It's been almost 2 months since Will was murdered, and not a day of it has gone by for Sonny Kiriakis that has not been filled with grief.
Sonny's sleep has been disturbed by nightmares of seeing Will being strangled with a necktie, and he can do nothing to stop it.
Sonny sits at his desk in his office in Paris and tries to read thru paperwork when his phone rings.
Hello, Sonny says into the phone.
Sonny its Dad I just wanted to let you know they caught Wills killer.
Who did it dad, Sonny asks Justin?
Son it was Ben Weston, he did it because Will found out he was the killer, Justin tells him.
Dad NO, Ben killed my husband, but Will was his friend, he was going to be his best man at his wedding, Sonny says in disbelief to Justin.
Son I know this is a shock, I'm sorry; I just didn't want you to hear it some other way, Justin Replies to Sonny.
Dad, What about Abby, is she OK and the baby she's carrying, Sonny asks Justin concerned?
Sonny, both she and Colin are OK, so is Chad, Justin Replies.
Colin, who is Colin, Sonny asks Justin bewildered?
Colin is Abby's son, he was born early because of the stress she was under from Ben, Ben tried to kill her and Chad who was trying to rescue her by burning the cabin they were hiding in down, Everyone is safe, the baby is doing just fine, Justin Tells Sonny.
Thank God dad, Sonny replies relieved to Justin!
Sonny how are you doing, Justin asks concerned?
Your mom and I are very concerned about you in Paris all alone, you just lost your husband, you should be here with your family, your uncle can get someone else to run his clubs, Justin tells Sonny.
Dad I don't know if I can ever get over losing Will, I loved him so much, but I do know I can't be in Salem right now, I just can't, Sonny replies upset to Justin.
How about your Mom and I fly out there for a visit, Justin asks Sonny?
We can spend Christmas together, Justin adds.
Thank you dad but no I rather be alone anyway I don't feel much like Christmas this year, I sent presents to everyone especially to little Ari but I just can't deal with Christmas myself right now, Sonny tells Justin.
OK son, but please call if you change your mind, I love you son, Justin Tells Sonny.
I love you dad, bye, Sonny replies to Justin hanging up his phone.
I love you Will, Sonny yells into the air I'll always love you.
Sonny tries to return to his work but can't, the news of Ben Weston being Wills killer is just to much for him to handle.
Sonny are you alright, one of the waitress asks concerned?
No no I'm not all right, I don't think I will ever be all right again, Sonny tells the waitress upset.
Is there anything I can do for you Sonny, the waitress asks?
No, I can't work today I'm going home Sonny yells in frustration.
As he leaves the bartender calls after him about the ordering for the month but Sonny just keeps walking and yells order whatever the hell you want. The waitress and Bartender share worried looks.
What was all that about, the bartender asks the waitress?
He got a call and was very upset by it, I think it was his dad, I heard something about his husbands killer was caught, the waitress tells the bartender.
Sonny arrives home and goes to his bedroom and lies on his bed hugging a pillow and cries over Will.
His phone rings many times over the next few hours.
I don't want to talk to anyone, Sonny yells in angry as he reaches over and turns it off.
Sonny decides to take one of the sleeping pills his doctor prescribed hoping he will sleep thru the night and not be woken up by his nightmares about Will, but the they didn't work.
The following morning Sonny awakens and looks at the clock, its 11:30am and he still feels exhausted.
He gets up and takes a shower and gets dressed to go to work, he's late for an appointment he had for a band auditions for the clubs.
He turns on his phone and sees he has 27 voice mail messages and 20 plus text messages.
I can't deal with this now he thinks shoving the phone in his briefcase.
After Work Sonny arrives home at the condo he finds a note left by the building manager that he needs to call his uncle ASAP, its very important.
Sonny ignores it.
Uncle Vic probably wants to tell me about Ben, I can't take hearing how he murdered Will, Sonny thinks.
Sonny turns on his phone again and sees he now has 48 voice messages and over a 100 text messages.
