Willing it to Be Chapter 11
Earlier that same day, back at Sonny's former hotel, John was still trying to talk Paul into going back to Salem. It has been several days since they had called Sonny to try and get him to come back to Paul and then they could go back to Salem since it made no sense to stay in Memphis.
Especially since Will had been taken away for the surgeries that the trauma center said he needed. Though to be honest, they believed that the doctors there were exaggerating how bad Will was, just to make them feel bad, and sure enough it worked, Sonny left John's son to go back to Will of all people.
Seriously what was he thinking when he did that. How could he leave such a great guy like Paul for someone like Will? John is so far gone that he doesn't even realize how wrong and disrespectful he is being towards the young man that he once regarded as a grandson.
If only he could hear himself, John would be ashamed of what he has been saying about Will during the last three years, especially now during the past couple of weeks. Though right now, all John can think about is how his son Paul feels. He thinks that his poor son has suffered so much since that psychopath interrupted the wedding and ruined everything.
Poor Paul has been reduced to trashing the suite to get over his feelings of abandonment. Even though John is not happy about the obscene amount of money the hotel is charging him for the damage Paul caused, can't the management understand the pain his precious boy is in?
He has to get the hurt out somehow, and it is only most of the furniture and accessories after all, they can be replaced. God knows they are charging John enough for the slight inconvenience of having to fix or replace the smashed pieces.
On top of that and to add insult to injury, they wouldn't even give them another suite to stay in, they insisted that they stay in the trashed suite. They told John that they weren't willing to take the chance that more property would be damaged when as they put it, his son had another temper tantrum.
How rude are they, they will never stay here again? They couldn't leave either and go to another hotel because the management said that if they left, they would make sure all the other hotels would know what happened, and no one would rent to them, unless they wanted to stay in some discount hotel, as if.
His perfect wife and precious son deserved better than something like that. They were used to having the best, he would never subject them to less than that. Anyway, once Paul is back in Salem and familiar surroundings he would feel better.
He is sure that they can convince Sonny to see that Paul is obviously the one for him, not Will. Sonny is just feeling guilty that Will had a couple of tough years. Well, they all have had not so great times, but they don't leave the person that loves them the most hanging in the wind.
Honestly, he just wants to tell Sonny off but that would upset Paul again. Well, he had better go and try to talk to Paul again. That is if he can get him to stop talking to himself, swearing on Will. Not that he can blame him.
Imagine thinking that you were going to marry the love of your life, and then find out that their former spouse was back, and it ruined your wedding. Of course, Paul is a little angry, what else could you expect him to be like?
Why did Will have to come back and ruin everything for Paul. He had been so happy and had been looking forward to becoming Sonny's husband after all these years, after all the years that Will had already stolen from them, and now he is back to screw things up again.
Paul is devastated, and Sonny just hurt him even more with all that ridiculousness about wanting to be with Will again. Sonny couldn't love Will more than Paul. How would that be even possible? Paul trumps Will in every way. He is older, more successful, more handsome, confident and so on. Can't Sonny see that Paul is the full package while Will is just a pale imitation.
Well, here goes nothing, John thinks to himself as he walks through the trashed living area and towards Paul's immaculate bedroom. Paul is laying on his bed with a nasty expression on his face as he talks about what he will do to Will once he gets his hands on the little brat. How dare he ruin everything for Paul.
John, "Hey son, we were thinking that we would fly home tonight, can you get your bags packed? We will be going to the airport in about an hour or so, so get ready now. We'll be home by later tonight, and you can stay with me and Marlena for a few days if you want until all this foolishness with Sonny is fixed.
You know that he will come back to you, you are his true love, those awful doctors and agents just made him feel guilty about Will. Once he works through that he will be home with you, he'll sign the divorce papers, and you two will finally be married.
You can start your life together then, and we will have a great party to celebrate for you. To show how fair we are, we'll even invite Will and his parents to show there are no hard feelings. We'll be the bigger people, and that way no one can say that we don't care.
You'll have your man back, and you can be happy. We must get home and get everything ready for when Sonny comes back. OK, son, what do you say? You onboard with this?"
Paul looks at John and it's all he can do not to roll his eyes. He kind of loves his father but seriously the man is acting like an idiot and treating him like one too. Maybe he needs to cut down on the dose that John is getting, seriously. He and the others are becoming unstable and irrational. Either that or he needs to up the dose that the rest are getting. Yeah, that's the better idea. He doesn't want any of them coming back to their senses before he gets that ring on Sonny's finger and gets that licence signed.
He knows that they can't stay in Memphis much longer. The tracking device he put in Sonny's suitcase as a precaution was traced to a deserted alley, the GPS on his phone has been disconnected, and he hasn't been able to find Sonny at all. He doesn't know if Sonny is even still in Memphis. He must have taken off somewhere.
Once he gets back to Salem, he can track Sonny down and bring him back where he belongs. He didn't give Sonny permission to start thinking for himself, he was supposed to be in love with and devoted to Paul. After all the work and effort, he put into getting everything the way it was supposed to be, that idiot Ben had to poke his nose in and put a halt to everything.
