- Pick up.. Answer.. Oh god.. please answer, Will screamed into the phone in his hand, he didn't seem to be able to stop calling Chad and Sonny over and over again, even though none of them were answering.
It couldn't be, no, no, he wouldn't believe, it just couldn't be. So he kept calling, standing there with sweat dripping down his forehead, his heart beating to the point he was afraid he would suffer a heart attack, and listening to every signal that rang in his ear with a feeling of dread that was almost suffocating. The knock on the front door pulled him out of his frantic state and he jumped and dropped the phone in fear and turned towards the door. It had to be that person, here to finish him off or whatever the hell he wanted. Will first instinct was to run, hide, do anything to get away but the anger that swept through him gave him courage. Sonny, Chad... oh god whoever it was out there could have hurt one of them or even both. And for that murder was the only option. He ran into the kitchen and pulled out the biggest knife he could find, but at first he couldn't get a grip on the handle, his hand where to sweaty so it just kept slipping. Finally he took a deep breath and dragged his palm against his jeans and then he a grip on the knife and ran towards the front door. Not giving himself time to think, to panic or break down he threw the door open and froze. Chad and Sonny who both had been standing there and smiling when the door opened took one look at him, and their smiles immediately faded.
- Oh my god Will, what's wrong? Sonny asked face filled with worry but Will couldn't talk, couldn't even move just stood there still with the knife raised by his head ready to attack someone and stared dumbly at them.
Alive, not even hurt, they were alive. But the letter, the pictures, Will couldn't understand a thing. And finally the stress, the panic and fear caught up with him and he dropped the knife and sagged down to the hallway floor sobbing his heart out. Right after he hit the floor he was swept up into Sonny's arms, and he burred his face into his chest and pressed himself as close as possible. He could smell the scent of coffee and mint, that always made him feel so safe, he was home, and Sonny was safe and that was all that mattered right now. When the tears finally began to subside, and Will felt that he could finally breath again without almost chocking on his own tears he raised his head and starred right into Sonny's worried eyes.
- You're alive, Will couldn't help but whisper and raised his hand just so that he could touch Sonny, to make sure he really was here.
- Yes off course I am, now Will can you tell me what happened?
- "Who do you love the most William? Time is ticking and one lover most go", Will whispered, the word was burnt into his brain and he knew he would never be able to forget about them from this day forward.
And then he remembered, oh god Chad had been at the door to, Chad who was the other one at the pictures, whose life was in danger because of Will, and he tore his eyes away from Sonny even though they made him feel so safe and saw that Chad was standing at the table where Will had dropped the pictures, and was holding them in his hands together with the letter. Their eyes meet when Chad raised his head to look at Will, and Will couldn't look away. These two men, these two extraordinary and loving men had been threatened because of him, and he didn't know how to feel or react to that. Because if either of them got hurt because of him, he didn't now how to go on with his life.
- Will, we need to go to the police right now okay? Chad said calmly, like he was afraid of talking to load or fast like he would scare Will, and for once Will really didn't mind, he felt like a scared cat on a trafficked highway, where every sound and movement would send him into a frenzy.
He nodded and forced himself to leave the warmth of Sonny's arms, even though he wanted to stay there forever, he also knew he needed to go to the police. Because for him it had now become bloody real. No one was allowed to threaten the one he loved.
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Brian smiled to himself when the phone rang, sitting at the top of the Eiffel tower drinking a glass of wine, while back in Salem William was about to get his life scared out of him, was a pretty powerful feeling. He picked up his cell phone and answered.
- I've delivered the pictures and letters, the voice on the other end said and Brian took a sip of the wine and let it roll over his tongue.
