I caught my own mother stealing from my savings for years

I have been saving since my NYSC days. Small small money, keeping it in a box under my bed because I didn't trust banks then. By the time I got married, that box had close to ₦400,000. Nobody knew about it, not even my husband.

One day I came home from work and found my mother in my room. She said she was looking for a needle. I didn't think much of it until I opened the box and saw the money was less than half. I confronted her and she started crying, saying she used it to pay for my younger sister's school fees and settle some debts. She said she was going to refund it when things got better.

That was three years ago. She never paid back a single kobo. Now I just pretend I don't know, because if I bring it up, my father will say I am being wicked to my own mother. But the trust is gone. I still love her, but I can't look at her the same way.

Masha Allah. Family love and money, e get as e be.