If he had known that dearly departed Will wasn't so departed, he would have tracked him down and finished off the job. He still had the app on his phone that he used to control Will before. He remembers Dr. Rolf warning him that overuse of the chip would kill Will.
He would just set the app to continuous use, and the little brat's brain would fry, and no one could ever connect him to it. Or so he thinks, the FBI are just waiting to arrest him, and once they have his phone they will have the final piece they need to nail him to the wall. He will be paying for everything he has done. Let's see how he likes having his life controlled 24/7 by the prison he ends up in.
Everyone knows that Sonny cuts and runs at the first sign of trouble, he did it when Paul turned down his first proposal, he ran when he heard that Will supposedly cheated on him, he ran off to Paris when he couldn't deal with Will's behavior when Will was trying to fix his marriage.
Wouldn't Sonny love to know that idiot Will never cheated on him, that he had assaulted him but made him think he was unfaithful thanks to his favorite drug Loyalty, and that Will couldn't stop himself from doing everything he did because Paul was in control of the chip.
Oh, what fun he had during that time, he got such a thrill out of watching Will go off the rails all the time; he loved making Will go crazy and see him doing whatever he could think of. Thanks to the app, all he had to do was type in what he wanted Will to do it, and Will was doing it, not being able to stop himself.
He got such a thrill out of controlling Will, it was such a kick. He could have made him strip and dance around Horton Town Square; now there was an idea, why didn't he ever do that? Oh yeah, he couldn't do anything that would have gotten Will checked at the hospital. He wanted them to think Will was going bad, not that there was something making him sick.
That wouldn't have worked for him, he would have gotten sympathy, and people might have stopped treating him like trash. He didn't want that, he had to have everyone think that Will was evil just like his mother, while Paul was the good guy who just wanted to be there for Sonny as his marriage imploded.
Never mind the fact that Paul was the reason for that happening; between controlling Will with the chip, and drugging Sonny and all the rest of them, he was basically in control of everyone that mattered in Salem. He was so good, no one ever suspected him.
Once the little brat had been murdered, and Sonny finally came back from Paris and was finished mourning his dear late husband; things were looking up for Paul. He had to give up his fun times, but it was worth to see his plan finally working the way it was supposed to.
But no, Dr. Rolf had to go and screw everything up for Paul; god, couldn't he have chosen any other body, why did he have to revive Will? Paul wished that Will had died while the good doctor was experimenting on him.
No, the little brat had to be tough enough to survive whatever twisted experiments that quack performed on him. He didn't think Will had it in him to go through all that and come out the other side still in one piece, mostly.
It had been so good to see him flatline at the trauma center but of course the doctors were able to bring him back. Why did they have to be so good at their jobs, damn it. For once, couldn't they have a doctor that didn't know what he was doing or was under the influence or something?
But no, they had to have all the good doctors who were determined to save the little brat, so that he could go and have his surgeries that would give him a much better chance of surviving. They haven't heard anything yet so unfortunately, he must be after surviving so far. They would have had his parents calling Marlena weeping hysterically if the little brat had passed away, why wasn't lucky enough for that to happen?
Hopefully his body won't be able to handle the remainder of the multiple surgeries he needs, and he will die on the table, and Sonny really will be a widower this time. He will make sure he is gone this time and make Sonny have the body cremated so that there is no way he can ever come back again. Almost forgetting of course, that Sonny has no legal rights for Will at this moment. Too bad, his morbid fantasy can't come true.
He can't trash anything else in the living area or his father will refuse to pay for any more damage, and all Paul's fun would be over, and he would have to pay for what he did. It's funny that no one noticed he only trashed the living room, that his room was in perfect shape. He wasn't sleeping in a trashed room, thank you very much.
Hell no, let his father waste his money paying off the hotel. It was only fair, he had all those special occasions to make up for missing all these years. Oh, how he has loved subtly getting the digs in at his father for never being in his life. Anyway, he only smashed a few dozen things, you would think he had done some real damage. He didn't hurt anything structural. He couldn't figure out why the hotel had such a problem with it.
He was Paul Narita, professional baseball player. He was used to getting whatever and whoever he wanted. Why shouldn't he do what he wanted? No one had ever told him no before, especially since he found his special little friend, that lovely little drug. No, he never took anything himself. He loved how it let him control whoever he wanted and to be able to get them to do what he wanted. It was such a power trip, it was the best feeling ever.
He decided that he would go back to Salem and have all his followers there make him feel better. He would get them to give Sonny the cold shoulder when he comes back for a few days, just to teach him a lesson. Let him know that he can't do that to Paul. Paul is the one who decides how things are going to be. He is the one who is always in control, he will have to make sure that Sonny doesn't forget that again.
He looks at John and pretends to be sad, "Okay, Dad. Just give me a few minutes to get ready, and then I'll pack my stuff. Thanks for letting me stay with you guys, I don't think that I could stand to be at my place alone. It would be too sad to be there without Sonny.
I guess I really have lost him, you know. I don't know what I am going to do. Everything was so perfect, the wedding was going so great, and then it just all crashed down around us. Then Ben came in and told us that Will was alive. We all knew though that it had to be a cruel joke. The joke was on us though, wasn't it?