What he wouldn't do to be able to see the look on Williams face when he received his little surprise, but since he couldn't be there he just had to picture it. By now William had to have worked himself up, terrified and confused and that's exactly the way Brian wanted him. He could have just skipped to his big finish right away, but oh did he love the games. It was like cooking a steak, you didn't just throw it into the oven, then it would be tasteless and boring, but if you prepared it well it would be so god when the time come to eat it. There was nothing quite like the feeling of scaring someone half to death, keeping them dancing around themselves, taking away their will to live. And William would be the best game of his life. The loser had actually had the decency to think he was better than Brian, that he somehow could even be in the same league as him. When all William ever did was destroy everything around him, everything was always his fault. Neil had been stupid enough to turn his back from Brian, and even Sonny had walked away. Because no one in their right mind would willingly walk away from someone like him, so had to be Williams fault. And Brian would show him that no matter what it took.
- God, I suppose he is with the police right now, trying to get sympathy when it's all his fault. Anyway have you delivered the next packet? Brian asked, but frowned when the person on the other line hesitated with an answer.
After all the trouble Brian had gone trough to make sure he wouldn't be suspected of this, he couldn't have his errand boy back out of this now. It had been like a god's gift sent from heaven when the person had approached him wanting to take out his anger and disappointment on William.
- Don't you dare back out on me now or I will pick up the phone and call the police on you, Brian threatened and he could actually feel the person on the other end give up, the power to break someone down was like the most powerful drug.
- Yes I'm delivering the packet now, but it feels wrong Brian, he's only a kid...
But Brian had already clicked the phone call off, all he needed to know was that the package was on its way of being delivered to William. If you had learned your place William, then none of this would be forced to happen.
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Will tuned out all the activity going on around him, he needed to disappear inside his own head for a minute before he would completely collapse by all that had happened. He had spent the last hour being interviewed by Roman, answering the same questions over and over again, that he couldn't answer. All the while he had continued to stare at Sonny and Chad, sitting next to him, to make sure they were actually here, safe and alive and now he was so tired. But this time he wasn't going to run away and pretend that it wasn't something serious that was going on, whoever it was had threatened both Sonny and Chad, and for Will there was nothing worse than that.
- Sonny listen to me, I know you think its Brian and I did all my resource on him after Will had got the flowers, I checked that he had stepped on the plane, I even talked to his friend in Paris and Brian himself, so trust me he's not in Salem and can't be responsible for this, Roman was explaining to Sonny once Will zoned back in again to listen.
- Fine, but who else would do something like this then? Sonny asked irritated and Will saw the look of resignation on his grandfathers face, he had no clue as to who was doing this to Will.
- I don't know, but its time Will for you...
But before Roman could finish his sentence the door to the office was thrown open and Gabi rushed inside with tears streaming down her face and Rafe at her heals. She threw herself into Wills arms straight away and he caught her and she clutched him hard to her chest.
- Are you okay? We got home and there was a knife lying by the front door and no one was there and then Rafe called the station and they told us what had happened. Oh my god I can't believe this is happening to you, Gabi whispered in his ear and Will fought to keep his own tears down, he had cried enough for one day.
- I'm okay Gabs, but someone out there wants to hurt me and the ones I love and I don't know why. But I need you to do something for me okay? I need you to move in with Rafe until Roman finds whoever it is. No you listen to me, you and Arianna are family to me, the two people I love the most, so I need you both to be safe and for you to keep my daughter all happy inside of you, Will said, shutting down all protest Gabi tried to make with one stern look.
Sure whoever it was had only targeted Sonny and Chad but the card had said "who do you love the most" and if that person was as sick as Will thought there was nothing standing in the way of Gabi or their child getting hurt and that was something Will would never allow to happen.
- But what about you Will? I can't let you live alone in the apartment, you need protection to, because remember in the end it's all about you, Gabi said while she straighten herself out from Wills embrace and Will sighed, he really didn't now.
- You will come stay with us at the mansion Will, Sami said, where she was standing with EJ at the back of the office, Roman had called her as soon as Will entered the station with Sonny and Chad.
Will sighed again, he knew the smart solution was to bow down to Sami's request and move in at the mansion. But the idea of being trapped inside of there, with Sami and EJ all day long made the skin crawl in Will body. He loved EJ and he loved Sami but he had moved out from home when he was sixteen for a reason, he and his mother made each other mad. If he moved in there it wouldn't be long before he did something stupid, and that was not something he needed to be right now.
