7 Years Silence

Bimpe and Akin celebrate their seventh wedding anniversary with intimate speeches that mask her deep grief over seven years of infertility. That night she breaks down confessing her exhaustion as a medical doctor who cannot diagnose her own condition. Akin comforts her with steadfast reassurance promising they will keep trying and joking about becoming a house husband for future twins. A mysterious lunch arrives at Akin's office with a note signed Your Love. Bimpe discovers it sparking playful jealousy that turns serious when the sender is revealed as Tola her best friend. Tola has been having a seven year affair with Akin that began the night before their wedding and has borne him a son named Tobiloba. She forces her way into Akin's company as his personal assistant demanding the affair continue. Akin's mother pressures him to abandon the childless marriage. Bimpe desperate submits to herbal treatments and prayers. Tola blackmails Akin with photographic evidence demanding ten million naira and revealing a second pregnancy and Kunle exposes Akin's infidelities and misuse of company funds to Bimpe. At Bimpe's birthday party Tola arrives late with a gift. Bimpe opens it publicly pulling out explicit photos of Akin and Tola on their matrimonial bed. She exposes the affair to their guests reveals Tobiloba is Akin's son and mocks Tola as a baby factory. A violent confrontation ensues and Bimpe smashes a cake plate into Tola's face. In the bedroom Akin admits the affair lasted their entire marriage. Bimpe then delivers the shattering revelation that as a doctor she had delivered Tola's baby Martins not knowing he was her husband's child. She recounts resuscitating the infant and weeping for her best friend's joy only to realize she was handing the baby to its father. Devastated she lists Akin's other mistresses and threatens to kill him and she coldly orders him out. Years later Akin is paralyzed from an accident and confined to a wheelchair. Bimpe tends to him.