Will is back, and he has taken Sonny away from me. How can I compete with a husband that came back from the dead, even he if he treated Sonny terribly? I don't want to, but I can see why Sonny thinks he loves him still.
He felt so bad that he and Will never fixed things before Will was killed. He sees this as his chance to make things right. The only thing is that with him making things right with Will, it's making everything between me and him wrong. I can't say anything though because I would be the worst in the world, wouldn't I?"
John hugs Paul, "No, son, there is nothing wrong in wanting your fiancé back. Will shouldn't automatically get Sonny back just because it turns out that he wasn't dead. You loved and supported Sonny through everything. You were always there from him, even when Will was being so horrible to you and your mom.
Come on, I'll help you, you go get ready and I'll get everything packed, and then we can leave this horrible hotel and never look back, okay? And before you know it, Sonny will be back in your arms. Once he gets past the shock of Will being alive and his guilt, he will come back to you, you are his true love, right?" Paul rolls his eyes behind John's back, and thanks his father.
He can't wait to leave Memphis and get back to Salem where he can regain control. He just needs to figure out a way to get Sonny back to Salem. Maybe if the brat's brat had a minor accident, that should bring Sonny running back. He smiles to himself, figuring that he has a plan that he can use now, never realizing that by the time they get back to Salem, he won't have time to plan anything for Will's little darling. She, her mommy and Mommy's new boyfriend will be getting ready to leave on an extended trip, so he won't be able to use her to get Sonny to come back.
He will have to figure out some other way to lure Sonny back. He has gotten so used to be able control people through the drug, that he hasn't had to form any plans since his original ones before he came to Salem. He will have to come up with something that will make Sonny want to come back to him.
He needs to make sure that Sonny starts getting his regular doses of the drug before it is completely out of his system, and he has no loyalty to Paul left. He doesn't that Sonny is already free of the drug's effects and knows that Paul has been dosing him for almost three years, any loyalty he had to Paul has been burned away as the drug's effects faded from Sonny's body.
Paul is blissfully unaware that his life is slowly starting to unravel and before he knows it, he will have lost everything once the truth about his actions from both before and since he came to Salem become public knowledge.
Paul is sitting back, just thinking of how he will run Will off this time. He did it once before, so he could do it again. He just needs for everyone to turn on Will once again, this time for causing Sonny to hurt Paul. He will reinforce in everybody's minds how horrible Will is, and they will do all the work for him and he will have Sonny back. This time he will make sure that nothing stops them from getting married. Once he gets that ring on Sonny's finger, he won't be going anywhere without Paul.
It's not like he even really loves Sonny, it's a matter of the fact that he belongs to Paul. He has invested all this time and effort into getting Sonny to be the exact kind of man he wants him to be; he got him to stop being a barista, and he has become CEO of Titan, so much better. How could Sonny have been happy serving coffee to people all day, and even turning it into a club wasn't much better.
Well, he thinks to himself, there is nothing he can do until he is back in oh so lovely Salem. God, the place drives him sometimes but oh well, what can he do? His father and his fiancé love it there, so he must put up with for now. In a couple of years, he will talk Sonny into moving to at least Chicago.
He gets a kick out of the facts that the leading citizens of Salem think they are so cosmopolitan, but if only they knew, that to him, they are just small-town hicks. They just can't see it. They all consider him such a nice guy, who loves them all. As if, he could do without almost all of them most days.
Everything is packed, they all grab their luggage, and go down to the lobby where John is forced to pay for all the damage that was done to the suite during Paul's moods. Right before John steps away from the desk, the manager leans over to John and discreetly mentions that if they should return to Memphis, to please stay at another establishment.
Their business is no longer welcome. She tells them that they have pictures of all the damage done so that they should not try to badmouth the hotel. She informs him that they could still press vandalism charges against Paul if they choose to do so. She has checked with their legal counsel, and this has been confirmed, thank you very much.
John is mortified, and he looks at the manager in shock, and he questions if he heard the woman correctly; and she says yes. We would prefer that if you are coming back, especially with him, pointing at Paul, that you choose alternate lodgings. The rest of the group just look on in shock after John tells them what the manager said after he settled the account.
Justin agrees that what John was told was correct, so they shouldn't say anything that could provoke the hotel. Paul doesn't care, he's just kind of tuning everyone else out, so he thinks that he is not on the hook for what he did to the hotel room. He doesn't realize that even though the room was in his father's name, it would be Paul that would be charged with vandalism. His fingerprints are all over everything he trashed.
Well, here we go back to the airport to take us back to Snoresville or as it's more commonly known Salem. Paul just sits in the vehicle, there is a lot more room because their group is so much smaller now. Once they get to the airport, they go through security and wait for their flight back to Salem.
Finally, they get on board, and the plane readies for takeoff. Once they are in the air, John and Marlena turn around to speak to Paul. They tell him not to worry, that they will take care of everything when they get home, and that he can stay with them for however long as he wants. They are there for him for whatever he needs, and they are sure once Sonny comes to his senses, that he will come back and apologize to Paul for all the pain he has caused him.