- I love you mum, but you know what will happen if we live together, and don't give me that look, even though we are family and love each other it doesn't work living together, and I will end up doing something stupid and with that person after me I can't be stupid okay! And Roman before you offer to let me stay with you, or Marlena or anyone else I just want to say one thing, this person is after me and apparently the ones I love so what do you think will happen if I move in with someone else? It would be like painting a big target on their backs and I can't live with that on my conscious, so I'm not leaving the apartment, Will said firmly, he didn't know what it was but something, maybe his gut told him that whoever it was wouldn't be happy about him leaving his home.
Before Roman could open his mouth to lecture Will, Sonny stepped forward.
- What if me and Chad moved in to the apartment with Will? Sonny asked and everyone starred shocked first at Sonny and then at Chad who stepped forward and nodded.
- I mean we have already been targeted by whoever it is, so it doesn't matter if we move in or not, and if all three of us are living together we can watch each other's back, Chad explained and Will couldn't believe it when everyone in the room seemed to agree with him.
- Are you all insane? What you should be doing is getting on a plane out of here, preferably Greenland or something even more remote where no one can find either of you. Not stay here ,I mean Jesus did any of you miss the card or something? Time is ticking, and one lover most go? That means kill, kill one of you and you want to move in with me? I refuse, Roman you will have two tickets booked to them in teen minutes or I swear to god I will find this person on my own and ask him to kill me instead, Will screamed, he hadn't even noticed that he had stood up during his yelling, but now he was standing, panting by all the fear and anger coursing through him.
Will had pretty much decided while sitting in the chair and answering Romans questions that he would turn his back completely to Chad and Sonny, to keep them safe and now this was happening.
- Actually Will, I think this might be one of the best ways to protect them, Gabi suddenly spoke up, the rest seemed to have become speechless after Wills yelling.
Will turned confused eyes towards Gabi, what the hell was she talking about? The best way to protect them was to get them as far away from Will as possible.
- Don't give me that look Will, just let me explain. I know right now you want Sonny and Chad as far away from you as possible and I do agree the best way to protect them would be for them to leave Salem, but I also know them Will and deep down inside you do to and there is no way they will be leaving you like this so that's out of the question. And I don't know what this psychopath is thinking or what he or she wants from either of you, but I can't help but think of the way the letter was formulated. "Who do you love the most William?" It's a question which can either mean that the person wants you to choose or that him or her actually doesn't know. And since whoever it is put the time and effort to deliver that note to you formulated just that way, it seems to be important somehow that you or the person knows who it is you love the most. So show the world you don't know? Give both Chad and Sonny your attention, make sure your with them all the time and never show anyone who it is you love more than the other. I don't know, but it's at least worth a try. So if Chad and Sonny lives with you it would be so much harder to understand who it is you love the most, Gabi explained her thinking and Will had to agree that there was some kind of logic to her thinking.
Not that he really wanted to admit defeat, he was still sure that whatever this person was after it was something that neither of them could truly understand, but as he looked at Sonny and Chad's determined faces he knew that no matter what he said they wouldn't leave him. And at least if he had them close to himself, then at least he could try to protect them, even if he had to give himself over to whoever it was that wanted to hurt him.
- Okay, I like this plan Gabi, Sonny and Chad you will move in with Will and I will make sure that police officers will patrol the neighborhood within every hour and all three of you will call me or someone else in the police force or someone in the family every other hour so we know nothing has happened. Me, Rafe or Hope will stop by the apartment every evening and no matter what no one will walk alone in Salem until we have figured out who is responsible for this and caught them, okay? Roman said, and with those final words Will was suddenly living with Chad and Sonny, and he didn't know whatever to laugh, cry or yell but he did neither things.
Instead he let himself be followed home by Rafe and Gabi to pack her stuff and then with the company of Sami and EJ waited for Sonny and Chad to come over with their stuff.
