Willing it to Be Chapter 12

It's the morning after Carrie's call to Kate, and Sonny is getting ready to go the airport to fly to Switzerland. T picks Sonny up at his hotel, he is taking him to the local branch of his bank, and Sonny is able to withdraw a good amount of money.

They agree that this is a clever idea, and arrange for the bank to transfer more money to an account in Switzerland that Carrie has set up for him for his time there; so that he won't have to use his credit card when he gets there, this will make it harder for anyone to track him down if there is no activity on his card.

Sonny can't take all the money that's in the account because of the limit on how much you can take into a foreign country when travelling. They know that must likely that Paul and possibly John have been monitoring Sonny's card to see if he has been making any purchases, and they could use that information to pinpoint his location.

They can't let this happen, Sonny needs to get away from anyone in Salem so that they can't try to force him to go back. They know by this point that Paul is willing to do whatever is necessary for his plan to work, so they don't believe he would have a problem with kidnapping Sonny to get him back to Salem. Right now, they could see John and Justin agreeing to help him, and that they would think that they were doing what is best for Sonny, or really Paul.

T takes him to the nearest department store so that he can pick up some heavier clothes for the colder weather in Switzerland. He picks up enough to last him for a couple of months, he knows that once Will gets there, he doesn't want to waste any time shopping. He wants to start trying to fix things with Will right away.

After he pays for all his new clothes, he gets them packed at the store, and T takes Sonny to the airport for his flight. He uses his credentials to get him and Sonny past security, and he waits at the airport with Sonny until Sonny has boarded his flight, and is on his way, happily but also nervously flying to Switzerland. Sonny knows that this trip will determine his future with Will, and he can't wait for his chance to start fixing what he broke.

Finally, after a very long flight, he lands in Switzerland, and once he is finished at Customs, he waits at the arrival area looking for Will's aunt and uncle. He is very nervous because he has never met them before, and he knows that they have heard everything that has happened in the last three years.

He knows that they have heard what he has done to hurt their beloved nephew, or the young man they see as their son, especially Austin. He vaguely remembers something Will told him about his uncle, something about boxing, oh yeah, Austin was a champion boxer, uh oh.

Sonny knows that he must make the best impression on them both, that he needs to show them how much he truly loves Will; how much he wants Will back, that he knows what he has done to Will and he is owning up to it, and that he knows how much he has hurt Will in the past.

He needs to show them that he intends to make up for every hurtful or cruel word he said to Will, the fact that he never stopped anyone from insulting and degrading Will during that time, that he never stood up for his husband. That is all on him, and he needs to them that he truly regrets that this happened, that he let it happen.

He needs to own up to all his mistakes without trying to blame it all on the drugging, it may have been a factor, huge in fact, but he knows that the drug greatly exaggerated feelings that he was subconsciously dealing with, and never acknowledged.

He also must acknowledge every action or lack of action that he was responsible for either directly or indirectly that caused Will even a moment of pain. He has to admit that even though he said that he didn't want Paul back, that he was flattered by the attention, and he didn't stop it. That he used that attention to get back at Will when he thought that Will had cheated on him, that he wanted Will to hurt just as much as he did.

He knows that it will take weeks, no months to make up for everything that happened, and that's if he can even get Will to speak to him, hell, even look at him. Sonny knows that at first, most likely all that is likely to happen will be Will screaming at him to get out, that he hates Sonny.

He knows that this will rip his heart out, but he must be strong because he has to stick around and show Will that he is serious, that Will is the only one he wants and that he is the only one in Sonny's heart. He has to be able to take the pain that Will throws at him, because he did so much worse, he deliberately tried to break Will's heart, and he will have to live with that.

It's because of these things, that Sonny intends to continue with his therapy, and use the lessons he is learning there, to make sure that he never does any of these things again, especially to Will. He is hoping that if he and Will get back together, that he can get Will to agree to go to couple's therapy so that they can learn to communicate with each other, and so that no one can ever come between them again.

He believes that they will be able to honestly tell each other when things are bothering them, and how to work them out, without damaging their relationship. He believes that this will make their marriage much stronger, not that it could get any worse than it is right now; and no matter what else they face in the future, that they can do it together, happy and secure with each other.

He knows that he must prove all of this to Will's family before Will even gets brought to Switzerland for his recuperation and physical therapy. He wants to help Will recover anyway he can, and he hopes that Carrie and Austin will be able to see that he is truly sincere in his desire to help Will get well again, and that he truly wants to have the love of his life back, and that his strongest wish is to make sure that Will is happy.

He finally spots Austin and Carrie, they have arrived to meet him at the airport and bring him back to their home. On the drive from the airport, Austin pulls off to the side of the road; when the car stops, Sonny is not sure what to expect. He sits in the back seat and just looks at them, and Austin as well as Carrie come down on Sonny like a house of bricks.