Paul scoffs to himself, but out loud he thanks his dad and Marlena for being so good to him, he hopes that they know how much he appreciates them. If it hadn't been for the them for the past few days, he doesn't know how he would have handled everything. They reassure him that there is no need for thanks, he is family and they love him, that they are glad they can be there for him.
They promise him that they will be letting Will know just what they think of him trying to take Sonny away from Paul, that he is being selfish. Just because he was hurt that he has no right to try and ruin Paul's life to make himself feel better. Ironic much.
After a long and bumpy flight, they are finally back in Salem. They gather up their baggage and head back to Marlena's townhouse. Justin and Adrienne decide to stay for the night as well because they feel that they should be there for Paul until they can convince Sonny to come back to Salem and to his fiancé.
The next morning, they all get up and decide that they will go to Horton Town Square for breakfast as they don't have any fresh food in the house. They head off to the square, and as they are sitting down at the restaurant, friends and family show up to greet them and welcome them back. They ask where Sonny is, and where are Sami and Lucas? Do they know how Will is doing, is he coming back to Salem? Everyone is interested in their answers.
John and Marlena decide to answer the questions so that Paul won't be bothered. Paul decides to let them and just sits there looking terribly sad. They tell them that Will had to be moved to have the many surgeries he would need for his recovery. Sami and Lucas went with him to the place where his surgeries were going to be performed, no they don't know where because it is aboard a military vessel somewhere, the location undisclosed.
No, they don't know if Will is coming back to Salem, because they didn't have a chance to talk to him before he was sent away for his treatment, so they are waiting to hear on that topic. They were barred from seeing him because he had a medical crisis right after he was taken to the trauma center in Memphis. They then say that Marlena believes that poor Sonny had some type of breakdown from the stress of the past couple of weeks.
It must be that because Sonny somehow got the idea in his head that he didn't want to be with Paul anymore, that he wanted Will back, and all the foolish things he was saying before he took off on them in Memphis. He said that Will was the real love of his life, and they all know that isn't true, it is so obvious that Paul is the one that Sonny really loves.
They believe that Sonny is acting this way because he feels guilty that Dr. Rolf had taken Will and had been experimenting on him. They say that this is foolish because no one knew that Will was alive, so no one should feel bad that he went through some awful things while Rolf had him.
Everyone agrees with them and tell Paul to hang in there, that Sonny will come to his senses, and come back to Paul. Anyone can see that they truly belong together, and that they are such a sweet and loving couple.
Paul decides to make sure that everyone is on his side, so he says that they should all cut Sonny some slack because he has had a terrible shock, to find out that the husband he had mourned, was actually alive, and that he had been in the hands of a mad scientist.
Of course, he would be thrown by everything, so he is sure once Sonny can process all of this, that he will come back. They all look at Paul in admiration, and say that Sonny is so lucky to have someone so understanding. Paul looks down at the table so that they can't see the smirk on his face, like he said before, so gullible.
Adrienne also mentions the terrible video message that Will had left for them before he was airlifted for his surgeries, how he said such horrible things to all of them, how he insulted them all and their families. About the horrible comments he made to his grandmother and John; she also mentions how he said so many hateful and untrue things to Sonny and Paul. None of the group that came back will admit that everything Will said to them was true though.
People in Salem are not surprised that Will could be so cruel; they know what he is like, it was obvious his last year in Salem. To think though that he would be so awful to people who put their lives on hold just to go look for him.
None of them think about how Will had reasons to feel the way he does and that would be the reason he went off on all of them. Of course, it must be all Will's doing, he is known for doing things that only benefit himself, you know.
He is so ungrateful for how well everyone always looked out for him, and how they tried to correct him to make him into a better person. Some people just can't be taught though. Obviously Will Horton must be one of those people.
They decide to just forget about him again. Why waste time thinking about someone that doesn't deserve their consideration and concern. Sadly, many of the people who are agreeing about how ungrateful and nasty Will has been since he was found are members of his own family; they are adding more pain to what Will has already been through.
They don't realize that everything they are saying is still being recorded by the FBI and that it will come back to haunt them. It will be added to the film projects that will cause the public humiliation and downfall of so many of Salem's finest citizens.
The FBI will pass on the footage so that Will can be prepared if he decides to go back to Salem at some point, T wants to make sure that Will knows so that he can make sure that can't say they never said any of it; if they try that tactic, he will just play the recording for them to remind them of their oh so kind remarks about Will that day.
They are all just sheep and can't think for themselves anymore. They are so used to be told what to think and how to behave that they can't even see that they are used by their dearly loved Paul, and that when the truth comes out, they will most likely be after causing irreparable damage to their relationships with several people, especially Will.
The scariest thing is that they are all hearing what they and everyone else is saying, and know how they have treated Will in the past but no one can honestly see that they are wrong; they are being hateful and cruel, and they are even now making the situation worse.
Once they are free from the effects of the drugs, they will expect that Will should immediately forgive them, but they don't realize that Will can only take so much from people treating him like that, until he has no other feelings towards them, just indifference left for them.
