Kenya, Sept. 12 -- The betrayal that nearly crushed me wasn't just about losing love-it stripped away my dignity and pride and left me drowning in shame as my wife chose another man right before my eyes. It started like a typical argument. She vented about bills, the tough life, and being "fed up with struggling." I figured it was just stress talking. But the truth hit like a dagger: she was already with someone else-a mzungu, no less. One Saturday, I stood frozen as she packed her bags.
No hiding, no apologies. She kissed our kids goodbye and said coldly, "You can't give me the life I want. Stop holding me back." Then, in broad daylight, she walked out of our compound and slid into his shiny car. Neighbours murmured. Some looked at me with pity. My phone buzzed with screenshots from friends-pictures of her sipping wine in fancy hotels, shopping in malls, draped in designer clothes. The woman who once vowed to love me through thick and thin now branded me "a failure".I was shattered. Food lost its taste. To read more, click here.
Published by HT Digital Content Services with permission from Bana Kenya.