I wanted to try something new, something more dramatic. So I began to write this chapter. For now it's planned to be a two shots only but I can always change my mind, if you guys like it.
So here it is! Please review :) Thank you
Will: Sonny, I can't take it anymore!
Sonny: What do you mean? Are you breaking up with me? But we are supposed to get married in 3 weeks! You can't dump me now!
Will: Yes, as you said we are supposed to get married in 3 weeks and did you help me with anything? No! You left me all alone and you spent all your time working. I barely saw you last week and the week before.
Sonny: I'm working hard for you! I want to be able to give you the wedding of your dreams! I'm doing this for you!
Will: I don't care about a big fancy wedding. I don't want a big wedding! I just you to be here with me! And you never are with me. You even slept in your office last night!
Sonny: I was in the middle of an important case. I couldn't drop it like this.
Will: And you didn't think a phone call would have done the trick? Instead I was waiting for you. While you were at the station, I had planned a romantic evening just for you and me. And I found myself all alone like an idiot…
Sonny: Will, I'm so sorry! I didn't know.
Will (shouting): Sonny that's exactly my point! You never know anything when it comes to us! You're always in your investigations.
Sonny: But Will I was just offered the post of the police commissioner. And I love my job!
Will: Oh Sonny believe me I get it. But I have the impression that you love your job more than you love me!
Sonny: This is unfair! You know I love you like crazy! You know I can't live without you as well!
Will: I'm sorry Sonny. I just need a break.
Sonny (sobbing and angry): A break or a break-up? It's not the same!
Will: Just a break.
Sonny: Where are you going?
Will: I'm going to visit my grandma in the south. I left my phone on the kitchen's table.
Sonny: How am I going to call you?
Will: That's the point! I don't want you or anybody to call me. I need a clear break Sonny. And hopefully when I get back, we will be able to reconnect. Until then, know that I love you with all my heart and I don't do this to hurt you. I just need this!
Sonny: I understand but that doesn't stop me from being sad. I just hope you'll be coming back to me because you, Will, are the love of my life and I don't want to live without you!
Will: Bye Sonny.
And with a last kiss, he was gone in the warmth of this summer Monday's afternoon. Sonny stood on the doorway, staring at his best friend, his lover, his partner getting in the car and driving in the alley. Tears ran down Sonny's cheeks but he immediately wiped knowing that it's not a farewell but just a goodbye.
Sonny: I know you will be back. And I will be waiting for you!
He desperately wanted to get his mind of this situation and he didn't know a better way to do that than going to work.
Sonny: At least, over there, I will be able to do something useful.
He got into his official car and headed to the police station. He saluted all of his officers who were surprised to see him on his day off but none asked why he was here. His secretary Melissa, unlike the other, wondered why he would be here. She knew something must have happened with his partner. Every time Sonny and Will fought, Melissa knew that she would find Sonny at his office doing whatever he could do. Once Sonny was in his office and after an enough amount of time passed, she made her way into the office and closed the door behind her.
Melissa: Hey boss! What happened at home for you to be here on your day off?
Sonny: Hey, as you can guess Will and I fought. But it's worse than the other fights. He reproached to me to spend too much time here.
Melissa: Sorry sir, but I tend to agree with him!
Sonny: What?
Melissa: You're always here. Even now, you are here instead of trying to make things right with your fiancé.
Sonny: He left for his grandma without his phone so I can't do anything. Now please let's talk about the work. Do I have messages?
Melissa didn't have the time to answer Sonny's before the phone went off. She took it and answered it.
Melissa: Commissioner Kiriakis office? Hum yes he is here. One minute please. (To Sonny) Boss, it's Officer Simons, he wants to talk to you. (She passes him the phone)
Sonny: Officer Simon, what's going on? … Okay I'll take some men with me and we are on our way.
He hung up, took his coat and walked out of his office calling for his men.
Sonny: Okay I want Miller, Smith and Johnson with me. We're leaving now.
Once in the car, Sonny sat behind the steering wheel and began to expose to his men by radio where they were going.
Sonny: So there's been a very serious accident on the North Road. Apparently we have one victim in a very critical situation. So I want you to take all the info you can find. At the end of the day, I want to know everything that happened. You interrogate all the witnesses! Got it?
The 3 officers: Yes sir.
They finally arrived on the scene of the accident. The firemen and the ambulance are already here. The road is blocked and around the scene, a crowd formed. It's nearly impossible to continue in a car. So Sonny decided to get out and finished walking. He gestured to his officers who were also out of their car to begin the interrogatory. He didn't even see the scene but he has a very bad feeling. He made his way through the crowd yelling "SALEM PD, get out of my way please" and finally reached the ribbon forbidding everyone to continue unless they had an authorization. He showed his badge to the policeman in charge and he was let go. He passed under the ribbon and joined Officer Simons.
Sonny: So Officer, what do we have?
