Paul sat at the bar at the Brady Pub. He couldn't believe after all the pain and waiting, he finally has Sonny, and his dead husband shows up at their doorstep! He finished off his drink and slammed it on the counter. He heard laughter, and turned to glare at the offending happy couple. Then, he realized that it was Lucas and Adrienne.

Lucas.

Will's father.

Paul had flashbacks of Will keeping him and John apart, and sighed in frustration. He could not tell Lucas and Adrienne. But, they'd find out eventually, anyway. "Damn my moral compass." He grumbled. He stumbled off the stool, plastered a big smile on his face, and clumsily walked over to the couple. "Hey, Lucas." He said to Adrienne, then turned to Lucas. "Adrienne."

"Paul, aren't you supposed to be on a date with Sonny?" Adrienne asked.

"You know, you're right, Adrienne, I am supposed to be on a date with Sonny." Paul said. He tried to sit on an invisible chair, and tumbled to the ground. "Whoa!" He giggled and held onto the table for support.

"Did you and Sonny have a fight?" Lucas asked.

"Oh, believe me, I wish that were the reason I'm not there right now." Paul admitted.

"Then what is the reason?" Lucas asked again.

Paul was about to say something, then thought against it. "You know what? Why don't you go to Sonny's apartment and find out? Trust me: it will- emphasis on 'will'- change...your...life."

Lucas chuckled softly. "Okay, tell you what? I am going to call your dad to tell him to pick you up."

"Mmkay." Paul put his head down on the table and passed out.

"Hey, John, it's Lucas. I just ran into Paul at the Brady Pub and he is drunk. He passed out on a table." Lucas nodded. "Yes, he was supposed to be on a date with Sonny, but, he says they didn't fight, so... I don't know, but I'm gonna find out. Okay. Adrienne will hang with Paul until you get here. All right. Bye." Lucas hung up and sighed. "John's on his way." They stood up and dragged Paul to Lucas' seat.

"Keep me posted." Adrienne requested.

"I will." Lucas promised. He kissed the top of her head and left.

XXX

"Wow."

"I know." Sonny shrugged.

"Huh...I've always wondered what it'd be like to have an older brother." Will said.

"Really? That's your reaction?" Sonny raised an eyebrow and grinned.

"Well, how else am I supposed to react?" Will scoffed, then sighed. "Wow. I had a crush on my stepfather- EJ, got my ex-step-aunt pregnant, slept with my step-uncle...may as well go the whole nine and marry my stepbrother."

Sonny chuckled. "Well, we're already married, so..."

"Yeah, but...you've obviously moved on to Paul." Will said, trying not to sound too sad. "I'll understand if you want to file for divorce."

Sonny exhaled slowly. He thought he had moved on, but...seeing Will again made him realize he hadn't. He stood up. "Come here. I wanna show you something."

Will followed Sonny into his bedroom. Sonny opened his closet and pulled out a cardboard box and set it on the bed. Will looked inside and saw most of the contents were his old things or things that would remind Sonny of him. "You have a Will Box?"

Sonny nodded. "I also um...heh...guess it really doesn't matter now, but...I kept that message that you...well, the guy who I thought was you left me the night he died." Sonny replied. He pulled out his phone. "Guess I can delete it now."

"Wait...can I listen to it?" Will asked. "I, um...I'm just curious." Sonny smiled and gave Will the phone. Will listened intently and sighed. "Yeah, that's...definitely something I would say. He was good. He actually sounded sorry."

"Yeah. That's what made me decide to come back to Salem. But, as I was packing..."

"You were told of my...my imposter's death." Will guessed. "What was my funeral like? I bet my relatives from all over came, right?"

Sonny hesitated. "Um...well, no."

"Oh. Just all my relatives that already live here, then." Will shrugged, a little disappointed.

"Yeah." Sonny said, trying to keep the hesitation out of his voice.

"So...knowing my mom and Grandma Kate, they burned this town down trying to find my- well, really my imposter's- murderer." Will replied. "So, what'd you guys do to the murdering bastard? Made him suffer, I imagine."

Sonny swallowed and hesitated. "Um...well, he went to jail. Um...when Ben escaped and found Abigail, Abigail tried to burn him to death."

Will blinked. "And that was after you, Grandma Kate, and Mom brought him down, right?"

