A ‘two-footed puss’ entered our house

Dear Pastor,

I am 26 years old and I am living with my boyfriend. I came to live with him three months ago because I lost my job and he suggested that I move in with him.

His brother used to live at the same apartment, but he went to live with his girlfriend so there was space for me and my younger sister who lived with me.

My younger sister is no problem at all. She is very cooperative and she has respect for my boyfriend, but something happened that has me worried.

My sister has a friend and she came to visit her for a weekend. My boyfriend claimed that $10,000 was taken from his wallet. He is the not the type of man who would hide anything from me, so he had his wallet on the side table in our bedroom. I told him that he probably made a mistake and he said no, the money was taken out of his wallet. I asked my sister if she had gone into his wallet and she said no. I asked her if she thought that her friend would have done so, and she said she did not do it, and I didn’t do it, so it has to be her.

My boyfriend said that we should not make an issue of it. He said he would catch her if she was guilty. He left his wallet again purposely in the same room and he put some $500 bills in it, and two of the $500 bills were taken out. This happened on another weekend, when my sister’s friend was there, so this time he knew that she was the culprit.

This girl is nice looking. We thought that she was a person we could trust, but she is a thief. My sister asked her why is it that she went into my boyfriend’s wallet and she said she didn’t, but we know that she did because my boyfriend showed me the amount of money he was going to leave in his wallet, and we know it was not my sister who took away the money. I asked her why she did not ask for help, but she kept saying that she did not take the money. So my sister told her that she could not be her friend anymore because she had embarrassed her by taking my boyfriend’s money. I feel so sorry for this girl. She doesn’t have much and she doesn’t have many friends. My boyfriend said that if she had admitted that she took the money, he would have allowed her to come back and even help her sometimes, but she has not admitted that she stole the money. I even threatened my sister that if she took the money, she couldn’t remain living with us. Do you think I was wrong?

K.M.

Dear K.M.,

It is unfortunate that money was stolen from your boyfriend and that it appears that it was stolen by your sister’s friend. You say that your sister can be trusted. Evidently, she has never stolen from you and no money was missing until her friend was visiting the home. This young lady has not admitted to taking the money.

If she took the money, she has lost a good friend, one who was a really good help to her. But I hope that from time to time, your sister can still reach out to her and assist her financially or in any way else she can. I hope she will not be totally shut out even though she is not welcomed in your home.

Pastor