He scrolls thru them and sees they're from his mom, dad, uncle Vic, Brady, Chad, Lucas, Rafe, Gabi, and Roman.
I can't deal with these messages now, Sonny thinks turning the phone off and throwing it on the entryway table.
Sonny goes to the kitchen and looks for something to eat, finding nothing but crackers and spoiled milk, he decides to try to do some work instead.
About an hour latter he hears a knock at the door.
Sonny yells go away, figuring it's the building manager again with a message from Uncle Vic.
The person knocks louder and Sonny gets annoyed and goes to answer the door.
As he opens the door he yells leave me alone, but then sees who is standing there, Sonny rubs his eyes in disbelief and reaches out to touch the person who has to be a ghost, but no he's not he's real.
Sonny I missed you so much, Will says to his stunned husband hugging and kissing him.
Sonny realizes he's real, its Will and kisses him back.
Will I can't believe its really you, Sonny finally says!
Will looks concerned thinking Sonny is not happy to see him.
Sonny didn't your dad or Victor call and tell you I was alive, Will asks him?
No I had my phone turned off Will, I guess that's what all the messages were, Sonny replies still shocked.
Will, Sonny yells crying and pulling him in for another kiss, this time for a very passionate kiss, I can't believe you're alive and here it's a miracle, Sonny says with tears in his eyes.
Sonny pulls Will to his room and starts to undress him, he sees Wills neck that has several scars and stops.
Will your beautiful neck, Sonny says touching Wills neck.
Sonny I was strangled, I had to undergo many surgeries to repair the damage done to my neck, I also had to have a breathing tube put in by the EMTs in the ambulance when they discovered I was still alive, Will explains to him.
Ohh Babe, Sonny says crying looking at Wills neck and realizing all that he had been thru.
Will what happened to you, Sonny finally asks?
I mean, I know what I was told happened, but they said you died; Ben killed you, Sonny tells Will!
Well Ben tried to kill me because I figured out he was the necktie killer, I had found one of the ties in his waste can, Will tells Sonny.
He came home and saw me holding it, when I tried to leave he blocked the door, and then he threw me into the kitchen, I hit my head hard against something and must have blacked out for a moment, the next thing I remember was him chocking me, Sonny I begged him not to kill me but he just kept chocking me, Will tells Sonny.
Sonny the look in his eyes, it was frightening, it was not the Ben we knew, Will adds.
Next I remember feeling cold, so cold then nothing till I woke up in the hospital, Daniel told me I had been in a coma for over a month, he asked me a lot of questions to see if I had suffered any brain damage from the lack of oxygen, he said the cold blowing on my body from the broken air conditioner in our apartment protected me from extensive brain damage till the breathing tube was put in, Will explains to Sonny.
Rafe and grandpa came to see me and told me everyone including that you thought I was dead, Sonny I begged them to tell you I was alive, but they were afraid to, Sonny I wanted and needed you so bad, but they explained since they had no idea who the killer was they had to keep my being alive a secret for now, Will tells Sonny crying.
They were afraid if the killer knew, he would try to kill me, or my family to keep me quiet, I remember crying myself to sleep thinking how you and Ari and everyone I loved thought I was dead, one day I stole my nurse's cell phone and I tried to call you but they discovered I had it and took it away, Will tells Sonny.
The mystery call I got, it was you Will, I heard a voice saying Sonny and one that said to hang up the phone now, Sonny tells Will.
Sonny cries realizing Will wanted and needed him and he didn't know he was alive.
Babe I love you, I'm so sorry this happened to you, I wish I had known you needed me, Sonny tells Will.
Then you still love me Sonny, Will asks?
Babe I love you and only you, Sonny replies as he pulls Will into a another passionate kiss.
Will I was going home after I heard you phone message saying everything was you fault, I wanted us to start over again, but then Uncle Vic called and said you were murdered, Will I have never felt so much grief in my life, Sonny tells Will with tears streaming down his face.