They tell him that before they get to their house, they are some things that Sonny needs to know, and that if he doesn't agree to comply with the rules that they and Sami and Lucas have up with, that he can just find somewhere else to stay, or to go back home. They tell him that they can turn around and go right back to the airport, and he can catch the next flight back to America.

They lay down the rules: That he is not allowed to pressure Will, that he cannot complain to Will about the amount of time he gets to spend with him, that Sebastian will get equal time with Will, and that during their visits, someone will always be there in the room so that if Will starts getting upset, they can step in and intervene. If Will can't deal with seeing him, that he will have to wait until Will feels up to it. If Will agrees to it, Sonny can also take part in the outings that Seb's friends have planned.

They tell Sonny point blank either he follows the rules they just gave him or he's out of there. He can still stay in Switzerland, that would be up to Sonny himself, but he won't have any access to Will. Their main concern right now and in the foreseeable future is Will, and he handles everything once he gets there.

Sonny finds out that he will not be staying at the same place at Will. The only good thing is that Seb is staying elsewhere as well. Billie and Sandor have rented a huge house for the reunion that is close by to everyone else.

He agrees, especially to the outings, he figures that it will give him a chance to see what Seb is like, and how much his friends try to give Seb the edge when it comes to winning Will. He wants to show Will and everyone else that he is himself again, the guy that Will fell in love with and married; and that he is prepared to do whatever Will wants, if it makes Will happy.

Yes, Sonny is frustrated at the rules, but he understands why they are in place, and he knew before he even left Memphis that there would be rules for him to follow. So, Sonny is happy that for the first time in years, that some of Will's relatives are putting Will first. They are making sure that Will is comfortable and happy, they are taking care of Will and his needs.

He knows now that if Sami with Carrie and Austin had been in Salem at the time, that things would most likely have turned out differently. He wishes that they had been, he is sure that Sami would have exposed Paul for everything he has done then and there. Paul is a manipulator, but Sami could run rings around him, and he means that as a compliment.

Sami would have seen through his saintly act. She would have stomped Paul into the ground for trying to hurt her son. He believes that Sami would never have been drugged, that she would have been suspicious of anything that Paul offered her, and would have steered clear of him, especially after she knew that he was going after her son's husband.

She would have gotten Will into see a doctor when his behavior changed so abruptly, and that Carrie and Austin would have backed her up, they would have known something was wrong with Will, they would have helped Will unlike everyone else in Salem, himself included. He is determined that he will do whatever is necessary to get his husband back, and that he can make sure that Will's happiness comes first, that it will be his number one goal.

They finally arrive in the town that Carrie and Austin live in, it's on the outskirts of Zurich and is a pretty little place. They get to the house, and he puts his suitcases in the guestroom that he will be using while he is there, and decides to get unpacked and settled in for his stay. He is going to be there for a long time, until Will is better.

Once he is finished doing this, he goes to see if he can help with the meal. He finds them in the kitchen and asks if there is anything he can do to help. They tell him that he can grab the things laid out and go set the table for the four of them. He meets Will's little cousin Robbie then. He is sweet, and he can only imagine that Will was the same at that age, he thinks that Robbie looks a little like a dark haired Will.

Sonny wants to give Carrie and Austin a chance to know the real him, not the evil clone that he feels like he has been for the past three years. He asks them if he can explain about he has come back to himself since the drugs wore off. He knows that he is back to the real him, not the drugged-up version that he was during that time thanks to Paul's actions.

He tells them that he honestly believes that it was like living as his own evil twin, and what he can see know that he looks back at the things that happened, he does not like the person he became during that time. He says that looking back at the last three years, it's like looking at movie, knowing the plot and characters; and knowing how it was supposed to work out, but then seeing it go completely off the rails for no reason; and not being able to fix it back to how it was supposed to be, no matter what he tried. He says it was like being in a waking nightmare.

Now that he can see his actions during that time and the effect they had on Will, he is horrified and disgusted with himself. He hates the pain that he caused Will, and he can look back and see how much he did; especially when he got together with Paul, and that he was going to marry the man who ruined Will's life for his own benefit.

He tells that him becoming CEO of Titan is a good example, he never wanted to be part of his family's businesses, that the was happy running the coffee house and then the club. He admits that he wasn't interested at that time of ever becoming part of the corporate life of Titan. He wanted to keep building his own business, not just walk into a job that he got from being related to the owner. He was slowly manipulated into becoming the perfect partner for Paul.

He can see now that he wasn't good enough when he just ran his own small business, that he had to be more appropriate for Paul's image of what his partner should do for a living. He knows that Will always loved him, no matter what he did with his life; that it was Sonny that was important, not his job.

