He’d been so grateful and took the money without question. He soon had his car back on the road and his worries eased.
I thought he was my friend. He turned out to be a loan shark We could tell that something was up as soon as he walked in. Shoulders hunched, head hung low, all the signs we’d come to recognise were there. He was embarrassed, ashamed. And then he said the words we always hated hearing… ‘I thought he was my friend. He turned out to be a loan shark.’ A few weeks before he came to our door, Simon’s* car had broken down. Disaster.
We were also able to make him a flexible, affordable loan to get his windows fixed and help him get his finances back in order. But even though Simon is generally a very chatty, friendly guy, he remains embarrassed about what happened, and concerned about the consequences. Like so many other victims, he is, quite understandably, scared. This is part of the problem though. The issue doesn’t get talked about enough.
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