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Will had actually managed to fall asleep on the couch exhausted after the day, before the knocking on the door woke him up and he sat straight up in the couch and watched as EJ went and opened the front door and outside was Chad and Sonny standing with bags in their hands. Will was only listening half hearted to the conversation going on around him and then he was hugging Sami and EJ good night and was alone in the living room with his two guys.
- Okay if we are going to do this I need to set some ground rules, Will said and gestured for them to sit on the sofa next to him.
- What did you have in mind? Chad asked and Will took a deep breath, preparing himself for what he was about to say, but with the situation he was in right now and everything that was going on around him he knew he had made the right decision, even though it made him feel like he was actually ripping a part of himself out.
- Okay listen this situation is uncomfortable enough as it is with us three living together, but it is what is and we have to make the best of it. First Chad until this thing is over I can't date you anymore, we only had one date before this happened and since then I think we both can honestly say that dating is the last thing on our minds. And sure we are all adults, but I can't do that to Sonny, no one and I mean no one should have to live with his ex boyfriend and the guy he's dating. So until the person is caught and you both have moved out, we should go back to being only friends again. And I'm not saying that it will always be this way, after everything is over, we are going to talk again okay? Will said all the while forcing away that voice in his head that was screaming at him that he was an idiot.
So while he and Chad only had one date, Will had really felt something between them and he wished with everything inside of him to explore it further. He just knew that if he and Chad had kept on dated he would have fallen in love with him. But even though he wanted it more than anything, he could never do something like that to Sonny. It was bad enough that Sonny had learned about Tyler, but he could never put the man he loved trough watching him and Chad together. He just really hoped that Chad would understand, and that maybe some where further down the road they could pick things up again.
- I understand Will, it sucks but you're right. I haven't been thinking about taking you out on more dates this last few days and as it seems right now, that will be the last thing on my mind in the future. So no more dating, just friends again, Chad said and Will could see a genuine smile on his face, maybe Chad already knew what Will unfortunately felt deep inside, even do he really didn't want to
That the thing between him and Chad was just happening at the wrong place, the wrong time and between the wrong people. That if they had realized each other feelings a long time ago they would be together by now, but sadly maybe their time had passed. Will didn't want it to be true, but couldn't help to feel that way.
- Anything else? Sonny asked, and Will almost laughed at how hard Sonny was trying to hide his joy from the resent news.
- Yes, clothes stay on all the time outside the bedrooms, and we will give each other privacy and space. So Chad I thought you could sleep in Gabi's room, and Sonny you can stay in the room who's going to be Arianna's when she's older and can sleep on her own. EJ brought over a spare bed, so I've set it up and made the bed so it should be to your liking. Now I'm really tired after the day I had so I'm going to go to bed and sleep at least for a week so good night, Will said and smiled at the boys and then walked in to his bedroom, not to sleep but to cry his heart out for what his life was becoming.
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Sonny smiled toward the customer and handed him the coffee he had ordered and then turned his attention towards the next one in line. The entire morning had been crazy, like everyone in Salem suddenly woke up this morning and realized they wanted to buy coffee but Sonny couldn't find it in himself to really complain. Okay so sure, he rather wanted to be home with Will, and that thought made Sonny's smile even bigger. So the reason he was living with Will was awful, but even then Sonny had spent the entire day happier than in a long time. And he really felt bad about it, some psycho was after Will and trough that him and Chad, but it had also led to things progressing between him and Will that Sonny thought would take months. Just the fact that Will had called things off with Chad, was like some sort of dream. Not that it meant that he and Will would happen, he knew how Will functioned, because even do they were living together Will was trying to distance himself from them, it was his way of protecting them. And the thought that someone out there wanted to hurt him, scared him more than he wanted to admit, nothing would make him turn his back away from Will.
- Hey Sonny, how you doing man? Haven't seen you in like weeks, Tyler's voice shouted and brought Sonny out from his thought and he saw Tyler walk up to the counter where Sonny was standing and Sonny could feel his hands curl into fists, itching to punch his friend in the face.