He also tells them honestly that after they thought that Will was gone, and he came back from Paris, even when he was with Paul, that during their whole relationship, the feelings at the best of times never came near what he felt during the worst times with Will.

He tells that it never felt the same physically with Paul, like it did with Will. He tells them what he told T, that there was always this disconnect, he didn't feel anything, that it was just sex to him, and now he knows that the only reason he was ever intimate with Paul, was because of the drugs, that he didn't have a choice about being intimate with Paul, he had to be drugged to want to be with Paul.

It makes him sick to even think about, and that because of what Paul had done to him, that he made sure that he got tested because he feels that Paul could have exposed him to something. He tells them that he is sure that Will never cheated on him, at least not willingly, he knows that Paul did something to make it happen.

Now Carrie and Austin know all about Paul's activities while Sonny was in Paris, but that Sonny hasn't found out yet, that he won't until the news breaks at the film festival; they wonder should they warn him. They decide to give him a broad hint, and say having heard what they have, that they think he is smart to have been tested, that yes Paul might not have been as truthful as Sonny used to think he was.

He tells them that he believes that the FBI are investigating Paul for the attack on Will as well, because he knows there will be charges against Paul for the not only the drugging of him, but all the others. He tells them about the payback video that he is compiling.

He says that he is doing something that will give all the people who hurt Will a taste of what they put Will through. Yes, it will embarrass them, but hopefully it will teach them a lesson as well, not to be so cruel to someone going through a terrible time like Will was during that time.

He knows that some things might be slightly vindictive, but the temporary embarrassment it causes them is going to be well worth it, if they learn not to ever do what they did to Will to anyone one else ever again.

He also says that he knows that he is not blameless for everything he did to Will, that he is far from blameless. He is working on a list to give to Will that acknowledges everything he did wrong. He wants Will to tell him what Sonny needs to do for every action to make Will feel better, to hopefully get Will to forgive him.

He just has to take away the pain that he caused Will and make him realize that he was wrongly blamed for things he never did; and that Sonny is willing to do whatever Will needs him to do, to make that pain go away, and that he will spend the rest of his life proving that.

He says that he doesn't care if it takes forever, he is going to make it up to Will and show him that Will is the only person in his heart, his soulmate, the love of his life. He admits to them that he knows that he has a long fight ahead of him, but he needs to prove to Will how much he loves him, and how truly sorry he is.

The most important thing is for Will to come back to himself, that he can be the loving and sweet person he was before Salem screwed up so much, and the torture they put him through before Rolf ever got his hands on Will. After looking at the clips that Will had to see, he understands the anger, pain and bitterness that Will is feeling right now, and that he has every right to feel that way.

He doesn't know if he would have dealt with the situation as well as Will has, if he had been put through everything that happened. He knows that he could not have been able to be compassionate towards Sami as Will was towards Adrienne, if the situations had been reversed.

He says that even after everything his mother put Will through in the past, that he still saved her from Statesville, this proves that the real Will is still there, underneath everything he is feeling right now. He hopes that he can get Will to let that part of himself out again.

Getting Will to forgive him, and healing the damage he did to Will and his heart; it is the most important thing in the world to him, only second to Will and Ari, who are his life and family. He tells them that if, no hopefully when he can win Will back, that one of these days, that Ari won't be an only child anymore. He wants to raise a family with Will. He says that he can picture them in their own house with a bunch of kids running around.

Carrie and Austin are happy to hear this, that Sonny is not just thinking about the next couple of months, that he is considering the distant future as well. They tell them that they are glad that he was able to talk to them about this, and wonder if he would let them tell Sami and Lucas what he has said.

He says yes, but he tells them that he knows that he has a long road ahead with his in-laws, and he is ready for that. He needs to prove to everyone that he is truly worthy of Will, and that this time he knows exactly who and what he wants, and that it is Will and only Will.

They spend the rest of the evening getting to know their nephew's husband, and they like him because they can see and hear the sincerity when he talks about his feelings for Will. However, they can't forget what has happened, and they know that what Will wants has to be the most important thing to everyone. They are willing to give him a chance, but they are also standing with Will.

To them, getting Will back to full health physically and emotionally are the most important tasks ahead of them. Will is going to be so angry when he sees Sonny, but they need to talk, even if it is to end everything on a civil note, because Will is not built for hating anyone, it would destroy him.

To be honest though, they hope that Will and Sonny can make it work, they can see that the love is there on Sonny's side, and they believe that Will does indeed love Sonny. They know that Will just has to be able to get past all the hurt and anger; which they admit is justified after everything that has happened. They believe that Will's heart is huge enough that he can do this, he is sweet and loving, but he is in a bad place right now because of Paul and Dr. Rolf.

