Chapter 2

Sonny and Will were still at the coffee shop and Sonny said Will I am not going to pressure you which happens to be another lesson from the teachings of William Horton but I am going to help you. Will you are so cold that you skin feels like a solid sheet of ice. Just let me take to where ever you are staying and at least you can get medication that can help with your pain and warm up.

Will said Sonny No medication can help the pain it is just

something else that I have to live with for the rest of my life. The doctors said that they can not help me on that because my nerves in my back are completely destroyed

from my back being completely crushed and the spinal cord was destroyed in so many places. Will said I was in the basement when the boiler exploded. When explosion

happened I was thrown ten feet away I was pinned under the metal floor beam that was white hot.

I tried so hard to get it off of me but nothing I did would budge it. I was trapped under the whole house when it collapsed and I laid there for three days unconscious and bleeding from my head wound and I had third degree burns on my arms hands back legs feet and from my neck down to the bottom of my shoes that had melted in the fire

I tried to call out for help but my esophagus and my lungs were burned and no one heard me.

I was in the burn unit on life support for six months four times a day they would have to do bandage changes and each time layers of skin would be peeled away as you can see

I have very little muscles left and they had to do physical therapy so my muscles that I would not have muscle atrophy. Will looked at Sonny and said they could not put any IVs in any other part of my body except my neck and I had a central line in the artery of my neck for almost a year.

Son I do not wish my existence on anyone.

Son I would have called you if I could but after I got out of the hospital I just figured that you would be better off not knowing the grotesque monster that I had become.

As I said before I have always loved you but I never wanted you to feel the pain that I would bring into your life.

I only bring pain and suffering to everyone's life and so I decided that it was better that way. Just look at you.

You own a very nice coffee house and you are still that young man that you always have been the brilliant young man with the fearlessness of a lion and the tenderness of a butterfly.

I am nothing but a broken shell in a chair of metal.

I am not feeling sorry for myself but those are the facts.

Sonny had tears in his eyes and he Said William Robert Horton the worst pain that I have ever gone through was the pain that has been in my heart for the past seven years.

Will I have never once stopped loving you and

I spend most of my days looking at the last picture of us and crying because Will I love you and I have never forgotten about you. I have not ever dated anyone because my heart just would not allow me to let anyone ever get that close to me again. I love you so much that the day of the fire I stood there for hours crying and watching as they pulled each member of your family out of the house burned beyond recognition and then I saw the house crumble down and I just knew that you had died and became nothing but ashes. I saw every day they were working to put out the embers that were still glowing even after six days out and I just could not stop myself from going back. I finally stop going when they started bringing in the heavy equipment and clearing the lot where the house stood I had mo idea that you were alive until you just told me. Will I swear to God that had I known you would not have had to go through all of that alone.

Sonny I am sorry that you have been hurting for so long but just look at me I have nothing to offer anyone any more.

I have no job no money. Sonny you asked me where I was staying I have no idea where it will be tonight.

The only reason why I even came back was because I was living on the streets in Maine and I forced to get on the plan and to come here by a complete stranger who figured that if

I came here that some how it would help for me to come back here. They literally got the ticket and pushed me on the plan last night and then this morning the plan landed and I went to the docks and sat there until I came here the only thing that I wanted was some hot water and lemon. I never wanted you to know that I was even here because I knew that if you did that you would be hurt more by me. Sonny I never interned to come just to open up old wounds and to give you new ones

I am so sorry. I am rethinking that you would have been better off if I had just never have given you my name at all. Sonny for years I wishes that I had died in that fire and even some days now I question why.

Sonny said Will you have no idea how relived that you did and you did not shut me out. Will I know that you are in so much pain. When I looked into your eyes and saw so much pain I myself could feel it in my own body.

Will I have never once in our life tried to force you into doing anything but right now I will just be damned if you are

going to sleep on the street some where in so much pain and all alone in this bitter cold weather. William you are going to come with me no questions asked and no protesting or trying to push away my help because as I see it you need some relief from the cold and right now. Sir you have not got another option.

I am not trying to force myself on you Will but I can not just sit by and do nothing at all. I realize that you have been through hell and just let me help you no strings attached until you can find a place where you feel more comfortable and can realize that your body may have changed a bit but Will is there you just need time to rediscover Will again. What you have gone through and still are going through even to this second has been and still is hell on earth for you.

You are going to allow me to help you. I am not asking for a relationship. Will I am going to try to see if there is something that can be done now to at lest to ease your pain in some way. I am here for you now and I will only give you a place to stay and let you have some grub and I think you might maybe be able to twist my arm and get me to give you a cup of coffee or two if you want.

Oh by the way you may not realize it but you may feel like you do not deserve for anyone to care about you but we are going to work on that because every human being deserves to have respect and someone who cares another lesson from the school of William Horton. William Horton do not ever let me hear defeat coming from you again. I know why you feel the way that you do and how you can shut down but trust me no matter what I can't help but caring about you.

I am not feeling sorry for you but you have came here for a reason and you had no idea that I own this place so think about it there is a reason why you are here. There is a reason why out of all of the places in the city you ended up in my coffee house right at this time. Just think about that for a while but for now you Sir are going to my place and get warm and some chow.

Don't you dare try to fight me Sir because do you remember how stubborn this Greek is when he gets his mind set on doing something. You know that I am 100% Greek I was born form two Greek is I am the same man whose parents were born and raised in Greece and until I was 6 we were living in Greece and I was raised as as stubborn Greek so Mr. Horton we are going to do things my way for a while.

Do you understand me William Horton?

Will said Sonny I can't fight you and right now I have not got the strength to butt heads with you so do not demand anything else because I have no idea how to even begin to learn how to be able to feel deserving. I am no where near the man who

I used to be. Thank you for not giving up on me because

I feel like I have just thrown in the towel and if someone gets too close I can't handle it. I am not able to give give the same amount care that has been given to me because that fire just broke me and I have never really cared so thank you.

Will may I ask you where you have been for so long?

Will said I was air lifted to Children's hospital with 3rd degree burns on my face and 80% of my entire body. I was in a coma for two months and as I said I was there for almost another a year alone and so here I am now still alone

Sonny said: WRONG! Will you are not alone if you will allow me

I am here for you and I am going to help you help yourself Sonny said. Will you are not alone and you will be no bother for me at all as a mater of fact you will be helping me because I myself feel like it is me against the world and alone too so we can help each other.

Loneliness is a horrible feeling.

Will can I ask you do you have your diploma or any other education? You were two days away from graduating in all AG courses.

Yes Sonny I do have my diploma while I was in the hospital

I got my diploma. I have four degrees.

One in in software engineering one in advanced internet technology one in advanced computer science and one in advanced finances those are all of my master degrees and

I have four BS degrees and one in the culinary arts as well as one in Advanced internet criminal investigations and oh yeah forensics computer crime as well as forensics criminal finance investigation as well as a master in business and business finace.

Sonny I can see it in your eyes that you are thinking how did I pay for College and why do I not have a job?

The education was though scholarships for the academically gifted and I have no job because people look at me and see this grotesque monster and they will not hire me.

Sonny was thinking and he said to himself William Horton I am going to help you and you will not just have any job but Sir you are going to have your own business and I am going to be your biggest investor Sir. I also know someone who would jump on this golden opportunity.