It had been a reason as to why he hadn't seen Tyler for weeks, ever since Will had told Roman about the one night stand with Tyler, just the thought of seeing his best friend made him want to commit murder. It was easy for Sonny to forgive Will, to pretend that he wasn't angry and hurt, but he didn't have to be so careful around Tyler. And now he was standing there, smiling goofily like everything was normal.
- I know Tyler, was all that Sonny could press out and he saw Tyler froze, and then swallow nervously and Sonny couldn't help but get a little pleasure at the fear and embarrassment that filled Tyler's eyes.
- Let's talk Sonny? Tyler asked carefully, like he was afraid Sonny was a wild animal that would attack him, and Sonny couldn't say that Tyler was wrong in his thinking.
He nodded towards Liam, his other employer and held up his fingers indicating that he would take a ten minute break. Liam nodded and Sonny led Tyler towards one of the empty tables and sat himself down.
- Explain Tyler, explain to me why you felt the need to sleep with Will, when you knew how much I loved him, that I wasn't over him. So why would you do something like that to me? Sonny asked, and he couldn't hide the hurt in his voice, the betrayal, but this was his best friend, his confidant and for him to do something like this, Sonny couldn't comprehend it.
It was first now, when he actually saw Tyler again, that he realized how hurt and betrayed he actually felt against what he and Will had done. He wanted to be the bigger man, he really did, but he just needed to know why.
- It's not I like I did it to hurt you Sonny, you're my best friend and I love you like a brother. I have hated myself since it happened but I can't regret it completely. Sonny when you cheated on Will, I seriously thought an alien had taken over your body, you were so in love with that boy that it was almost painful to watch so I couldn't understand. But then I though okay we are all human, we make mistake and that you would spend the rest of your life making Will believe that you loved him and would never hurt him again. But then you got together with Brian and Sonny I don't know if you were drugged out or just I don't know not in your right mind but you stopped talking to me. And when I would get the chance to see you, you where always with Brian and that man, well he's probably the scariest and most fucked up person I have ever meet. I've never liked him you know, it's just something really wrong with him. But anyway back to Will, so you and I weren't talking and one night when I was out I meet Will, and we got drunk together. And he talked about you Sonny, and he was so broken, so hurt, and the worst part was that it all was directed at himself. He really believed that he had done something wrong to make you cheat, thought that he wasn't hot enough, not god enough and I couldn't hear it. So I kissed him just to show him that he was wanted and then he started to kiss me back and we went back to mine and the rest you already know. And the morning after we decided to keep it between us and never do it again. I'm really sorry for it, more than you can understand but Sonny I can't completely regret it. I mean, and don't hit me, it is Will, I don't think anyone with a pulse would be able to resist him, but I will never do anything like that again, and I don't want him Sonny, he's yours, I was just a sidetrack that Will and myself needed when we both had lost someone we loved, Tyler explained and Sonny pretty much gaped at his friend.
Okay so he and Tyler had been friends since they were kids, had always been honest with each other, but he had never heard his friend talk so long, and so completely honest about what he was feeling. He had been expecting apologies and begging that it was just a mistake, that he hated himself and would always regret what he had done to Sonny. But instead Tyler had actually managed to make Sonny to feel bad, which he didn't think should be possible. He had pulled away from Tyler, and now after he had left Brian he couldn't ever understand why, but Brian had somehow been so all consuming that Sonny had been completely cut off from all his friends and families during the time they were together. He hadn't even really realized it before Tyler told him.
- I hate you. I wanted to scream and hurt you and then you go and make sense and that's not nice. I'm not forgiving you and I have the right to knock you out if I feel like it. And if I ever catch you looking at Will the wrong way you will voluntary let me kill you okay? Sonny said and Tyler laughed and raised his fist and Sonny bumped it with his own.