They believe that once Will's learns that Sonny was being drugged from the beginning, and that this was the largest contributing factor of Sonny's actions at that time; that this should help him in understanding why Sonny acted the way he did; and this may open the lines of communication between Will and Sonny, to help them either get back together or end things on a good note.

They know that Will can't be pushed into anything and that Will needs to start counselling to be able to get rid of all the negative emotions he has experienced since his life went to hell. Carrie and Austin know that both Will and Sonny will need counseling for everything that happened. Sonny to deal with his feelings of guilt and of being used by Paul; and Will, for his hurt, anger and feelings of betrayal by almost everyone in Salem.

Carrie asks Sonny if he plans to continue his therapy now that he is in Switzerland, and he says yes. He has already contacted a therapist, and has daily appointments scheduled so that he can continue to work on getting himself back to where he was before everything went wrong.

He admits that he is talking about before Paul came to Salem as well. He had issues, but he never wanted to face them, and look where it landed him. Carrie is glad that Sonny realizes that he had responsibility for the issues in his marriage as much if not more than Will.

Carrie believes that the hardest part for Will to be able to get past is the fact that Sonny did have some lingering feelings for Paul when they got together and later when they married, even though Sonny denied it. She asks him quite bluntly if he has resolved his feelings for Paul, and he tells her that no longer has any romantic feelings for Paul.

He admits that he did when he first met Will, and that he was wrong to deny it, that led to problems between them; that Will is justified in feeling that Sonny lied to him. Sonny tells her that he caused Will to doubt his importance to Sonny, and that is all on Sonny.

He admits that he should have resolved his feelings for Paul, and not ignored them. He was hurt and humiliated that Paul was willing to choose his career over his love for Sonny; and when that happened Sonny left Paul behind. He says that he honestly thought that by the time he got to Salem and met Will that he had gotten rid of any feelings he had for Paul.

However, subconsciously in the back of his mind, there was always that what if thought, what if Paul had been willing to go public, and be openly with Sonny in a relationship that was not hidden away in hotel rooms. That until Paul came to Salem, that Sonny hadn't even thought about him after he met Will and they got together, and he meant it when he told Paul he was happily married.

The only problem was that the more time he spent with Paul, and thanks to the effects of the drugs, the what if thoughts got stronger, and made him confused as to who it was that he really loved. He knows that he should have told Will right away that his ex-boyfriend had come to Salem, and was staying there for a while. That he should told Will who it was, and that he wasn't out of the closet. He knows that Will would have respected that and never said anything.

If he had, then Will wouldn't have been blindsided by Paul, and would have been more suspicious of the fact that Will had been chosen to write the article. Sonny tells Carrie and Austin that he is sure that it was a set-up so that Paul could drug Will, and make him think he had been unfaithful.

He says that he doesn't have any proof yet, but he now believes that Paul knew he was in Salem, that he was married, and who his husband was. He thinks that Paul came to town deliberately to break up Sonny's marriage.

He says think about it, he was rich and famous, but he didn't go to the one of the hospitals that were used to dealing with celebrities, and could protect his privacy, he came to Salem. He could afford the best surgeons in the world. However, he chose a small Midwest hospital to have his surgery, the exact town his ex was living in with his new husband.

He also believes that Paul assaulted Will, because he knows that Will believed he had cheated on Sonny. He says that if he saw Paul now, he would have a tough time not attacking him for what he did to Will. He hurt Will in the worst way possible, to cause Will's marriage to fall apart so Paul could have what he thought he deserved.

The worst part is that he believes if Paul's career hadn't been over thanks to that injury, he would never have come after Sonny; and that none of this would have happened, and to be honest, he feels like he was seen by Paul as a consolation prize. Paul thought that he deserved to get what he wanted, no matter who he ended up hurting. That to Paul, Will was just a chess piece in his sick game.

Then the whole cheating thing became public, and it was all blamed on Will, and Sonny did nothing to protect Will. He let the whole town treat Will like trash, and it was so hypocritical because almost all of them had been unfaithful at one time or another.

He was so hurt because of the thought that Will would break their wedding vows, and he wanted Will to feel that hurt too, so he went out of his way to let Will see him with Paul, and flirting with him; he knew that it was hurting Will every time he saw them, but he wanted that.

At that time though Sonny wasn't thinking clearly, and he was so hurt. He admits that he went out of his way to spend time with Paul because he knew that it would upset Will, and he refused to help Will try to fix their marriage. He wanted Will to hurt as much as he did when he thought that Will had cheated.

He says now that he should have known something was wrong, because he never wanted to ever hurt Will before, even when the baby news broke, though he couldn't be around him at the time, but that he wouldn't try to hurt him. He would never do that if he was in his right mind.

