught up with them.
They were all hand-cuffed and arrested.
Isabella hoped she was dreaming while the citation was being read to her.
The case was presented to court and only Isabella was found innocent on investigation while the other guys were sentenced to six years imprisonment.
One lovely thing about news is that it travels fast especially the bad one.
Isabella's arrest became the headlines of newspapers.
Had she known, she would have listened to her friend Amanda who kept flying high.
The stigma of the incidence affected her mentally but she overcame it with the help of her friend.
A right company can propel a man to his desired future.
We all must be careful in choosing people we allow into our lives without withholding a helping hand from anyone.
"True friendship is a plant of slow growth, and must undergo and withstand the shocks of adversity before it is entitled to the appellation".
George Washington