Married to my cousin? Oh God

“Don’t ever set your foot in my compound!” Boomed my dad’s voice. I was too unconscious and weak to hear the other words that he said. That was after going through an unimaginable rain of blows and kicks that left me feeling like I had gone through a car crash! But what had transpired within the past ten minutes was like going through hell. I had received a beating of my life, sadly though for a mistake I did not know I committed!

My beautiful wife, Clara, had sensed the tension and left with our two son’s way before things got out hand. I did not know whether to follow her and try to explain to her that I did not know we were related or to remain and convince my adamant father that Clara and I did not know we were cousins when we were marrying! Ignorance is no defense. Let me take you back to a couple of years ago when Clara and I met in Nairobi.