Everyone was giving their opinion on the situation, and he became so confused, he wondered if he had pushed Will into marriage too soon; and that it might be possible that Will was looking to see what it was like to be with somebody other than Sonny.

Paul acted so sincere when he apologized for hurting Sonny that way, or so it seemed at the time. Now, obviously, they all know it was just a very good act. He acted like he regretted the fact that the situation ever happened, and told Sonny that he wanted to be there for him while he figured out what he was going to do about his marriage.

He insisted that he never knew that Will was Sonny's husband, he made it seem like Will had made the first move. Sonny realizes now that Will would never have done that, that he had to chase Will for a year just to get a date from him, and that Will would not jump into anything physical for a long time.

He was reinforcing the thoughts that the drugs produced, and every time they were in the same place, he kept up the act and subtly suggesting that Sonny should leave Will if he wanted to be happy, and that Sonny knew that Paul would be there for him. It kept ramping up his anger at Will, and he acted even worse towards Will deliberately.

Sonny admits that when he realized he was deliberately doing that to Will is when he decided to take the sudden job offer from Victor; and go to Paris to give him a chance to figure out what and who he really wanted. It seemed like the ideal solution at the time.

He admits that was just trying to make Will feel worse when he asked for the legal separation, that he never had any intention of ever asking Will for a divorce, at least not at that point. He spent all time in Paris when he wasn't working trying to figure his life out, and what he needed to do.

He adds that during the time he was in Paris, that Paul kept sending him the tea blend and sports drinks. He says that Paul had suggested that he take them with him when he first went, that it would be a little bit of home with him, so that he wouldn't feel all alone in Paris.

Ironically less than a week before Will called him, and was then attacked and killed by Ben, he had run out of the drinks, because he had been drinking more of them than usual, and he started to feel differently. Then Will called and left the message for him; and as soon as he heard it, all Sonny could think about was getting back to Will and fixing their marriage. He said that when he found out that Will had been murdered, that it felt like his heart had been shredded.

He made it back to Salem, and as soon as he got back to the mansion, his mother started giving him tea right away because she knew that he found it soothing, and that it helped him relax. Adrienne was giving him tea constantly during that week, so that he could get through the funeral.

He says that by the day that he went to the cemetery to say goodbye to Will, that he was so out of it, he never even realized what Paul was suggesting until he saw the video clips with the divorce papers that he was served with after they had found Will. He says that he could see why Will would believe that Sonny didn't want him anymore, that it seemed like he was making plans with another man, on top of Will's grave right after he was buried.

He tells them that he honestly couldn't stay in Salem, everywhere he looked he saw Will, and that it was suffocating. He felt like he couldn't breathe there without Will, and the thought that Will had died thinking Sonny hated him, and was in love with someone else, it destroyed part of him.

He admits that he felt and still feels incredibly guilty for leaving Ari, but when he looked in her sweet little face, all he could see was Will, and the thought of that being all he thought of when he saw their daughter was more than he could deal with, and so he had to get out there.

He couldn't be in Salem at that time, and everyone said that they understood. Paul once again suggested that he take the tea and drink back with him, so that he could have something familiar with him. He didn't realize that Paul was keeping drugged up and controlled.

He says that he wishes there was some way to go back in time before Paul came to Salem, and make sure that he never let Paul Narita anywhere near him or Will. He wishes that it could be that easy, but he knows that he is in for the fight of his life.

He has to win back the love of his life who now seems to hate him. He says that he knows that it might not work out how he wants, that Will may never come back to him, but he must try. Will is his soulmate, and the thought of never being with Will ever again physically hurts him.

Not only does he have to make up for everything before Will was attacked, he must also get through his actions the past two years, the fact that Sonny not only dated the man who ruined Will's life, but that he also was in the process of marrying him when they found out that Will was alive.

He knows that for Will seeing all of that happening had to tear him apart, because if he was forced to watch Will with someone else, especially someone that plotted to break them up, he knows that it would kill him. The idea of seeing the person he loved with the person he hated would make him so angry and bitter, that it would take so much for him to come back and possibly forgive him for what he had done.

Sonny says that he has to believe that the love he and Will shared can overcome all the evil that Paul caused. He admits that he is afraid that like the others from Salem that Will may believe, no he will be sure that Sonny is only there out of guilt, but he promises them that is definitely not the case. He says that he finally feels like he is alive again, that the part of his soul that he felt like he buried with Will, is back.

He says that he was driven to extremes to prove what Ben was saying was true, he even asked Lucas to exhume the casket, and then asked Kate to go see the man who tried to kill her just so that they could get answers. He had to keep pushing until they got answers.

