Helping the Neighbor’s Wife (Ep. I)

Helping the Neighbor’s Wife (Ep. I)

“And that is why we want Edwin to help us to have a baby.” The words, as spoken by our best friend and neighbour Nnamdi, hung in the air for seconds after he had spoken them. I think that I realised the meaning shortly before my wife Bisola, because I was able to see her expression change to shock as I looked at her. Across the table from me, and seated to Bisola’s right, was Nnamdi’s wife and Bisola’s best friend, Chioma. As Bisola caught my eye to express with her look how startled she was, I could see Chioma staring down at the table in embarrassment, not making eye contact with anyone. I was the first to speak. “Nnamdi, surely you don’t mean…” “That’s exactly what I –” He leaned forward to put his elbows on the table, then paused and looked over at Chioma. “Sorry, what we, mean. Chioma is only going to have a chance of having a baby naturally if she has sex with another man, and…look, this is killing me to say this, but Chioma and I have talked about this at length and we want that man …