He knew there and then that they would be okay, it would take some time for Sonny to get out the picture in his head of Tyler and Will together, but if Sonny expected Will to forgive him for cheating, then what kind of hypocrite would he be if he didn't grant the same forgiveness to the people in his life. He then continued to explain to Tyler about everything that had happened the last week since they've seen each other last and it was nice to actually talk with someone who was not involved in what was happening.
- Okay so who do you think it is? Because me, I have trouble believing that anyone would do something like this to Will, I mean come its Will, it would be like I don't know, kicking a puppy or something, Tyler said when Sonny was done with his story and Sonny nodded to himself, and wondered if he should tell Tyler about his theory.
He didn't care what Roman said, or anyone else, he was so sure it was Brian. He didn't want to believe it, he had been friends with and dated the guy, but something inside him told him that it was Brian. That maybe he had been completely played, but no one else seemed to agree with him, especially since Brian apparently was in Paris. Then he remembered what Tyler has said about Brian before and he found the courage to speak his mind.
- I think its Brian, and I know it sounds crazy. But you should have seen him the day he lost it over Will in the coffee shop, it was I can swear madness in his eyes. But Roman has looked him up, and he really is in Paris, but I can't shake the feeling that he is responsible for all of this, Sonny said and Tyler nodded slowly, not looking at him like he was crazy, actually looking at him like he believed him.
- I actually agree with you, if it is someone who is capable of this its Brian, it's just something about him, that gives me the feeling that he's torturing small animal on his free time, so don't push away your instincts Sonny, Tyler said and Sonny was to grateful that someone actually agreed with him, but that didn't mean that the problem was anywhere near solved.
- But it doesn't matter Tyler, because he's not in Salem, and every packet have been hand delivered, and I really don't think he's flying back and forth between Paris and Salem, Roman would had discovered that, Sonny said and flinched when Tyler reached over the table and smacked him on the side of his head.
- Really Sonny? I'm so disappointed in you right now. Come on, I think you and me together have seen every action movie that's ever been made and you can't see what's obvious? What does all of them have in common? The bad guy never gets his hands dirty personally, he always have other people that does all his dirty work so if they get caught they will take the fall. Brian's not stupid Sonny, he knew that either you, Chad or Will would suspect him after his little display at the coffee shop, so he took steps to protect himself. He's in Paris, the perfect alibi while he has someone else running around in Salem doing his dirty jobs, Tyler said and looked at Sonny like he really thought he was stupid and Sonny actually felt that he should ask Tyler to hit him one more time.
How could he not have thought about that possibility? Okay so picturing Brian like some sort of mastermind was quit unsettling and the idea that someone else was actually helping him doing this to Will was downright scary. But Tyler had actually given him some help, now he actually had a argument to go with to Roman, so that the police would hopefully start to look into Brian. Because if this situation was like every other action movie, then the bad guy would eventually resurface and for one reason only, to kill the god guy.
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Will tried to tame his hair, ever since he let it grow out he had been forced to spend every morning trying to tame it and he just felt the need to shave it all off. But both Sonny and Chad has said at different occasions that they liked Wills hair best when it was longer, so he really was forced to keep it this way. He heard Chad putting on the coffee pot in the kitchen, living with Chad and Sonny had actually gone better than Will would have ever thought. Okay so it had only been two days, but it was actually working. No embarrassing moments or awkward silences had occurred and they had talked and laughed together several times. Will flinched when the phone rang, but he forced his heart to slow down, nothing had happened in two days, and he prayed that it for now was at least over. He glanced at Chad, but he had his ear phones in and was in his own world and he couldn't spend his life being afraid of answering his phone, so Will reached for the phone and answered.
- Will here.
Children's laughter filled his ear and he froze, it couldn't, no it couldn't be. And then the same voice, low and again to regular for him to try and recognize filled his ears:
- Who is watching the children, William?
And then the click of someone hanging up filled Wills ears and he stood there staring at his face in the mirror, and could actually see all the color leave his face and he swallowed hard. Whoever it was couldn't mean Gabi, and Arianna, no it had to mean something else.
