"So any plans this weekend?" Erick ask as he sits in Will's office. Will laughs, "What you're really asking is do I want to take the boat out for some fishing this weekend." he says. "Yeah, isn't that what I just asked?" Erick responds laughing. Will, not looking up as he is signing some papers so he can head off for the weekend with a clean desk, answers, "Yeah I guess so, I have no plans." "Cool, we haven't been out in a long time." Erick points out. Will looks up at him, "Dude we went, what two weekends ago, that hardly constitutes a long time." Will says giving a are you for real look at Erick. There is a knock on the door. "Come in" Will says and then continues on with Erick. "If you had your way you would drag me out there every friggin weekend". Will looks over and sees Jill coming in. "Yes Jill, what's up?" he asks. "This envelop just came for you special delivery." Jill says as she hands it to Will." "Thanks", Will says as he takes it from her, "why don't you leave for the day, get an early start on your weekend, don't you have some cousins coming in for a visit? Will asks. "Yes I do, thanks Will I really appreciate it." Jill says. "I'll switch the phones to the answering service before I leave." she adds. "Great, well have a good weekend, see you Monday." But Jill has already left.
"So where were we," Will says as he puts the envelop on his desk, oh right, every weekend." "Why don't you just buy your own boat, you sure as fuck have the money for one." "Then you wouldn't have to ask me all the time, not that I mind, it's just you could go whenever you wanted." Will points out. "But then I wouldn't get to go out with my best friend." Erick says, tongue and cheek. "Yeah your best friend when you want something, ya little prick." "Hey is that anyway to talk to your boss." Erick says jest. "Oh I don't know ...I seem to remember the name of the company was Horton and Thorn, not Thorn and Horton." Will says as he picks up the envelop, and recognizes the the return address. "That's just a technicality" Erick says laughingly. Erick notices that Will's demeanor has changed rapidly."What's wrong dude, you you look like you just took a nose dive." Erick asked. Will turns the envelop around and shows Erick the return address. "Ouch" Erick say. "Well it's not like you didn't know it was coming" Erick says. "I know, but it still stings a bit." Will says as he opens it. "Well now this gives us a good reason to go out fishing for the weekend, get your mind off of this." Erick says.
Will pulls out the papers and looks at them reading the heading, Divorce Decree. There is a post-it note on the top page that reads. Please sign every page at each X. Erick looks at Will as he goes over the pages first. "Hey Will look at it this way, one she has her own money so she isn't raking you over the coals, two there are no kids involved and three you get to keep the boat." "So you are making out pretty good here." Erick offers. "I suppose so" Will response as he takes a pen from his desk and begins to signs each page. "And you're still young, so you still have time to find the one." Erick says almost laughing. Will looks up, "you know you're still an asshole." Will questions Erick, "how many times have you been married, 3 times, and your, what, 27, yeah and you're the guy I should be taking advice from you on relationships." Will gives him. "Hey that hurt man, I was really in love with each one of them." Erick says trying to keep a straight face. "Oh really" Will questions, tell me the birthday of anyone of them, pick one anyone and tell me their birthday." Will waits a few seconds while Erick pretends he is trying to think, " yeah I thought so, you just buy a fuck for a few months and then just dump them and then buy a new one." "It's like trading in cars for a newer model for you." "Maybe you should try leasing for a while." Will says with a bit angry and as his last jab.
"Damn man don't take it out on me." Erick says. "I'm sorry Erick, I didn't mean that, I am just pissed off." "I know I didn't want to be with her, Will points out as he is signing off on his short marriage, but I feel like I failed in some way, you know what I mean?" "Oh Mr Perfect Will, give yourself a break Will, she wasn't the right one for you and everyone knew that but you." Erick said trying in his way to console Will a bit. "I know, I know, I guess I am just going to have to go through some self loathing for a while." Will says. "Yeah well get over it before we get on the boat man, I want to have some fun and catch some big ass motherfucker." Erick says. "In your dreams Thorn, you haven't out done me even once." Will says laughingly. "Yeah well there is a first time for everything, and I feel it in my bones." Erick say. "Who the hell are you, that captain from Jaws." "I feel it me bones." Will says like and old salty sailor.