His heart can only take so much pain before he cuts them out of it. The sad thing is that they figure that Will always has to be the bigger person in every situation, even when they are the ones who caused so much pain to him.
They continue to talk to the group that came back from Memphis about their trip, and find out that after the first two days, they stopped looking for Will and his parents. They complain about rudely they were treated by the FBI and the staff at the trauma center. Their listeners hear FBI and Jennifer pipes up asking them what they are talking about.
They explain that the FBI was making a bunch of wild claims that Will was helping them with cases from information that he learned about while he was being held by Dr. Rolf. They say that Will can help them close many cases. Abe comes by and catches the last comment, it makes him wonder if this is part of the new program that will be helping the Salem PD.
He can't say anything though since he got an email late the day before that they will be announcing the new program publicly in a couple of days time and they have asked that he not say anything until they make the announcement. He doesn't want to take a chance of losing the funding and extra personnel, so he decides not to say anything right now.
They have already sent off the files with the AG personnel after making sure they kept copies of everything in case anything got lost in transit. The only concern is the physical evidence, but the AG's office came and got everything ready to go. They are used to dealing with evidence, so Abe isn't going to worry too much about it.
Abe is happy about the possibility of more federal funding once their closure rates rise when the AG's office is finished with the files; and they find some new leads for them to pursue, of course, the officers in Salem will perform any arrests and get the credit, or so he thinks.
As they are finishing up breakfast, Maggie and Victor come by again with Doug and Julie. They greet everyone and ask where Sonny is. They are filled in on the happenings of the last week. They tell the others that they missed something interesting themselves while they were gone.
There is going to be a new film festival that is going to take place in Salem. It's about time that Salem was honored this way. It will feature several short films and documentaries. They say how a portion of one documentary was filmed in Salem while they were gone, and how many of them took part in the documentary. It was such fun Maggie exclaims.
Justin speaks up and asks if they had signed releases and could he see one. Victor has his copy of the release he signed on his phone, so he shows it to Justin. Justin looks at it and says that everything seems to be in order, and that the releases are legal and binding.
They don't know that they are going to regret ever signing those releases so quickly and eagerly, it is going to make them very unhappy with their wish to be on screen, to be part of a documentary; to have their opinions heard because of course, theirs answers were correct.
He says that the idea of having a witness to the signed release is good. No one could come back and say that they didn't know what they were signing. He jokes that because they signed allowing any and all footage they have of the people that took part in the documentary, that he hopes nobody said anything that they wouldn't want to be seen in public.
Marlena asks what the documentary is about, but Justin speaks up and says that he saw that there is a confidentiality clause in the release, so they can't talk about the details of the project until after it has premiered in the film festival.
She is disappointed but figures she will have to wait for the film festival to see what it was about and to see all her dear friends and family on the big screen. She, Maggie and Julie say they will have to get new outfits for the premiere, and all their husbands just roll their eyes. Another reason to go shopping, yay.
At the same time in Switzerland, Austin and Carrie are preparing a guest room for Sonny. They are getting everything ready when Carrie asks Austin are they doing the right thing. They want Sonny to be safe, but they wonder should they be giving Sonny the chance to try and get back into Will's life.
They know how much Sonny hurt Will not only that last year but during the time that he was held by Rolf, due to Sonny's behavior with Paul; because T arranged for them to see all the clips that were included in the divorce papers and they know how Sonny treated him during that time and what he did to Will, how Will had to see Sonny being with Paul all loved up.
They are aware of the fact that Sonny has been drugged, but they don't want anything or anyone that could hurt Will to be around him when they bring him here for his rehabilitation. They think that this time Sonny wouldn't deliberately hurt Will, but that's not saying it won't happen anyway.
Will has to be their number one priority. For the longest time they thought they had lost him forever, but they now have him back, and they won't let anyone hurt him ever again, including their families in Salem. They can't believe that no one has noticed that they aren't acting like themselves anymore and that they haven't been for years according to T.
He has told that them that it seems likely that Paul has increased the amount of the drug that he is giving to everyone that was left in Memphis with him; because before where they were judgemental and cruel towards Will, now they have been either completely indifferent or have been acting like they hate Will.
They are trying to say that Will shouldn't be taking Sonny away from Paul, even though Sonny hasn't even spoken to Will yet. They are blaming Will for Sonny having a mind of his own and making decisions that they don't like.
They have heard the conversations and they all sound irrational. They would be scared if they had heard the conversations before the group left Memphis, because it sounded like everyone, but Paul have lost their minds.
Carrie and Austin are wondering if the larger doses can cause permanent damage to the people taking it. They pray that their once loving and kind family members can come back to themselves. If they can't, they will make sure that Will is never exposed to their attitudes and behavior ever again.
He has been through so much at the hands of their family already, he can't be put through that again. He needs to concentrate on his recovery, and let them take care of the family. He is going to have to go into therapy, they know that, so Austin has been researching the best therapists in Switzerland.
They don't care how much they cost, they will pay whatever price necessary to help Will get back to himself and work through the pain he suffered the last three years. He needs someone who can help him and get him to know that they way he was treated and what they did and said to him was never his fault.
