I: ' need some help and I don't really know where to put this but I need to see all perspectives.

Backstory:

(It’s about a friend who we went to school together, I got her a job in our career, and helped her start her own business.)

I got fired from my job 3 years ago which shattered me because I take so much pride in my work, within 2 weeks of getting fired, I picked up the pieces and opened my own business. I had no clue what I was doing but I did it & I was so happy.

My husband decided 7 months ago, he wants to move across the country. I did not want to do this. But I supported him 100 and we left.

I left all my clients, most of my room decor, bed, etc... it was sold to someone I had considered a best friend but was also in the same line of work as I was. I helped her get her job in her career, she stayed working at the salon I got fired from, she went on maternity leave and I helped her start her own business. Even referring people to her. There was NO competition, I had my own clients I worked hard to get through social media/marketing myself. I shared my professional room with her. Charging her a small amount of rent even though she was using all my things. Everyone would tell me to charge her more, but I didn’t because she was my friend. I invested in almost everything. She didn't get along with the landlord.

Anyways. When I left the state, I sent all my clients to her. She decided to leave the room we split(she didn’t like the girls who worked there- I don’t like drama so I never got involved… I saw it as a NICE, private space to work which is very hard to come by where I live) , for some place cheaper.

After 5 months, my family and I decide to move back to our home state. I let my friend know all my plans. And that I planned on going back to the room we shared because it was available and convenient. I've met so many new people and I just want some comfort for a while. I told all my clients I was moving, some personally and some not. I told my friend everything… what my clients said. A few said they were staying with Lauren. Which I told her and I shared my response and kept it open bc I thought that’s what our friendship was. Honesty and communication. I expressed how sad I was but that I’m happy she’s got them.

She sent me a message today and said that she doesn't know where our friendship is anymore. She said that I sent all my clients to her and that sometimes I say things that are insensitive and that she's hurt I'm going back to the room where she doesn't get along with the land lords & that she thought I wasn’t going to take the room because of how the other girls made her feel. Which I get. But we’re talking about a business!!! I’m not hanging out or making friends with anyone. And because of how private my suite is, i only see my clients and myself.

To top it all off, she's been posting pictures of her hanging out with my clients, or the work she does on them.. when she doesn't post on socials hardly at all. It's hard not to take this to heart. The clients I had, I had known them for years. I don't expect them to come back but it still hurts. I guess I'm just confused and hurt. That someone I helped out, in such a major way... is deciding to potentially end our friendship this way. I’m literally half way through the country, fighting tornadoes and snow and not once has she checked in. I’ve literally turned my whole world upside down and then back again.