Will signs the last page and puts the documents back in the self addressed stamp envelope and throws it on his desk. "Let's get out here I need a drink." he says as he stands up. "Now we're talking" Erick says as he stands up. Will comes out from behind his desk and walks towards the door. "Dude aren't you going to drop them in the mail room before you go?" Erick asks. "Fuck em, she is getting remarried next week, let her sweat it out, let's go." Will says. "Well Mr Horton, you have a mean streak in you don't you." Erick says. "You bet your ass I do." Will says as he exits his office with Erick following behind him.
"So what are you going to do now?" she said as she takes a sip from her coffee. "I don't know yet, I haven't given it much thought, I do know that I don't want to be here that's for sure." Sonny says with his arms crossed and leaning against the kitchen counter next to her. "Well no one can blame you for that, but you don't want to be too rash in your decisions, that happens too often in these situations and people always live to regret it later in life." she points out. " I know I have heard that before, but the only reason I was even here was because of her." "I never really even wanted to come, but this is where her work was so I just went along for the ride." Sonny tells her as he pushes off the counter and goes to the refrigerator for a bottle of water. "Okay I hate to be heartless and all, but did she have insurance, do you have any money?" "Well I have my own money from a trust fund, but yeah, she had insurance from work, plus she took a policy out on herself, when she was planning to have kids, like that was ever going to happen, at least not with me anyway." "And there is money coming in from the insurance company of the driver that hit her, and her boyfriend" Sonny says as he take a big swig of the water from the bottle.
"The truth is Gail you are really my only friend in this town, and that wouldn't be the case if you hadn't been her friend too." Sonny says. "Sonny I will always be your friend, and I will be honest, I think what she was doing to you was wrong on so many levels." "Thanks for saying that Gail I appreciate it, but I am thinking I might go back home." Sonny says. "You mean back to California?" Gail asked. "Yeah, I kinda miss it there, and I miss the ocean, this land lock crap isn't for me." Sonny says. "But Sonny you have no family back there" Gail needlessly reminds him. Sonny laughs just a bit, "Gail I have no family anywhere, remember lone wolf here" Sonny says laughing a bit again. "Do you have any friends out there?"she asked." I am not sure, I will have to check it out when I get there." he replies. "Well it sounds like you've made up your mind already" Gail states. "Yeah I think I have" Sonny admits. "So when are you going, officially?" she asked him. "The end of next week, there are some things I have to clear up before I leave." he tells her. Gail starts to tear up. "Come on don't cry, you can come out and visit me whenever you want." Sonny tells her as he embraces her. Crying into his shoulder Gail manages to get out, "I'm going to miss you." "I'll miss you too, you have been my only friend here, but hey we can Skype and email and talk on the phone." Sonny says to console her. "It's not the same and you know it Sonny." " I know, and I really am sorry hun, but I can't stay here." They hold the embrace a bit longer then let each other go. "What about her family, have you talk to them at all, other than at the funeral?" Gail asked. "No, and I don't' plan on it in the future," Sonny adds.
"So there is no way I can talk you out of this?" Gail asks. Sonny smiles a bit of a sad smile, "I'm sorry hun, this is how it's going to go." Sonny says with heartfelt sorrow. "Well you have to do what you think is best for you, even if you are leaving me here alone with this group of nuts." Gail says with a smile trying to mask her sadness. Sonny hands her a napkin. She wipes away her tears. Sonny smiles are her, "tell me about it, hey if things get too bad, come out to live with me for awhile, see how you like it." "You don't' have an office you have to go to so you can work from California just as easily as you can from here." Sonny offer genuinely. "I know you are just saying that to make me feel better, but I would consider it." Gail says. "I mean it" Sonny says. "Let me get settled in somewhere and then come out and see what happens, it would be great to have you with me." he says it sincerely. "Well we will see once you are out there, if you still feel the same way then I will seriously think about it." Gail says almost lightheartedly. "That would be great" Sonny says. "Hey this could be the best thing for both of us." Sonny tells her. "Well there Mr Kiriakis, you might just have yourself a deal" Gail says.
