My cousin has been married for over 14 years. They have four children, three boys and a girl. Two of the children are already in secondary school. Two years ago, he finally completed his wife’s traditional marriage rites. After that, they both agreed not to have any more children. His reason was simple. He wanted to give the four children the education he never had because of financial struggles. A few months later, his wife told him she was pregnant. He was shocked because they had both agreed they were done having children. She insisted it was a mistake. Around that time, people in the neighborhood kept saying she was having an affair with a younger man who often visited her provision shop. My cousin dismissed it because he believed the man was just a regular customer. One day, some friends jokingly asked him if he really didn’t know about the affair. The rumors had become too loud to ignore. He confronted his wife. She got angry, and he later apologized. But something still didn’t sit right with him. One night, he checked her phone. What he found broke him. The chats confirmed that they were in a relationship. She had already told the man about the pregnancy, and he had been sending her money for her upkeep and even for baby items. That was when everything changed.