Sonny, I'm so sorry I wish they had told you the truth, it breaks my heart thinking what you must have gone thru thinking I was dead, Will tells him.
Sonny pulls Will into a passionate kiss and then starts ripping off both their cloths, he rips the buttons off Will's shirt.
Wait Sonny we need to talk first, I need you to know what I wanted to tell you when I called you, Will says.
OK Will, Sonny replies.
Sonny when I was in California writing the movie script the studio provided me with an assistant, he was gay too and he kept hitting on me despite my telling him I was married, Will explains to Sonny.
My work wasn't going well, every script I wrote kept coming back with rewrite orders,
finally he started writing them in secret and sending them to the studio with my name on them, when the studio sent one back with some notes I realized what he was doing and confronted him, Will tells Sonny.
He told me if I didn't have sex with him he would tell the studio he wrote all the scripts they liked and they would fire me, I felt like a failure, then the studio called and wanted more scripts and he told me he would only write them if I went to bed with him, Will tells Sonny.
Will he blackmailed you into having sex with him, Sonny asks shocked?
Yes Sonny he did, and I felt horrible, and had trouble living with it so I sent the studio one of my own scripts and told them he wrote the others, Sonny I wanted them to fire me, I felt so dirty and guilty for sleeping with him I could not stand it, all I wanted to do was come home to you, Will says.
So that's why they fired you Will, Sonny Replies?
And you didn't really lie about why you came home, babe why didn't you tell me this sooner, Sonny asks Will?
Sonny I was so ashamed of myself and felt like a total failure compared to you, Will replies.
Will you're not a failure, I'm so sorry if I ever made you feel like you were, this is my fault; I did this to you Will, Sonny tells him.
If I hadn't made you feel like you were a failure you would never have felt so much pressure to secede, you would not have slept with that jerk, Sonny adds.
Sonny No, this was me, I did it, I made the choice to have sex with two men, I really messed up our marriage, Will replies.
Will we're a team, if I had treated you like an adult and an equal you never would have felt like a failure and never would have felt you had to have sex to secede; I'm as much to blame as you were, I've had a lot of time to think back and I see it all so clearly, Sonny tells Will.
You slept with Paul for the same reason didn't you Will, Sonny asks him?
Yes Sonny I acted like a common whore to get his coming out story so I could make you proud of me, and look how it turned out, Will replies.
Will, I've always been proud of you, I love you, please forgive me, Sonny asks him?
Sonny I do forgive you, Will replies.
Can you forgive me Sonny, Will asks?
I do Will, I love you so much, Sonny tells him.
Will I also realize something else about Paul; I sent you mixed signals about him and my feelings for him, Sonny says.
Sonny I, Will starts to say till Sonny cuts him off.
No Will wait; if I had told you and Paul I wanted you, you would never have acted so jealous like you did, I'm sorry, I was just confused, I remembered being with Paul, and thinking you cheated on me, well I was confused for a while, Will I love you and only you and I want to grow old with you, Sonny tells him.
Sonny I love you too so much I want to grow old with you too, Will replies.
So what do we do now Sonny, do you think we can start over, Will asks?
Will this is a fresh start for us, a new beginning but as a team and as equals, no more secrets from each other agreed, pinkies swear, Sonny says raising his hand and extending his pinky to Will!
Will holds up his hand to Sonny's and they lock pinkies and kiss.
Sonny starts kissing Will passionately he kisses his neck and the scars as he rips off their remaining cloths, Wills shirt is beyond repair.
They make love twice with Will and Sonny trading positions.
Latter they lie in bed holding each other.
Sonny While I was in the hospital I would lay there dreaming of being with you and holding you as I am now, Will says.
I know Will when I thought you were dead I kept wishing for one more hour to hold you too, to be able to say I loved you, Sonny replies.
Sonny gets up to use the bathroom when there's someone banging on the Condo door.
Will puts on his pants and answers it.
