Will was pacing the floor outside of the ER at Salem hospital. Adrienne and Lucas had given up trying to make him sit down and take it easy. Will knew he was the reason for Sonny's condition. He could not tell his dad or Sonny's mom. He just couldn't. He had sent Paul away, telling him to give him some space and he would explain everything later. He didn't want to deal with his mistake and Sonny finding out all at once. He had to make sure he could talk to Sonny before his dad or Adrienne could get the chance. He continued pacing till he saw the doctor come out of the room and went over to talk to him.
"Doctor, how is my husband? Is he going to be ok?"
"He is going to be fine. It seems to me that he just had a panic attack. Do you know if he is under pressure of any kind or if he has some stress due to personal or professional reasons?"
Will shook his head, unable to speak at that moment, while his whole week flashed in front of him. Him and Paul making love, his guilt for having cheated and finally Sonny standing there while Paul took his hand and tried to introduce him to Sonny as his new boyfriend.
"Well, then it must be something he is not telling anyone about. His blood pressure is slightly elevated and his heart beat is a little high for someone this young and healthy. We want to keep him here for observations overnight. It is just a precaution. Nothing to worry about. We want to make sure the reason for his BP is controlled and his heart beat is back to normal. It could be a sign of panic attack or something more severe, so we just want to be sure."
Will, Lucas and Adrienne were shocked at the news. Before Will could fully comprehend what the doctor said, Adrienne spoke up.
"Well, I am going to stay the night here. He is my son and I refuse to leave him." Turning to Lucas she said "Lucas, why don't you take Will home as the sitter will want to go home as well. You two take care of Arianna and I will take care of Sonny."
Will got scared thinking he is the cause of Sonny's health problems and so he agreed. He had wanted to be the one to be with his husband, but he knew if Sonny saw him and remembered last night, it would cause him more grief then relief. Adrienne was his mother and so Will knew his husband was in good hands. Right now he had only two concerns, take care of Arianna and have Sonny be taken care of by someone he trusted and needed. And so Lucas and Will headed back home. The car ride was silent, but Will knew his dad was going to ask a million questions and had to decide just how much of his mistake was he willing to share.
He knew his dad needed to know the whole story, and even though he was the one at fault, he could not handle his father thinking any less of him. Right now he needed to believe that his and Sonny's marriage would stay intact. It had to. It absolutely had to. There is no other option. At least not for Will. Now now...not ever.
When they arrived home, Lucas helped Will with feeding Arianna while Will heated up the dinner for the both of them. Will called Adrienne asking if she wanted him to bring some dinner for her, but she refused. She said she had gone to eat something in the cafeteria while the doctors had come to check on Sonny. So the conversation switched to Sonny. Adrienne had mentioned that Sonny refused to talk to anyone and he would not let Adrienne call Will so they could talk. Will knew why Sonny refused and just blew it off saying something like Sonny was probably tired and didn't like hospitals. Adrienne agreed and let that go.
After the dinner was over, Will had given Arianna her bath and let Lucas play with her for a while. He then took her to her room to read to her and spend some much needed quite time before she fell asleep. After she fell asleep, Will put her night light on and turned on the music they always played for her. It was supposed to have soothing effects on infants and toddlers. He then made sure her baby monitor was on and went out. He then went into the kitchen to turn on her monitor for them and then sat down next to Lucas. Ready for answering any questions and ready to listen to any and all lectures he would get. He deserved it. He knew he messed up, and he was going to pay for it. He just hoped that the cost of it was not his marriage.
At the hospital Adrienne saw that Sonny was unusually quite and seemed to be in deep thought! She tried several times to talk to him asking what was wrong, but each time, Sonny just shook his head and turned away from her. Adrienne knew her son well enough to know something BIG had to have happened. She also knew he had tears rolling down his cheeks and onto the sheets when he had turned away. She may not have been able to see them, but she knew. Just like she knew for a fact that this had something to do with Paul being in town. Paul. Just the thought of him brought forth the anger she held for him for a long time. She never got to give Paul a piece of her mind the last time he broke Sonny's heart, but this time she would make sure he knew exactly what he was doing to her son.
Adrienne excused herself and went to call Victor. She knew Victor had the means of finding this man and where he was staying while in Salem. She told Victor how Paul has returned to town and the fact that Sonny is now in the hospital. She also informed him that anything that was going to be done was to be kept from Sonny. The last thing either of them wanted was to have Sonny fall apart again. Victor may not have been around, but had heard from Justin the trauma and anguish it had cost Sonny, emotionally, to forget and move on from Paul.
Victor agreed to everything and told Adrienne that if she wanted he would go and have a chat with this man, she could stay at Sonny's bedside. Adrienne smiled at how Victor always put his family first. No matter the reason. She knew if Victor had her back, she could get Sonny out of this funk or whatever he was suffering from. She hung up and went back to be with her Son. She could now breath a little easier...she was going to tell Paul what she thought of him and find out what he may have said or done to Sonny.
