The Offer...

I walk out of the elevator and onto the floor of Dr. Somner's practice. The sign on the wall says it is a fertility clinic. Of course, he knows about my condition, of course he figures he can use my sperm in order to improve his success rate. I shake my head, but decide why not hear the doctor out.

I walk up to the receptionist desk and find no one there. I loudly say hello, but there is no answer. I knock on the door that leads to the exam room area.

"Just a moment," the same voice I heard on the phone yells. The door opens and a portly balding man, easily in his fifties is standing before me. White lab coat, glasses, though what looks like a fairly expensive suit. "You must be James Hanover, Welcome to my practice, please come, we have a lot to discuss."

I follow behind him to his office, he extends an arm and points to a seat in front of his desk. I sit down delicately, still figuring out how to do that without causing myself pain. He shuts the door behind him and takes a seat behind his desk, looking right at me.

"Thank you for coming in, I am sure life with your condition is not easy, so I will try to make this as quick as possible." he smiles at me, "I walk to start a partnership with you, to help woman conceive a child. Mainly the woman that invitro fertilization did not work with, nor do normal mean."

"So, you want me to donate sperm," I stately flatly.

"In a way yes, for lack of a better term, you will be having sex with the woman for the sole reason of conception."

My eyes go wide, I just stare at him, mouth open. As the initial shock wears off, I finally find my voice. "What..... You must be joking with me; you are not serious?"

"Oh, I am very serious, in fact, I already have a client lined up. She has gone through invitro twice now without any results. So, she is quite willing to try this method. Should you agree." he answers, a smile still on his face.

"Say I do decide to do this. Will I get paid, how much is she paying you for my service and how much will I get paid?" I simply ask.

"Since this type of thing is not exactly normal, you would receive half of what she pays me for this service, which would make your cut, 2500 dollars," his smile still shining through.

"So, you get 2500 dollars for the service only I can provide." I ask, with a bit of annoyance in my voice.

"Well, to be fair, I am finding the clients." he states, his smile diminishing a bit.

I stare at him, "They are clients of yours already, so you are not finding them. I think, 1000 dollars for you is fair enough compensation for the services I am able to provide. Or, I can stand up, walk out that door and not do any of this." a smile now crossing my face.

He looks at me for a few moments, obviously deciding whether or not I will actually walk out. "Fine, we have a deal. I set up a meeting with the client for this Saturday at 1pm. This is just the preliminary, you will talk, discuss things and go from there." he hands me the name and address of the client.

I take the paper with the info, say my goodbyes and leave. As I am driving home, I start to wonder if this is such a good idea. But I figure I can always back out after I meet the client.