That he was not responsible for what happened due to the chip, no matter what anyone in Salem said. He will have to work through the anger he has toward Sonny, his family, and particularly Paul. He needs to get rid of the anger and bitterness before it changes him.
They know that they can't understand how he feels, they can only imagine what it felt like to have everyone he knew and loved turn on him, especially his husband, the one person that he had thought would always be there for him.
To find out that everything he went through in Salem was to remove him from his husband's life so that Sonny's ex could have him back as a consolation prize, not even because he really loved him. How can you comprehend someone being so twisted and selfish that they thought they had the right to do that to someone?
That he not only drugged and assaulted Will, but he arranged for it be done another time as well; Will is going to have to deal with the fact that he was sexually assaulted twice as part of Paul's plan to get Sonny back. In Paul's sick twisted mind, he thought that having Will sexually assaulted but making it look like Will cheated twice was acceptable because it helped his plan to succeed.
They must help Will get over this pain before he gets to the point that he can't deal with it and hurts either himself or someone else. Talking it out with the therapist is great, but they believe that Will could need a physical outlet for his anger and frustration.
Austin thought about a heavy bag first, or even one of those dummies with the strike zones so that Will could beat the hell out of the thing, letting him imagine that he was doing that to Paul instead. They have gotten them set up in the basement for Will, but T had another idea afterwards that they liked also.
They set up a corner of their basement so that Will can smash items against the brick wall. They went to the thrift store and bought everything they had that was breakable. They know that it will be satisfying to see the items smash into pieces, he can use each piece for a time that he was hurt by someone back there in Salem.
He will be able to smash the memory of what each person said or did to him into bits until the memory and the pain that he went through are just like dust in the wind. Put pictures on the wall of everyone that hurt Will and let the breaking begin. Let him smash the pieces against the pictures if he wants, so that he is able to get through his anger with each person without resorting to physically hurting them, and getting himself in trouble.
T also had the idea to take the broken bits and use them to make something beautiful from all the pain they represented. Like a mosaic, and it can show Will that he came out of top no matter what they did. He can have a beautiful physical reminder that he can look at to show him that he was and is stronger than anything they could ever do to Will.
They really like this idea, and Carrie thinks that she, Billie and Sami can help Will with the mosaic. They can use this time bond and reconnect with Will. Seb had told them all about his friends, and she remembers that there was Sam, who is an artist, and that when she told Seb about T's idea; he checked with Sam, who said that he would help them come up with a concept to use for the mosaic., and help them create it while he is in Switzerland.
Like they said, make something beautiful out of the broken past. He is stoked to help them, and like all of Seb's friend, he wants to get to know Will and possibly help him get his life started again. They are all hoping that Seb will get a chance with his dream guy.
They knew that it will more difficult now that the news has gotten to them that there is definitive proof that Sonny was not responsible for all his own actions during the last three years; that his ex fiancé was drugging Sonny since shortly after the ex Paul came to town. He was using some designer drug that made people loyal to whoever was drugging them when they were told what to believe or how to act.
They couldn't believe when they heard that most likely that Paul had somehow managed to drug most of Will's family and friends just so that he could drive Will out of Sonny's life one way or the other. Obviously, this is just a suspicion right now, but the FBI are in the process of a plan to get everyone tested to see if this true.
Apparently, both Sonny's and Paul's parents are acting totally irrational, so they believe that they are being drugged as well. They can't believe that someone would go to those lengths just to get an ex back. That anyone would think that they had the right to do that, this guy must be insane, there is no other explanation. To ruin someone else's life, to do what he did, he is sick.
Sonny is apparently clear of the drug now, the only good thing about the drug is that at a low dose, it is not addictive, once the person is off the drug, they don't crave to go back on it. They will finally be able to think clearly and not feel like they are moving through a fog.
The funny thing is that they don't realize that they felt like that until they aren't taking it anymore. He is determined to win his husband back, but he is going to have to get past all the pain he caused Will.
This should give Seb an advantage over Sonny because he has never hurt Will. He is starting his romancing of Will with a blank slate. He is doing everything he can to build Will up, and is supporting a cause that Will is interested in, with getting the concert staged to raise more funds for the officer and agents' charities.
He is helping to get payback for Will from the hypocritical citizens of Salem. Sam is glad that he didn't go as part of the crew, he doesn't think that he could have stopped himself from commenting, and it would have given away their plan.
Their group can't wait for the festival so that they can see the downfall of so many of Salem's finest, and they don't mean the police. The public payback will be so good, and he must admit that Sonny's plan is pretty good as well. Make the people of Salem feel just a bit of what Will went through before that madman got his hands on him.
Seb is trying to show Will that he will support him in every way. Seb knows that he might never get Will, but at least he can help him get his life back and give him an excellent group of people that he can always depend on, unlike those in Salem. He knows that Will still has feelings for Sonny, and that might mean that he will end up back with Sonny.
However, if that does happen, Sonny is going to have to work to get to be with Will again. Sonny needs to know that he can't just expect to come right back and just have Will be his again. He needs to prove to Will that he does deserve to be with him, that he would be lucky to have Will love him again.