- Will what's wrong? Chad asked which made Will jump terrified and he turned towards Chad who was standing there, with a cup of coffee in his hand studying Will.
- It's a man Chad, Will said and Chad took two steps forward and then enveloped Will in his safe arms and Will clutched to him, his brain still trying to figure out what the hell the person meant.
- What did he say? Chad asked slowly and Will swallowed, at least this time it hadn't been a treat towards Chad or Sonny and that was at least better.
- Its weird he said " Who is watching the children, William?" But I mean I only have Arianna, and she's not ever born what do... Oh my god no, Will suddenly screamed when he realized what the man had been referring to.
Sure he was only father to Arianna, but he also saw his siblings as his own sometimes. He had been there helping to raise them trough all craziness, watched them grow up and loved them all with all of his heart. But it couldn't be, no one would hurt his siblings to get to him. He tore himself away from Chad, all the while dialing Sami's number in panic, were where they right now? He could feel the fear building while the phone kept on ringing, while Chad was standing next to him probably trying to understand what was happening.
- Samantha Brady Dimera, Sami answered and Wills knees almost buckled by relief coursing through him, Sami sounded normal, but that didn't fully mean that he could breath out yet.
- Mum, where is Johnny, Allie and Sydney? Will asked immediately, he didn't have time to be nice, he just needed to know that they were okay.
- Well hello to you to son, Allie and Sydney is at the mansion with EJ, they've caught this nasty cold, but Johnny is at his kinder garden like always, is something wrong? Sami asked with worry starting to creep into her voice and Will couldn't find the strength to reassure her that everything was fine.
Because nothing was fine anymore, Johnny wasn't home, he wasn't safe in the mansion. And everyone who knew anything about Will knew that he had a special place in his heart for Johnny, his little brother and fear so consuming that he almost chocked on it filled his heart.
- Mum, we need to get there now, I think... Oh god Johnny, Will screamed and hanged up the phone, he lived closer to the kinder garden, only two minutes away.
Without even putting on shoes or a jacket, Will ran out the front door, with Chad chasing after him, calling for him to stop, to wait but Will couldn't. While he ran Will couldn't help but wonder why this was happening to him. Okay if someone wanted to hurt him, kill him, he could somehow understand and live with that, he never thought he was a saint. But that someone was targeting everyone he loved because off him it was to overwhelming, to painful that Will didn't know what to do. He saw the kinder garden in front of him and ran even faster, Johnny needed to be safe, nothing else mattered. He stormed in through the door, scaring the kinder garden teacher standing in the hallway who starred at him like he was crazy, but he just kept running through room after room, filled with children and teachers but no Johnny. Then in the last room, the vision before him made Will halt in his panicked running, because sitting on the floor playing was Johnny and Will finally felt that he could actually breath again.
- Willy, Johnny shouted when he raised his head and saw Will and Will caught him when Johnny ran into his arms and held him so hard he could without scaring his little brother.
He heard Chad and what he assumed was the teacher enter the room, but he didn't look up or let go of Johnny, he would never be able to let him go again.
- Willy, he was right, Johnny giggled and Will wondered if his heart actually would give out before this was over, with the way it kept getting scared to death in the last few days.
- Who was right Johnny? Will asked with a shaky voice and let go of his little brother, so that he could look him over, see if anything was wrong but Johnny was only smiling and doing that cute little giggle that Sami said Will had done to at that age.
- The nice man at the fence, he said you would come and wanted me to give this, Johnny proclaimed proudly and reached into the pocket of his pants and pulled out a letter and Will felt so nauseous he was afraid he would actually throw up on his little brother.
He took the letter, tried to smile at his little brother so that Johnny wouldn't understand that something was wrong and he heard Chad telling someone to call the police. Then he felt Chad's warmth, close to him and Will raised his head and meet Chad's steady and comforting eyes.
- You don't have to Will, the police is coming soon, Chad whispered and Will wanted so badly to do what Chad said, but he couldn't.