"Wait, um...you would want us to avenge your murder?" Sonny asked, surprised. "I would have thought that would dishonor your memory. I mean, it doesn't matter, anyway, since we wouldn't have been avenging you, since it wasn't you that died."

"You still thought it was me!" Will exclaimed. "Weren't you angry? Didn't you want revenge?"

"Of course I was!" Sonny exclaimed. "And I did want revenge, but then I remembered you telling me once that you wouldn't want me to do anything like that. I would be dishonoring your memory."

"Okay, fine. You I can forgive. But Sami and Kate?!" Will exclaimed. "They were willing to kill Nick just for trying to steal my baby, Kate freaked out when EJ called me a 'bloody bastard', but when I'm supposedly murdered, they do nothing?! Not even challenging Ben to a singing contest?!"

"...How would a singing contest help?" Sonny asked, confused.

"I don't know. I just pulled that out of my ass." Will threw his arms up in frustration and exhaled sharply.

"Will, it would have been for nothing anyway." Sonny reminded him. "You're not really dead."

"Still!" Will sighed and sat on the couch. "I guess...that's what I get for being a horrible person."

Sonny sighed deeply. "Will, you're not a horrible person, trust me."

"Yeah, that's why no one avenged my supposed murder, figured out I was being impersonated, and there wasn't a memorial or anything named after me." Will replied. "And now people are gonna be disappointed, because you want to be with me and not Paul."

"Since when do you care what other people think of you?" Sonny asked, sitting next to him. Will just rolled his eyes and shook his head. "You know, if it makes you feel better, Abigail got a worse shaft than you did when she supposedly died."

"Wait, what? What do you mean supposedly died?" Will asked, surprised.

"She ran away and let everyone think she was in a plane crash." Sonny explained. "Everything that happened with Ben...she just needed time away and alone, so..."

"So, she would rather have her family believe she was dead?!" Will asked, aghast. He scoffed and shook his head. "I can't even..."

"Yeah. And she didn't get a memorial or anything named after her, either." Sonny shrugged. "Or a funeral."

"Okay, yeah, that makes me feel a little better. Thanks." Will grinned. He sighed and stood. "So...where does Gabi live now? I wanna see my little girl again."

Sonny chuckled. "With JJ. Let me call ahead to make sure Ari is at home with her. In the meantime, help yourself to some food and water or soda. I'm sure you're hungry."

"Very. Thanks." Will stood up and headed to the fridge.

Sonny called Gabi. "Hey, Gabi. Are you and Ari home?"

"Yeah. Wanna come over?" Gabi asked.

"Yeah, but...there's something you need to know first."

"Okay."

"Will is alive." Sonny replied. Gabi was quiet for a minute. "Gabi?"

"How-how is that possible? I was there! I did CPR on him and Rafe didn't feel a pulse..." Gabi replied.

"That wasn't the real Will." Sonny explained.

"What?" Gabi was confused.

"The guy that Ben killed was pretending to be Will. The real Will was kidnapped while he was in LA."

"Why was someone pretending to be Will?" Gabi asked.

"Andre hired him to get to Sami and well...pretty much everyone in Salem." Sonny explained.

Gabi exhaled sharply. "So for a year, my daughter was being raised by a DiMera soldier?!"

"Well, I'll give him one thing: he took pretty good care of Ari." Sonny shrugged.

Gabi sighed and shook her head. "I can't believe this."

"I'm sorry. I should have seen it." Sonny replied. "Will is with me right now."

"And you're sure this is the real Will this time?" Gabi raised an eyebrow.

Sonny scoffed. "Yes, I'm sure."

"Okay. Come on over, then." Gabi replied. "I'll explain the situation to Ari."

"Okay. See you in a bit." Sonny replied and hung up.

Will chugged down half a water bottle and sighed. "That felt good. So, we all set?"

"Yeah." Sonny stood up. "Let's go."

They headed to the door. Sonny opened it to Lucas standing in the doorway.

"Hi, Dad." Will greeted.

Lucas stared at Will in complete shock. Then his face turned angry. He pinned him to the wall. "Who are you?"

"Lucas!" Sonny exclaimed. He rushed over and tried to pull Lucas away.

Will scoffed. "Oh, now you question my identity?"

"Lucas, it's really him." Sonny said. "The guy Ben killed? He was a DiMera soldier pretending to be Will."

Lucas let go and exhaled sharply. "What are you talking about?"