Officer Simons: I really don't understand what happened! I mean it's not dangerous here yet there is this accident. I prefer to warn you, it looks really bad…
But Sonny didn't even listen to him talking. They were finally standing in front of the scene. He was staring, his mind blank, shocked in front of the spectacle. It looked like hell. In the gap, the crashed car was totally burnt, returned on the ceiling. It was even impossible to determine the numbers on the license plate. The firemen were still busy trying to secure around the vehicle but they had avoided the explosion. Sonny regained consciousness and tried to catch up with what Officer Simons was telling him.
Officer Simons: The person, who was in here, is in a critical shape. I think I heard he was burnt beyond recognition. He doesn't even have his papers; I guess he left everything in the car. But as you can see, everything disappeared in the fire. So we have to declare him a John Doe right Commissioner?
Sonny: Yes, declare him John Doe for now. I'm going to follow the ambulance to the Salem Hospital. I'll ask if it's possible to have a DNA test to determine the victim's identity. You stay here with Smith, Miller and Johnson and you continue the interrogatory of the potential witnesses.
Officer Simons: Right Sir.
Sonny went to the ambulance to inform the paramedics that he would follow them to the hospital. He then went to his car calling services to remove the crashed car. He got in his car after going through the crowd again, yelling "Move please! There's nothing to see. Just the witnesses stay here. The others move". He gestured his men he was going and that he was following the ambulance.
When they finally reached the hospital, the victim was sent immediately in cares. Several hours later, a doctor went out of the room where the victim was sent. He didn't seem happy but he looked surprised.
Sonny: Doctor? How is he?
Doctor: Are you from his family? If not, I'm afraid I can't say anything to you.
Sonny: Actually, I'm from Salem PD. The victim is still unknown. And I have to ask you if we can determine his identity with a DNA test or is it impossible?
Doctor: I'm sorry but I think it will be impossible for the time being. His shape is still critical; he has been seriously burnt in the accident. Honestly, it's a miracle that he's still alive.
Sonny: Do you think you can know what happened?
Doctor: All I can say is that he was lucky. He had glasses fragments in his head and face and we were able to remove them. My guess is he was ejected from the car during the crash and he landed too close from the car. That's why he's burnt beyond recognition, I'm sure someone already told you that. Now we have to wait and see…
Sonny: Okay so we consider him a John Doe.
Doctor: Yes. Excuse me now; I have other patients to consult. I made sure the victim was constantly looked at.
Sonny: Thanks Doctor.
Sonny decided to leave the hospital and go directly to the station. On the way, he thought about Will. He already missed him. How could he live one more second without seeing him or hearing his voice? If only, he had taken his phone with him… Once he reached the station, he got out of his car and went to the main room where his officers were already talking about the accident.
Sonny: Okay guys, I went to the hospital to ask is a DNA test was possible and apparently for the time being, it's impossible. What do you have? Did someone see something?
Officer Johnson: We have all the same statements. First, nobody saw the license plate and second they all have the same versions of the events. Apparently, out of nowhere, the car drifted off course. But they all said that before that, the victim was driving very safely. So nobody really knows what happened. So I guess the driver got distracted for two second and then his car crashed.
Sonny: Okay. Do your report and leave it on my desk when you leave. I'm out. See you all tomorrow!
In the evening, Sonny was making himself a dinner with the leftover of the what-was-supposed-to-be their romantic dinner the previous night. He couldn't help but think about the poor guy in the accident. He was instantly attracted to him like some force was pushing him to go see if he was okay. He made up his mind and decided to go see him the next day. He went to sleep in Will and his bed alone for the first time in 3 years. He spent a rather agitated night, he dreamt that he couldn't see Will anymore, that he was gone forever without having said goodbye.
The next day, during the first visiting hour, Sonny was standing in front of the victim's door. He had asked the nurses if it was possible to see the victim and just stay here and she had nodded. But she asked him not to stay too long.
So he entered the room and the first things he heard were the beep beep of the machine to which the victim was hooked. The guy was completely covered by bandages. The only three parts of his body Sonny could see were his closed eyes, his mouth and his ears. He decided to talk to him maybe hearing someone talking could help the victim to react somehow.
Sonny: Hello. My name is Sonny Kiriakis. I know you don't know me but I figured I could help you by talking to you. You gave quite a scare yesterday but hopefully you will be fine. The doctors were shocked and they called you a miracle. That's true; it's a miracle that you're still alive. I bet you are fighting like a lion to get back to the ones you love. I'm sure a pretty girl or maybe a guy is waiting for you. I just wish you could wake up and talk again so we can call your family. I know what it's like to have to wait for a call of the ones you love. I'm desperately waiting for my fiancé to call me but he said he didn't want to talk to me for a little while and I decided to respect his choice but I love him so much. If he left me, I wouldn't know what to do. I'm so sorry; here I am talking to you about my fiancé when I don't even know you and plus you have better to do. You have to recover completely for your loved ones so I will leave you to your rest and I'll maybe be back tomorrow and the days after. Bye John Doe.
And he was out of the room, leaving the guy surrounded by the continual beeps of the monitors. Sonny left without hearing the man trying to speak with a more than weak voice "S-So-Sonny… Hel-Help m-me… I lo-love y-you too" before he was taken by the darkness in a deep sleep.
To be continued…