He says that he went to Memphis based on the fact that Ben was humming Walking in Memphis, and had said that Will always wanted to visit there. He was sure that this was proof because he and Will had mentioned going there on a belated honeymoon once Ari was a bit bigger.

He should have known that Paul had been manipulating and controlling him. He says that he should have realized it when Paul tried to get him to continue with the wedding, and then kept insisting it was lies, that they should just ignore Ben; and when he convinced John to try and help him exhume Will's grave themselves, so that he could convince Sonny to get married right away.

Even if Sonny didn't realize it at the time, Paul was trying to make sure that he Sonny tied to him, not that the marriage would have been legal. He says that he and Will are still legally married, or the lawyer would have just arranged for their marriage to be invalidated.

Now the blinders are off, he can see exactly how Paul was trying to manipulate him, but he was so focused on finding out the truth about Will, and that when he wouldn't do as Paul wanted, he finally got to see his true colors. He knows that Paul is unravelling, that his behavior in Memphis is proof of that.

He says that when Paul grabbed him and shook him, it wiped away the rest of the fog, he already knew that he wanted Will back, but he was finally able to realize that somehow Paul had been controlling his actions, and that he needed to be in charge for himself.

Carrie and Austin look at each other, they are glad that Sonny shared his feelings with them. They can see that Sonny is not just reacting to the situation, that he has put thought into who and what he wants. He knows that it is a long and grueling task in front of him, but Carrie believes that if he and Will can work through everything, that they can be together again.

She knows that they must get through a lot of pain, tears, accusations, and screaming that needs to happen for them to work things out. It might look like it is impossible that they could get through this, and come out even stronger than they were before Paul showed up.

However, just look at everything she and Austin had to go through to get where they are; she and Austin had both caused major problems in their marriage, everything seemed like it was lost, but now look at them; happy and content with their sweet little boy.

They want Will to be happy, hopefully with Sonny. However, if that is not meant to be; they hope that Sonny will step aside if it turns out that Will cannot get past everything that happened; and if Will cannot be with him, he will let someone else, maybe Seb, make Will happy.

Carrie must be honest though, she likes Seb, he is a great guy, but she believes that Will and Sonny are meant to be together. She believes that if they can get past the chaos and pain of the past, then they will be able to face the future together, nothing and no one will be able to separate them again.

Austin and Carrie know that Billie is hoping that Seb and Will become a couple. Billie adores Seb, and believes that he would be great for and to Will. The next few weeks are going to be interesting. They only hope that Will is finally happy after the hellish three years he went through.

There is something that will help Will feel better though, and she will be there soon. The arrangements for Ari to come to Switzerland are complete. She will be there when her daddy comes for his recuperation. They can't wait to see the reunion, it will be so beautiful and longed for. Nothing can make Will want to get better as much as his little girl. He missed so much of her life because of Paul and that madman. They can't wait for that reunion, it will be so heartwarming.

The day that Sonny flies to Switzerland, Eli is having lunch with Gabi and Ari, he is falling so quickly for Gabi, and he believes that she is starting to care for him too. Now, he knows she is wary of getting involved again, especially after her last relationship just flamed out when Chad decided he wanted Abby more, and it hurt Gabi very much.

Let's not forget what his cousin Nick did to her, no wonder, she isn't rushing into anything. He adores Ari as well, she is such as sweet little girl, and he loves spending time with her and her mother. He thinks that he and Gabi could become something special, and is looking forward to that happening.

They are having lunch at Horton Town Square, when his phone rings interrupting his conversation with Gabi. He picks it up, and realizes that it is the Chicago office calling. He excuses himself for a moment, and walks off to take the call.

He is on the call for several minutes and then he returns to the table. He sits down and tells Gabi that the office wanted him to come in and bring her and Ari with him, they have something they need to discuss with him and Gabi.

To be honest, they are confused but Gabi agrees to go with him, but she is unsure about taking Ari with them. He tells her that the agent in charge specifically requested that Ari be brought with them, so they finish up their lunch, and soon are on their way to Chicago for the mysterious meeting.

After a nice long drive where Ari falls asleep, they are soon pulling up to the parking garage for the FBI building, and then they are on their way up to meet the agent who had called Eli. To be honest, he finds it strange to be there as a visitor instead of an agent, but he must get used to it, he is now a member of the Salem PD. That is his future, and with Gabi and Ari in the picture, his new future seems to be looking up.

They are all handed visitors' passes when they get to the FBI office, even Ari. Gabi and Eli think she looks so cute with the badge pinned to her jacket; Eli picks her up and calls her his little G-woman, and Gabi laughs at the strange look Ari is giving Eli.

