Dan narrates how his wife pored acid on him after the death of their only child,the incident completely distorted his face to a point of blocking his nostril and causing blindness despite numerous hospital visits and skin grafting.Aron Mworia narrates his experience with his wife and loosing his inherited land to the wife.Omondi's inability to provide3 for his family after loosing his job sees him being pyhsically abused by the wife but he later meets Everlyn,who takes him in and later they marry each other.