The nurse had come in earlier to check on Sonny's blood pleasure and make sure he would eat the dinner they had ordered for him. He had said he wasn't hungry, but the nurse had insisted that if he did not get well to the doctors expectations, he may not be released from the hospital tomorrow. So Sonny ate his dinner while make small talk with his mother. He knew he would eventually have to tell her everything, but not tonight. And not until he got his bearings in order. At the moment he felt he would fall apart at the mere mention of why this was happening to him.
The last thing he expected was to find out his husband, his Will, his best friend would cheat on him and break him to this point. He didn't know if it was even possible if they could ever be a couple at this point. To tell the truth, Sonny didn't know if he and Will had a future anymore. He wished it wasn't true. That what had happened was some horrible nightmare. But, he knew better.
Of all the places why did Paul have to come to Salem. The thought that if Paul had never come to Salem, had never agreed to an article, then he and his husband would still be together, still with problems, yeah, but not a cheating scandal. Sonny felt lost, empty, and completely alone. This was not good. Not good at all.
That evening over at the apartment where Will and Lucas were at, Will had been asked several times by Lucas. Will had not been ready to talk. So Lucas decided to finish some project on his lap top till Will felt the need to chat or talk or whatever. At about a quarter to midnight, Lucas was getting tired, but he also knew that the benefits of being the boss was he could go in late or let his mother know the situation and work from Will and Sonny's apartment. He didn't have any meetings to go to, so he was ok from that point of view. Anyways, at around midnight Will finally got the courage to talk to his dad and started the conversation with a lame apology of sorts.
"Dad, I'm sorry you have to be here for all this. I think maybe I should explain to you what happened. As it is, I think you are going to find out soon enough. I have a feeling you may end up hating me. Dad, I am the cause of everything that has happened to Sonny. I also think this is the beginning of the end of my marriage." Will said while trying to keep himself together, while his eyes betrayed him and started to tear up.
Lucas sat there with his mouth open with shock. He was about to say something to support his son, but he never got the chance. As before he could formulate the thought in his mind, Will spoke up again.
"No dad, I am serious. You need to know the whole story." And so Will began... "After I came back from LA, Zoe called me from Sonix, asking me to do an interview for a famous baseball player who was in town to have a shoulder surgery done. Anyways, when I went to get the assignment, Zoe and the publisher of Sonix, Mr. Howell Price met with me and asked me for complete privacy on my part. Meaning I was to not mention any part of my personal life. Meaning, I was not to even show that I was married. They would only give me this job if I said yes to their rules. So I said yes. I met with Paul Narita at his hotel room, as he didn't want to be seen around town. I started to ask him about his life and his career. He seemed to so honest and open to me. Yet, I knew there was something I was missing. I talked to Grandma Kate, and she said she felt it too from reading my initial report and insisted I push Paul to answer some tough questions, questions he may have tried to avoid by making some lame excuse or avoiding it altogether." Will finished, took a deep breath and waited for some of this to sink into Lucas. He knew his dad needed time and to explain everything before any judgement was made.
When he saw Lucas just waiting for him to finish, he continued his story. "So anyways, dad, I went back to Paul's and started to ask him some of the tough questions he had avoided earlier and made sure he answered them this time. He tried to answer in a generic manner as he sometimes did, but this time, I made sure he gave the real hones answer. Then he told me about himself and I knew what my next question was going to be. I had suspected it, but I needed conformation from him. So I asked him if he was gay, and he answered by kissing me...so one thing lead to another and before I knew it, I had cheated on Sonny."
Lucas just about dropped his jaw to the floor. His son, was the one who had cheated on his husband. Lucas knew how Sonny felt at this moment. He had been at the receiving end a dozen times. Lucas could not believe his son the one who was always hating his mother for constantly jumping from man to man, the same son who hated his moms way of life, was now turning into every bit his mother, with a side of guilt that Sami never possessed. What was he supposed to do? Should he be lecturing his son? Should he be asking if he wanted to be with this Paul guy instead of Sonny? Was this the beginning of Will becoming the next Sami Brady? No! Lucas could not allow this to happen. He loved his son. He had to show his son the right of way. One difference between Sami and will, was that Will had a sense of guilt and Lucas would use that right now to show Will what to expect in the future.
Meanwhile at the hospital, Adrienne had left as soon as Sonny had fallen asleep with the help of some medicine that doctors had given him. She left the hospital and was on her way to the Salem Inn. Victor had found out the name of the place and even the room number. It was now or never. She walked up to Paul's hotel room and knocked without any hesitation or remorse. Tonight Paul Narita would know what would happen to anyone who messed with her children, in this case her son, Sonny. She waited for the door to be answered...she knew what she wanted to say, she just had to reel in her anger to make sure her words reached and had the desired impact on Paul. If not, then Adrienne was going to have to become more convincing. One way or another.