They are brought back to meet the agent who called Eli earlier. He is waiting for them in a conference room, and has even gotten some toys for Ari to play with while he talks to Eli and Gabi. Eli asks Merzing, the agent, what is going on. Why did he need to see all of them, especially Ari?

Merzing explains that the agency has been working on getting clearance from the probation office for Gabi, so Gabi can take Ari to be with her father while he recuperates. Normally she would not be able to leave the country, but they have fixed it for her. The only condition is that she has an FBI agent to travel with her while she is travelling outside of the country.

Eli asks who will be going with Gabi and Ari, he knows that they will want to be with Will while he recovers, and he can't blame them. Ari has gotten her daddy back, and will be desperate to see him in person. He wishes that he could go, but he's not an agent any longer.

Merzing looks at Eli, and says they are hoping that he can them a favor, and travel with them for the agency. They will have him seconded back to the agency for the length of time that they are gone. He says that if Eli can do this for them, they will see that his record is wiped clean, and if in the future, he wants to come back to the agency, that they will find a place for him.

He also says that Eli's dismissal is being looked at, and that it should have never happened in the first place; a senior agent from one of their southern offices raised holy hell over what happened to Elli. Because of this agent's intervention and actions, that it looks like the record will show Eli decided that he wanted to pursue work opportunities nearer his family. Eli will no longer have a black mark on his record, so it will not affect any future job prospects. Eli is flabbergasted, and Gabi is so happy for him.

Merzing tells them that all the arrangements for the flights are being taken care of, they just need to be at the airport for 7 am in two days time. He does tell them that they shouldn't tell anyone where they are going, because they are trying to keep Will's location quite for now. If anyone asks, just tell them that Gabi is taking Ari away for a few days, to help her understand that her daddy is back with them again.

Eli says yes, of course he would love to, but he has just started with the Salem PD, Merzing tells him not to worry, that Salem PD has been informed that Eli is needed to work on an old case that he was involved with before he left the agency. Merzing tells them to head home and pack, and he will contact Eli with the rest of the details the next day.

They head back to Salem and Gabi tells Eli to come over after he is finished at the station, and they can have supper, while they figure out what they need to take with them. Gabi says that she is happy that she kept her and Ari's passports current, that is a good thing that they don't have that worry. Eli laughs and says yes. He tells her to not worry about cooking, that he will pick up supper for them all.

The next day is spent getting everything ready without looking like they are leaving the country. They decide to just take their carryon luggage because large suitcases would be suspicious if Gabi and Ari are just supposed to be going for a few days. They are told that they can get whatever else they need in Switzerland, that they will be covering expenses for the trip. They tell Ari just before she goes to bed, that she is going on a trip, and will soon see her daddy. Ari is so excited, and she starts to cry from happiness.

Two days after Sonny gets to Switzerland, Gabi, Ari, and Eli fly out from Salem. After a long flight, they finally get there to the airport for the last part of the flight; and are happy that Ari behaved great the whole time. T meets them at their connecting flight, he is going to Switzerland now as his liaison position for the FBI. Gabi is so excited to see him when he walks up to her, and calls Ari his little princess.

Ari runs over and hugs T, and Gabi can't believe that T is there. She has to let him know that Will is alive, and that they are going to visit him while he recuperates. She starts to tell him about Will, and he stops her and tells her that he knows about Will. She asks how that is possible; he tells her that he was part of the team that found Will, and got him treatment.

Gabi is shocked that the fun-loving boy she remembers from school is now a trained FBI agent. They are all on the same flight for the last part of the trip to Switzerland, and they manage to sit together. Gabi introduces T to Eli, and she explains that Eli is Will's cousin on the Horton side. T and Eli get along great, and they start to talk about all the people that they both know at the FBI.

T tells Eli that he thinks he got a raw deal with what happened in his last assignment, he tells Eli if he had been at the Memphis office, Templer would have had his back. He asks Eli if he would like for Templer to see if he can get him reinstated and assigned to one of the offices close to Salem.

Templer has the connections, and he could get it done and quickly, especially if Will wants it done. Eli tells them what they found out a couple of days ago. T realizes that Templer had already gone to bat for Eli, and that most likely Will was behind that. Remember, Eli saved Gabi's life when she was being held by the dirty police commissioner; Will would want to thank Eli for doing that.

Eli and Gabi look at T when he makes that remark. Gabi asks why would the FBI care if Will wanted Eli to be reinstated, and T looks at her and realizes that even if they had heard anything about Will and the FBI, it's obvious that people in Salem are saying that it must only be rumors.

He decides to hold off on telling them anything until after all of them are tested. He is having Ari tested as well, but he truly prays that there are no drugs showing up in Ari's system; because he doesn't think that anyone could stop Will and Sonny from finishing Paul off if it turns out that he had done that to a child, let alone their daughter. To be honest, it would be hard to make himself stop them in that case, the fact is that he would probably help them, it would be all the bastard deserved if he drugged a child.

