I thought about it for a minute and realized the idea was perfect. I responded, “Kola! You are a genius o”. We laughed and got more excited about it. After the phone conversation, I couldn’t sleep that night. I was full of excitement. I imagined myself with a big stomach and that got me laughing alone. The thought of having a baby with Kola is a dream come true. He is the kind of man I have always prayed and hoped to marry. He is caring, gentle, great in bed and selfless.

The next day, we met for lunch and we planned on meeting at hotels till I could get pregnant. He said with a smile, “Babe, there are lots of the ovulation tracking apps you can download. Just let me know the ovulation period, so we can book hotel. We can do this till we get back to school next month, then we can do anything in our dorms and no need wasting more money on hotels.” I smiled and responded, “So, you want to be teaching me woman things? I have got it all figured out”. We laughed about it and he made jokes about being a good dad.

I was expecting my period the week after we had the conversation, therefore, we had the hotel room booked for 5 days of the ovulation week. We planned to have sex daily because Kola insisted, “I don’t want to miss the target”. Which is the “egg”.  During the ovulation week, we met every day has planned.

We continued the next month at school. We were both in our final year and things were going great. Kola got a full-time job offer with Exxon Mobil pending his graduation. We knew if I got pregnant soon, I would be having the baby close to graduation and that would not affect anything. There were pregnant students in the University all the time. A month after that, I found out I was pregnant. Kola was overjoyed. Everything was going better than we planned. We decided we would tell our parents about the baby during the break, I would be almost 4 months by then.

We called our parents the same day. I went to my parent’s room just like I did the last time. This time my dad was livid. He said I must have an abortion. Mom almost passed out, she was rolling on the floor weeping and saying, “God forbid, my daughter will not have an abortion”. I was consoling her while my dad stormed out of the house. There was so much confusion. Bolu and Tolu came into the room and were both trying to console mom. I was very sad. I thought this would make things easy. I couldn’t believe my dad, with his Christian values would suggest abortion. We continued to talk to mom until she slept off.

I got back to my room drained of energy. I laid on the bed and heard my phone ring. I picked it up and noticed Kola had called me multiple times. I called him back immediately before I could narrate what had happened to him. He informed me that after telling his mom, they got into an argument and she slapped him. He stormed out of the house and would be staying in the hotel for the night. I asked about his dad, and he said his dad was furious at his mom. His dad was angry she was making a big deal out of the whole situation. I told him about my dad’s reaction and he was even more angry. Kola was very worried about my health with all that was happening. I told him I was fine, and we planned to meet the next day for lunch.

I got to the restaurant before kola. When he walked in, I noticed he looked tired and stressed. I worried about all the stress he was going through because of our families. We exchanged greetings and ordered food. As we ate, we discussed. Kola said, “This does not make any sense to me at all. Something weird is going on, I have been thinking about it all night. I haven’t slept”. I placed my palm on his face and responded, “It shows on your face that you are not getting enough sleep. What are you getting at though?” He continued, “See, why is it that your dad and my mom are the problems? Is there something those two are not saying?” I sat there shocked and confused. He continued to say, “Both their excuses for opposing this marriage is not making sense to me. Is there something they both know that they are not saying?” I finally found my voice and said, “You have a point Kola. This is not making sense o”. We both sat in silence in deep thoughts, then, Kola said, “Let’s try to get both your dad and my mom together to talk to each other and see what they know”. I agreed, and we planned to both sneak and use each of their phones to text each other to meet in a hotel. If they don’t meet, then we know it was just our imaginations and would deny sending the messages.

As we left the restaurant, we both went to book a hotel room. We informed the hotel front desk receptionist, that whoever comes to the hotel for that room number the next day, should just be directed straight to the room and told someone was waiting in there for them. That night, I was able to send “Can we talk about these children? Let’s meet at 12 noon. I will be waiting at the Sheraton Hotel, Maryland” through my dad’s phone, and deleted it immediately from his phone. Kola was able to send the same exact message and deleted the message he sent on his mom’s phone. He confirmed my dad’s message came through on his mom phone and he didn’t delete that. I went back to ensure his mom’s message showed on my dad’s phone too and the one I sent through his phone was deleted appropriately.  We kept out fingers crossed and hoped it worked.

At 10 am the next day, Kola and I met at the hotel. We waited in the room. His mom arrived first and the moment we saw her car in the parking lot, we both hid in the closet. We had made sure the closet was spacious enough for us to sit and had it open a little for air. We heard her enter the room and said, “Hello? Where are you?” and went to the bathroom to check. Then she said “Where did he go now? Ehn”, and sat on the bed. Some seconds later, the door opened, and my dad came in and said,

My Dad: Bola darling, how are you?

His Mom: I am not fine at all. We need to do something about these stupid children o.

My Dad: Of course! Sola will abort that baby for sure. There is no argument about that.

His Mom: hmm…that needs to happen fast o. She is almost 5 months I think, and she won’t be able to abort after 5 months o.

My Dad: I have made myself clear to her mother. She won’t dare disrespect me

His Mom: That dunce. She has been trying to get those kids together since. Ehn. Even if they were not brother and sister sef, I don’t know why she thinks I will want to have someone like her as in-law sef.

My Dad: (laughs) Anyway, forget that one. Since we are here in this nice room, we can’t waste this bed o. It’s been 2 months since I have enjoyed all this sweetness to myself.

His Mom: Dele, you are so naughty. Anyway, I feel so angry Kola slept with his sister ehn…to the extent they want to have baby sef.

My Dad: All that will be resolved jo, you are just looking to radiant to resist right now.

They were both laughing, and we started hearing moaning. Before we realized what was going to on, they were both having sex. I wanted to scream but Kola cautioned and begged me to endure. It was the longest thirty minutes of my life. They both left the room laughing.

After they left, Kola and I sat in the room in silence and confused. This was too much to absorb. This explains Kola’s genotype being “AS”, I thought. My dad is obviously Kola’s Dad; therefore, Kola is my brother. I am pregnant for my brother and our parents are still having an affair. Is Titi my sister too?

How do we begin to resolve this?

SHIIIT HAPPENS GUYS!