There was a knock on his door. Will looked at the clock and saw it was past ten.
Who could it possibly be this late?
When he opened the door, he could see who it was but his eyes were deceiving him. They had to be.
"Hi."
"Hey."
Looks were exchanged, and when Will didn't invite Sonny in, Sonny took it upon himself to walk past Will to enter his place.
"Hi Will. How are you?"
Sonny knew it was a weird question since Will looked awful. His eyes were red, swollen and he looked drunk.
"Just great. Like I'm in heaven. How about you, Sonny? How's life with Brian?"
"Will, I…" Sonny couldn't finish his sentence. Will was clearly not gonna let him speak.
"No, on second thought, don't answer that question. I don't really want to know."
"The place looks great".
"Thanks. It that's all…."
"I came here to see you, Will. I have been trying to find you for like forever."
"Well you move quickly then, It's only been like, 13 weeks since I last you, so, you came real fast. "
Sonny was starting to worry, this was not going well. He needed Will to see how desperately he searched for him.
"It was only today I realized there was one person who would tell me where you were. The person who, besides you, got us in this mess in the first place."
Will was quit, and leaned against his kitchen table. There were chairs, but he didn't seem to want to sit for this.
Sonny continued. "Why did you leave?"
Will couldn't look at him. He didn't understand why Sonny was there, was he there to torture him, or was it to get closure he apparently had been missing.
"I left, because there was nothing there for me anymore. Only pain. Only reminders of how I screwed up. Of everyone I hurt. Of everyone I lied to. Memories of once happy times. I was not strong enough to handle it, Sonny. I'm not good at being strong. I've told you that. I am not strong, confident or anything for that matter. I needed to leave so I could forget everything. Act like it never happened."