This man had been near his brothers, had probably touched him when he reached over to give the letter, had threatened his life to Will. So even though he didn't want to, he needed to read the letter. He opened it and took a deep breath and read it:
"Mirror, mirror on the wall, whose the deadest of them all? William, cant you protect anyone? Remember what happens, it's your fault"
Will just sank down onto the ground and handed Chad the letter and then he pulled Johnny into his arms again and held him tight, he would let no one touch his family again.
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Rafe entered the door to Romans office, three days since the incident with Johnny and the entire police station was now involved in what was happening to Will. That someone would use a child, to do his dirty work was so wrong that everyone's focus was shifted to this case. But nothing led anywhere, Johnny hadn't been able to tell them anything, since whoever it was had been wearing a jacket with a hood which he had worn over his head and the teachers hadn't even seen that someone had talked to Johnny. Every lead they got, seemed to in the end lead nowhere, and Rafe could admit to himself that he was starting to actually get scared for Wills sake. Whoever it was, really knew what they were doing and didn't seem to want to stop before he got what it as that they wanted. Will had received over five calls the last three days saying the same thing "Mirror, mirror on the wall, whose the fairest of them all?". They had tried to trace the phone calls, but they were always to short.
- You called, Rafe said when he entered the office and he almost cringed at the look of Roman.
He looked like he had slept at the office, or like he hadn't slept for days, with hair standing everywhere and blood shot eyes with bags under his eyes.
- I need to talk to you, and I need to know that what I say will stay between us, Roman said and Rafe nodded and closed the door behind him and sat himself down opposite to Roman.
- I have investigated Brian Kane, Roman said and Rafe was wise enough to keep his mouth shot.
When Sonny had stormed into the police station, after the Johnny incident and informed them all of his theory about Brian being some sort of mastermind that had errands boys running around doing his dirty work, no one in the police station had believed him. Brian was well known in Salem and he had always been polite and a gentleman so without evidence none of them had been willing to go after the boy. But Roman had took Sonny into his office and now it seemed that Roman believed the theory Sonny imagined up.
- Really? Rafe asked with raised eyebrows and Roman shrugged.
- You know me Rafe, I don't do things if they don't somehow feels wrong, and I'm the first on to say I don't like Sonny, but when we talked, he actually made sense and I knew I would never forgive myself if I didn't follow every lead, Roman explained and Rafe nodded, if it had been happening to Gabi he would have done the same thing.
And even though he still was angry at Gabi and Will for what they had done, he had finally realized that he was actually going to be a grandfather, so when he had talked and been forgiven from Gabi, Will had officially become his family.
- And Rafe I found something. Apparently Brian has been seeing a therapist in town since he were twelve, and okay I admit this is Salem, everyone should be in therapy, but he stopped going six months ago, Roman explained and Rafe could feel his cop instincts kick in.
- You mean around the same time Will kissed Neil? Rafe asked, Sonny had given them all that he knew of Brian, and the Neil and Will thing had been the most interesting thing.
- Yeah I managed to get the receptionist to talk, apparently he had an appointment the day after the kiss, and he called in the same morning and cancelled and the receptionist told me and I quote "Someone like Brian should not be out therapy". But apparently it was his parents that had forced him into therapy when he was twelve and since they died when he was sixteen he just kept going voluntarily, but no more. And I can't get the file on him, not without a warrant and no judge would sign something like that, especially since there is no proof that Brian has done anything, but Rafe now I know, he's the one doing this to my grandson.
"To answer one of my quests comments, Yes I am a Wilson fan, but when I started to write this story Chandler had just left, and I am a Chandler fan even more. And I have always been a big fan of Chad, so when I read that the writers to DOOL actually thought about pairing Chad and Will at first I just wanted to write something about them. And I can't say if I'm done with Chad and Will yet, but I don't think anyone could actually be able to date when something like this was happening so I went with it. So who do you think it is that is helping Brian? And slowly now it will become revealed why Brian is acting the way he is and why he obsessed with the mirror thing. And give me a smile, I didn't end the chapter with a cliffhanger.