Their groups are working on all the plans that Seb has come up with to help Will. Brittany and Santana will be the first ones Will meets, and they will be able to fill him in all about Seb. He will love Brittany, everyone does, and he will come to like Santana, once he gets used to her.
The fashionistas are going to teach Will how to make himself look as hot as he is. They are going to love having him be a real live Ken doll for them to dress up. When Will goes back to Salem for the film festival or the slap-down that it will really be, well they are going to make sure that everyone's jaws are going to hit the ground when they see how hot Will looks.
Seb and Kurt are hoping that Will's parents can talk him into the photo shoot and campaign, it will be a huge boost to his confidence. They have talked Isabelle into making sure that there is a huge billboard with Will on it right in Horton Town Square once he does the shoot. Can you imagine the faces of everyone in Salem when they are confronted by a giant picture of Will looking amazing? It will be great.
To be honest, they are all shocked that Will doesn't see himself as gorgeous already, even the straight guys in their groups have admitted that Will is hot. Puck said that even he would be tempted, and Sam doesn't think he has ever met someone who was as crazy for women as Puck.
The plans for the concert and the linkups to the performers concerts are coming along great. Their friends in the industry have been talking to the people they are hoping to have perform or let their concert be linked to them that night; and so far, the response has been very positive.
They expect once the article by Isabelle comes out, that they will get a lot more support. They hope that they can raise a lot of money for the charities that Will favors. They are great causes that don't always get the attention they need or deserve.
Seb is not just doing all these things to get Will. He really wants to support Will either as a friend or lover. He thinks what Will is doing for those charities is great, and want to help. Honestly even if Will decides to go back to Sonny, Sam thinks Seb would be happy for him, as long as Will is happy.
After the hell Will has been through, he deserves to be happy.
Carrie and Austin get together that night with Billie, Sandor and Seb. She passes on the news that Will has made it through his eighth and final surgery. She tells them that the doctors have placed him in a medically induced coma for about a week so that his body can heal without him doing anything to strain it.
They are all excited and happy. They have to get everything ready for when Will gets there. Carrie tells them that she has found a place for Will and everyone else to stay. It is just one street over, and it has everything that Will needs while he recovers especially the ground floor bed and bath.
While they are having dessert, T calls them and conferences Sami and Lucas in as well. He tells them that all the arrangements have been made for Sonny to come stay with them, and that they have gotten clearance for Gabi to be able to leave the country so that she can come with Ari, while Will is recuperating.
They know that having Ari there will help Will recover, as he will want to spend time with his daughter and reconnect. Sami and Lucas tell everyone that they called the kids just a little while ago, and finally told them about Will. Sami tears up as she tells them how the kids screamed and cried with absolute joy when they heard that their big brother was alive.
Of course, they didn't tell them everything when they asked what had happened, why everyone thought that Will had died. They explained that an evil man had made them believe that Will had died, but he had taken him away from them.
They have made the arrangements for the kids to join them in Switzerland when they come there with Will. Sami asks Carrie has she found them somewhere yet? Carrie says that she has found a wonderful place for them all just a street over from her and Austin.
There is even enough room for Gabi and Ari to stay with them, so Will can see his daughter anytime. She says that Gabi's boyfriend Eli can stay with them, they have enough room even with Sonny staying with them.
T then tells them about the conversations that they had recorded earlier that day when Paul, John and the rest of them met up with most of the family that morning for breakfast; and what was said about Will. He tells them that they have set up the plan to get everyone tested, they just need to do it.
He honestly believes that they must be drugged, how else could they still be so uncaring towards Will? They are so mad that the people in Salem are still trashing Will, when he had nothing to with Sonny leaving Paul. He was in the middle of his first surgery when Sonny made that decision.
He tells them also that he has passed on the clips to Artie to be edited into their documentary, and that it will be ready in time for the festival. He then passes on the news about Paul's escapades while Sonny was in Paris, and that they have decided to add that into the very end of the documentary about the biggest hypocrite of them all. Poetic justice they all decide, to have all his deceptions laid bare for all of Salem to see.
He also tells them that most of the guys are willing to state on video just how bad Paul was, if they know what he means. They crack up. They can picture just how humiliated the creep will be with those revelations.
Carrie has the same reaction as she did the first time she heard the comments, and they look at her looking for an explanation. Carrie admits that she forgot to tell them what she had learned earlier because of everything else going on right now.
Austin asks Sami and Lucas how they are holding up after the last week, knowing that it had to be stressful on them, especially Lucas where he had been drinking before they went to the aircraft carrier for the surgeries.
They tell them that they are doing great and Sami says that Lucas has been sober for over a week now, they are truly happy to hear that, because they knew that Lucas had been sober for so long; and when he fell off the wagon and he was in so much pain; and then the news about Will just made want to drink even more.
Sami also tells them that she and Lucas have hashed out everything that happened between them, being stuck on the ship together really didn't let them get that far away from each other. Lucas and she have discussed him acting like a dad for Johnny and Sydney if they want him to, because there are times they don't want to talk to their mom, they need a father figure to talk to.