Ohh I'm the building manager, I have an important message for Mr. Kiriakis to call his uncle immediately, he tells Will.
The man looks at Will standing shirtless in the doorway looking like he just got out of bed.
I'm sorry for interrupting you and Mr. Kiriakis, I didn't know he was entertaining a gentleman friend, he tells Will.
He's been so depressed since his husband died, my wife and I have been worried about him, I'm glad he's seeing someone, the building manager tells Will.
I guess I should have introduced myself I'm Sonny's husband Will Horton, he tells the shocked building manager.
The building manager looks astonished and says I thought his husband was dead, he replies to Will shocked?
Well everyone thought I was, it was a secret that I was alive to keep me safe till the man who tried to kill me was caught, and he was so here I am,
I'll have Sonny call his uncle, Will tells the building manager.
The man leaves and Will goes back to the bedroom and hears Sonny calling him from the shower.
Will takes off his pants and joins Sonny and they make love in the shower.
Later Sonny decides to send a text message to everyone who called him, except Uncle Vic.
Will I'm sending a blanket text to everyone at home except Uncle Vic; I need to call him and tell him he needs a new manager for his Paris Clubs, Sonny tells Will.
Will I wrote Hi Everyone Will and I will be home soon, Love Sonny and Will, Sonny tells him.
So you want to go home too Sonny, Will asks?
Will that's where our lives are in Salem with all the people who love us, Sonny replies leaning in to kiss Will.
Sonny's phone rings before he can kiss Will, he looks at the caller id and sees its Victor.
Hey Uncle Vic, Sonny says answering the phone.
Sonny where the hell have you been, Victor asks in his gruff voice?
I've called you 20 times since yesterday, Victor adds.
Sorry Uncle Vic, I was busy making love to my husband, Sonny replies.
So Will is still there, Victor asks Sonny?
Yes, he's still here, Sonny replies to Victor.
So you're taking that lying cheating slut back Sonny, Victor says?
Uncle Vic I love you, but if you say one more derogatory thing about my husband I'll never speak to you again, I'm a Kiriakis and you know I mean what I say, Sonny replies angry.
OK OK Sonny its up to you what you do with your life, if you want Will I'll support it, Victor replies.
So Sonny are you and Will coming home, Victor asks?
We discussed it Uncle Vic were both anxious to see Ari and everyone, Sonny tells him.
OK Sonny I'll arrange to get someone else to run the clubs, Victor tells him.
Yell at Will for me, I let him fly off on a company jet without knowing he didn't wait to see his family and friends, After thinking he was dead for two months they want to see him in the flesh, Victor tells Sonny.
Sonny I have been catching a lot of grief letting him go to Paris, while I don't mind Samantha Brady being angry with me, I do the others, Victor adds.
Will you were so anxious to see me you flew here immediately, Wow, Sonny says.
So I got to see you in the flesh first, Sonny says feeling Wills naked chest?
Sonny looks at Will and pulls him into a kiss.
Sonny are you still their Victor yells into the phone?
Sonny hangs the phone up without answering Victor, he and Will make love again.
In Salem Victor stares at his phone as Maggie comes into the room.
Well did you reach Sonny, Maggie asks?
Yes he's with Will, they promise to come home as so as there done, Victor replies to Maggie.
Done with what Victor, Maggie asks?
Victor gives her a look of what else would they be doing.
Maggie gets a smile on her face.
In Paris Will looks thru Sonny shirts to find one he can wear before Sonny packs them.
Sorry babe, Sonny tells Will, holding the torn remains of his shirt.
I guess I was a little excited Will, Sonny adds.
Will laughs, A little Sonny?
Sonny smiles and kisses Will.
Sonny begins to pack as they hear a knock on the door.
Will answers the door shirtless again.
It's a delivery woman with a package for Will from Lucas; it's his cell phone and some of his cloths.
Ohh Great, some of my shirts, Will says out loud as he opens the box.