Will repeated his story. Sonny texted Gabi about Lucas coming over and told her to just bring Ari over as well. Once Will was finished, Lucas slowly walked over to Will, pulled him into a hug and started crying.

"I'm sorry. I should have known he wasn't you." Lucas sobbed.

"It's okay." Will replied.

They pulled away and Lucas took a deep breath. "We should probably call your mom. She doesn't live in Salem anymore. She moved to Europe with the kids."

"Oh." Will replied, shocked, but not surprised.

"Um, Lucas, did you come here for something?" Sonny asked.

"Uh, well...your mom and I ran into Paul at the pub." Lucas explained. "He was a little drunk. He told me to come here and that it will change my life. ...'Emphasis on will'." He laughed softly. "Well, at least we know he's not a mean drunk."

Sonny laughed softly and nodded. "Is he okay, thought?"

"Yeah. Yeah. I called John. Adrienne's hanging out with him until he picks Paul up." Lucas explained.

"Good. I'm glad." Sonny replied.

Lucas nodded and pulled out his phone to text Sami. Just then, Gabi and Ari arrived. Gabi stared at Will in shock. Sonny did warn her, but it was still so surreal.

"Daddy?" Ari stared at Will with wide eyes.

"Hi, sweetheart." Will greeted. He knelt down and opened his arms. Ari ran to Will, and they hugged. Will cried softly. "Oh. Daddy missed you so much."

"I missed you, too." Ari replied. They pulled apart. "Mommy says you're staying forever this time."

"Well, your mommy's right- I'm never leaving again." Will promised. "I missed you too much."

"Are you gonna live with me and Mommy?" Ari asked.

"No, but, he's gonna live with Daddy Sonny." Sonny replied, kneeling down. Will glanced at him, gratefully. "Would you like that?"

Ari nodded, then turned to Gabi. "Can we move in with Daddy Sonny and Daddy Will?"

"We'll see, okay, Sugar Bear?" Gabi replied, smiling.

"Okay." Ari said begrudgingly.

Will sat on the couch. "So, Ari, tell me about yourself. Daddy Sonny says you started writing?"

Ari smiled and started talking about her schoolwork, dance classes, birthdays, holidays, everything. Lucas pulled Sonny and Gabi aside.

"So, I'm assuming that since Will is gonna be living with you, you're gonna break things off with Paul and go back to Will?" Lucas asked Sonny.

Sonny nodded. "I care about Paul, but...Will is my soulmate. I don't think I ever would have moved on from him."

Lucas smiled and nodded, then turned to Gabi. "So, what about moving in with Will and Sonny?"

Gabi sighed. "You know, to be honest, a couple years ago, I would have jumped at the chance, but...I'm living with JJ. We're engaged. I mean, I'm sorry, but the best he and Ari can hope for is..."

"Every other weekend and holiday." Sonny nodded.

"Or living next door or across the street." Gabi shrugged.

"True." Sonny replied. He glanced over to Will and Ari, still talking. "You know, it seems like he wants to reclaim his life here."

"Yeah. Unlike some people." Gabi said a little bitterly, thinking of Abigail. Sonny and Lucas raised eyebrows at her. "Sorry."

"Eh, I don't blame you." Sonny shook his head.

Gabi took a deep breath. "It's...um...it's Ari's bedtime. She has school tomorrow."

"Oh. Okay." Sonny nodded. They headed over to Will and Ari.

"Mommy, can I stay with Daddy tonight?" Ari asked.

Gabi shook her head. "Sorry, baby, you have school tomorrow."

"But, Mommy..." Ari whined.

"Hey...tell you what?" Will jumped in. "How about I pick you up from school tomorrow? Then we can spend the whole afternoon together."

Ari looked to Gabi, who nodded, then turned back to Will. "Okay! School ends at 3:00."

"All right, I'll be there." Will promised.

Ari hugged Will. "I'm glad the angels sent you back here."

Will smiled. "Me, too, sweetie."

Gabi hugged him next. "Don't ever do that to me, again."

Will chuckled. "I won't."

Gabi and Ari left. Will sighed and leaned back. "It's good to be back."

"I'll bet." Sonny chuckled. He sat next to Will and kissed him. "It's good to have you back."

Someone knocked on the door. Lucas stood up and looked at Sonny. "That's probably your mom." He answered the door, and sure enough, it was Adrienne.

"Hi. Can I come in?" Adrienne asked.