Lucas tells them that they are back to being the friends that had been when they were younger, and that they are both happy about that. Before everything happened, they had been the best of friends, and they both missed that since Will was little, to be honest. He says that it has been great having Sami there for the support and she says the same thing as well.
Lucas tells them that Brian believes he might have been exposed slightly to the drugs that Paul was using on everyone else. They believe that he might have ingested it a few times when he had tea with Adrienne, and that was why he never said anything to her when she was always trashing Will. He admits now that he can't believe that he stayed with a woman who treated his son that way.
He says that he is so ashamed because of that, and can't wait for when Will is conscious, and he can apologize. He only hopes that Will can accept his apology. Austin tells him that he believes that Will doesn't blame otherwise he wouldn't have agreed to see him in Memphis at the trauma center. Sami says to Lucas that she had said the same thing, he should have listened to her, she is always right, and she laughs when she says it.
Carrie and Austin look at each other, and are wondering if there is anything more going on between Sami and Lucas. She decides that she will find out when they get there with Will. Carrie decides that she wants to call Kate or Jennifer in Salem, and see what they say to her about Will.
T says okay, just give him a moment to link Sonny into the call, he needs to hear what they are saying about him and Will; he suggests that everyone except Carrie mute their phones, so that Kate won't know anyone else is listening, on the chance that someone blurts out something about what they hear. He tells her that Sonny is on the line, so Carrie goes ahead and calls her mother-in-law. After a couple of rings, Kate picks up the call.
Carrie, "Kate, I just wanted to update you with the latest news on Will. I am not sure that with everything going on that Sami and Lucas thought about calling you. It's great news, Will has just had his last surgery. It took eight surgeries for them to fix everything that quack did to my nephew; but they finally have finished, and they have placed him in a medically induced coma so that he can heal properly.
Isn't that fantastic? I was going to call Marlena next, since they are still in Memphis and tell them the news. I am sure that all six of them will be happy to hear that Will is doing a lot better."
Kate, "Actually, they just came back last night but Sonny wasn't with them. Somehow Will guilted him into breaking up with Paul, the poor man is devastated. Everyone knows that Sonny is in love with Paul, not Will, but the guilt of finding out Will was alive made him think that he's still in love with Will. That's ridiculous, Paul is the true love of Sonny's life. Even after all this, Paul is making excuses for Sonny. That man better realize how lucky he is, and come back and marry Paul.
Adrienne also told us about the horrible message that Will recorded for them before he went to have his surgeries. He was so nasty to all of them. The horrible things he said about her and Justin, the way he spoke to Marlena and John, and worst of all the hurtful and untrue things he said to Sonny and Paul.
That's just like Will, we know that, you just have to look at what he was like before he died or was taken, whatever. Well, he won't be forgiven until he comes back and apologizes to everyone like he should. Perhaps while he is recovering, he can think about what he did and said, and realize just how wrong he was; and that he shouldn't try to come between such a great couple like Paul and Sonny."
Everyone listening to the call all have the same shocked and horror filled look on their faces. The damage is so much worse than they even thought. It's like everyone that was close to Will are now acting like cult members and Paul is their leader.
It's insane, they have to get the testing to happen as soon as possible. They will have to increase the quarantine for a few more days so that they can be sure that the drugs get out of everyone's systems as soon as possible, and that they are not able to be dosed again. They have to be detoxed as soon as possible. They cannot bring Will back there before then. Salem is in deep trouble.
Carrie says, "That's really interesting what you're saying, Kate. I just wanted to give you the update on Will, can you call the others and let them know. I will talk to you in a few days. Bye for now."
Carrie hangs up the call and everyone else unmutes their phones, and they start talking. Sonny can't believe that Will is being blamed for something he decided while Will was unconscious. He needs to stay away, until the FBI has gotten everyone detoxed.
As much as he wants to help his family, he would not be able to control himself if he was back there and they started in on Will in front of him. It's unbelievable that Paul has gotten everyone on his side; Kate was insulting her own grandson when she was talking to Carrie and she didn't think that there was anything wrong with what she was saying.
Before Paul had gotten to everyone by drugging them, and now controlling almost all their thoughts and actions, Kate would have ripped to shreds anyone who dared say something like that about Will. She had been one of his staunchest defenders, and one of the people he counted on to be there for him.
He must believe that once they have all been detoxed like he was, that they will be desperate to apologize to Will and make it up to him for everything they had done. Will doesn't deserve this, Paul is still making people turn on him, while the true monster is Paul.
Will Salem be able to recover once they hear the truth and have it proven to them with all the evidence that the FBI has collected against Paul. Sonny prays that Paul is put away for life for all the damage he has done to Salem, but especially for the hell he has caused Will. Even serving life won't be able to guarantee that the damage he did is repaired, and the relationships he ruined are able to be renewed.
The people of Salem who targeted Will for their judgement and punishment will need to make it up to Will, but can anything ever do that completely? Even before any of this happened, some of the people were never able to apologize even when they were in the wrong. They just expected the person they hurt to get over it, like his uncle Vic.
They don't even realize it, but they may have lost Will forever. Sonny knows that if Will can never go back to Salem, then he won't either. Nothing is more important to him than making sure that Will is happy for the rest of his life.