Hey Will, maybe you should stay shirtless till we leave so I don't tear any more of them; you know I love it when you're shirtless, Sonny says smirking.
Hey there's a note from my dad, Will tells Sonny.
Read it to me Will, Sonny tells him.
Dear Will: Son first I love you, second PLEASE COME HOME or at least call me I need to hear your voice. Love Dad. PS I still have the rest of your things in storage. I could not bring myself to donate them after you well you know what I mean.
Sonny I guess I better call my Dad, Will says putting down the note and picking up his phone.
I'll get dressed so we can leave as soon as possible, Sonny tells Will.
Ohh I better call the pilot and tell him were going home to Salem, Sonny says picking up his phone to Will.
Hi this is Mr. Kiriakis, My husband and I are returning to Salem today, how soon can the plane be ready, OK sounds good, Sonny says to the pilot.
After making the call Sonny puts on a pair of pants and then starts putting on his shirt.
Will stands looking at his husbands thinking how handsome he is and that all he wants to do is go over and undresses him again.
Concentrate Will you have to call dad he thinks.
He dials his father's number.
Dad it's me, Will says to Lucas.
Will, thank god, it's so good to hear your voice his dad says almost crying, Will I love you and I'm glad you're with Sonny, but please come home, Lucas says.
Dad I love you so much and can't wait to see everyone, Sonny and I are coming home today, Will tells Lucas.
Will that's great, I can't wait till I can hug you, give Sonny my love, I love you son, Lucas tells Will.
I love you too dad, Will tells Lucas.
Will decides to text everyone, Hi it's me I'm alive and well, I'm so sorry I ran off before I saw you all, I love all of you so much, but I needed to see Sonny first.
Were leaving Paris today so we'll see you all soon, Love Will.
Sonny comes out of the bedroom dressed carrying his bags.
So how is your dad Will, Sonny asks?
Well Sonny dad misses me and reminded me I ran off to come to you before anyone could see me, Will replies.
Sonny I sent a text message to everyone telling them we were coming home today, I guess I upset everyone running off like that before I saw them all Will adds.
Ari, Will yells!
Oh my god, I was so excited to see you I forgot to go see Ari, Will tells Sonny upset!
Will lets go home; the Titan jet is fueled and ready to take us home, Sonny tells him.
Will I told the pilot we'd be there in an hour or so, Sonny adds.
Will kisses Sonny.
Sonny I just need to grab a shirt and then we can leave, Will says excited.
Hey we have an hour before the jet is ready hmm, Will gets a mischievous look in his eyes and pulls Sonny by the shirt and kisses him as he rips it off, he pushes Sonny onto the bed and takes his pants off and they make love.
A half hour latter Sonny turns to Will, Wow I never knew Paris was so much fun, Are you sure you want to leave Will, he asks?
Well we have a beautiful little girl waiting for her daddy and dada to come home to her,
but we can always come back one day after all we never had the honeymoon we planed, Will replies to Sonny kissing him.
Anywhere with you is a honeymoon Will, I love you so much, Sonny tells him.
I love you Sonny, hey we'd better leave or we'll miss our plane, Will says looking at his watch.
Will were going to have a few hours to kill on board the plane, ever make love on plane before, Sonny asks him smirking?
Take me to your plane Sonny, Will replies excited!
Latter on the Titan jet Sonny calls Victor.
Uncle Vic we're on the plane and were coming home, Sonny tells him!
Sonny you sound funny, wait, not on my plane you too, Victor yells into the phone to Sonny and Will!
Sorry Uncle Vic, Sonny replies.
Hey Will, Uncle Vic say's we have to stop it, Sonny tells him.
OK, Wills say's kissing Sonny.
Sonny, Will, Victor yells into the phone!
Sonny hangs up the phone.
Well Victor are they on there way home yet, Maggie asks?
Yes, Victor replies in his gruff voice, remind me to have the bed removed from the plane Maggie.
Maggie smiles.