"Yeah, um..." He stepped outside and closed the door behind him. "I just want to tell you this before you see it."

"Oh, God. What happened?" Adrienne asked, concerned.

"Oh, no, no, it's a good thing. I promise." Lucas assured her. "Will is alive."

"What?" Adrienne said in shock.

"Yeah. He showed up at this door." Lucas said. "That's why Paul left his and Sonny's date early, and ...probably why Paul got drunk."

"Wow." Adrienne shook her head in disbelief. "Um, how...how is this possible?"

"The guy that Ben killed was an imposter." Lucas explained. "Will was kidnapped in LA by the DiMeras during Sami's short-lived acting career and was replaced by a very convincing double."

Adrienne just blinked in shock. Thoughts were swimming around in her head. "Wow. Where to begin?"

"'I'm so happy my son's husband isn't really dead?'" Lucas suggested with a smirk.

Adrienne laughed softly. "I am glad. And that means that Will never cheated on Sonny. But..." Adrienne looked slightly ill all of a sudden. She exhaled sharply. "I really hate Andre right now."

"You know, in a strange, crazy, convuluted way, he did save Will's life." Lucas shrugged.

"Yeah, heh." Adrienne folded her arms. "But he planted an imposter...Sonny's husband...they..."

"You know, non-Will and Sonny had so many marital problems, they probably didn't even...you know." Lucas shrugged.

"Hm. Well, I did slap Fake Will." Adrienne stated. "I felt terrible when I did it, but now that I know it wasn't really Will..."

Sonny opened the door and poked his head out. "Okay, the suspense is killing me. Have you told her, yet?"

Adrienne nodded and blinked away tears. She hugged her son tight. They walked into the apartment.

Adrienne looked really different since the last time Will saw her. Her eyes looked sunken and tired, her arm looked swollen, and she was wearing a bright pink headscarf.

"Adrienne. Wow, uh, you look-"

"Like hell. I know." Adrienne said, smiling sadly. She turned to Sonny. "Did you tell him?"

Sonny cleared his throat. "No. Not yet. There was just so much to tell him, then Lucas showed up..." He sighed and turned to Will. "My mom has breast cancer."

"Oh my God, I'm so sorry." Will said sympathetically.

"Oh, don't be." Adrienne waved him off. "I um...I actually think what you went through is worse. I'm so sorry."

"It's okay. I'm glad to be back." Will said.

Adrienne smiled and hugged Will, who grunted. "Sorry." They pulled away. "Well! You know, we should have a family dinner tomorrow to celebrate!"

Lucas laughed. "Well, knowing the Brady's, they'll probably be one step ahead of you and plan a welcome back party at the Pub."

"True." Sonny shrugged. "So, how about lunch, instead?"

"Sounds good to me." Will nodded. "Dad, have you told Grandma Kate yet?"

"I'll call her right now. I'm not sure if she's home." Lucas pulled out his phone.

"Um, Lucas, don't you think you should tell Will about who she's living with, first?" Adrienne asked.

"Oh, yeah." Lucas said. "Grandma bought a mansion a few years ago, and Andre moved in with her."

"Why? What'd he have over her?" Will asked.

"Nothing." Lucas shrugged.

"Dad..."

"No, hey, I'm dead serious. They are actually friends." Lucas said.

Will just stared at his dad and blinked. "Well, I can't wait to see her reaction to my being alive."

Lucas chuckled and dialed Kate's number. "Hey, Mom."

"Hey, sweetie, what's going on?"

"Well, I have big news." Lucas replied. "Are you sitting down?"

"Should I be nervous?"

"No! You should be excited!" Lucas exclaimed. "Will is alive!"

"Oh, honey..." Kate said sympathetically.

"No, seriously!" Lucas exclaimed. "The guy that Ben killed wasn't the real Will. That was an imposter planted by Andre. Andre kidnapped the real Will while he was in LA with Sami and the kids. He escaped, but he fell into a coma for a while, then when he woke up, he had no memory. His memory didn't come back until a few days ago."

It took a minute for Kate to process this. Will is alive...but only because Andre kidnapped him and planted an imposter. "I...where-where are you?"

"I'm at Sonny's apartment." Lucas replied. "See you in a few."

XX

Andre walked downstairs towards Kate, who had her back turned. "Well, that business was successful, I would say. What do you think, Kate?"

Kate whirled around. Andre jumped, a little startled. Kate looked angrier than he'd ever seen her.