Once they arrive at the airport, their group is pulled to the side when they get to Customs. Gabi and Eli believe that it has to do with the papers from the FBI; with the clearance for Gabi to leave the country while she is still on probation.

However, an FBI agent and a tech meet them in the private room, to take the samples from Gabi, Eli and Ari. They must be checked for the drug before they can see Will once he gets there; so, Gabi, Ari and Eli are put up in a hotel until they get the results back from the testing.

When the tech comes close to her and Ari, Gabi wants to know what is going on, and T has to tell them what they believe has happened. Gabi can't believe it, she doesn't think Paul would do something like that; he's a great guy, and he was about to become a stepfather to her little girl.

T is sure after that statement that she has been dosed by Paul, so until the drugs are out of her system she will not be getting near Will and spouting any nonsense about how good and kind Paul is. T thinks that Will's relatives would string her up if she said anything like that around them, or even more importantly, around Will. She doesn't realize it but if she did that, Will would have nothing to do with her, and it would cause so many problems with them, with regards to Ari. It might even lead to a custody battle over Ari.

Sure enough, four days later, the results show that she has been drugged by Paul ever since she got out of prison. He wasn't satisfied with everything he had already done to Will. He even tried to take away the mother of Will's little girl, he wanted to make sure that Will had no one on his side.

Thank God Eli and Ari both tested clean. T brings the test results to the hotel, and he can already see that Gabi is coming back to the old her. He shows her the test results, and she loses it, she becomes so angry that she starts swearing in Spanish, that monster had drugged her to get her to turn her back on Will, and he succeeded.

She will kill him when she gets her hands on him. After all, she learned a thing or two while she was in prison, this time she won't leave any clues. She knows that if she was drugged, that most of Will and Sonny's families must have been as well.

She asks T why would Paul have done this, and he tells her what they have learned. She gets nauseous that he did all of that just to get Sonny back, and just as a consolation prize for losing his career. T doesn't tell her everything because just in case for some reason, Paul contacts her. If she lost control and let her temper take over, she could say something that would let Paul know that they are on to him and know almost everything.

He tells her that she needs a few more days before the drugs are completely out of her system, and that finally she will feel like herself again. He tells her that she and Ari will be staying with Will at the house his parents have rented for his recuperation, but that Eli will be staying at Carrie and Austin's house because they have the extra room.

At first Gabi looks upset, but Eli is fine with it. T also says that Eli can get to know more of his relatives, because Austin is Lucas' brother, so they are sort of related. Eli says sure, and then T tells them that Sonny is here, that he has been for a couple of days.

Gabi says it's too bad that Sonny must be staying in a hotel all by himself while they are with Will. T explains what is going on, that Carrie and Austin agreed that Sonny could stay with them while he tries to get Will to take him back.

They ask T why Will's relatives would let Sonny stay with them, they would think that Will's aunt and uncle would not want anything to do with Sonny after everything that happened. T explains to them that is precisely the reason Sonny is staying there; who would ever think that anyone close to Will would let him stay in their house.

He tells them that Sonny was definitely drugged by Paul, almost from the day that Paul came to Salem, and that this is what caused most of Sonny's actions towards Will and his treatment of Will during that time before Will was taken. T says that Sonny knows that he has a huge battle to get Will back though because Will knows everything that happened in Salem while he was gone.

He tells them that is because Rolf made sure that Will saw how basically he was forgotten by everyone he loved, especially Sonny. Rolf wanted to make sure that Will would not try to escape, that if he thought no one missed him or cared about him.

Now obviously, it was because of the drugs, but that when Will saw everything that was going on, no one knew about the drugging. To Will, it looked like no one really cared that he was gone, they just happily went on with their lives, and never seemed to ever think of him again.

T tells Gabi that Will is really hurting from all this, and that before he went for the surgeries, he was very angry and bitter, that Will wanted nothing to do with anyone in Salem, except Gabi and Ari plus his dad. That he had Sonny served with divorce papers, and that this is what seemed to snap Sonny out of the fog from the drugging.

He says that even before Sonny was handed the divorce papers, that he had realized that it was Will that he really loved, it was like he was starting to wake up, and being served divorce papers finished the job. T tells that when they went back to the hotel after finding out that Will had been airlifted for his surgeries, and they couldn't find out where he was taken.

That Sonny forced himself to watch the video clips that had been included with the papers that were being used as proof of the reason Will was asking for a divorce. Paul was ecstatic because he thought that as soon as Sonny saw the proof of how much they belonged together, that Sonny would sign the divorce papers right away.

However, this is when Sonny told everyone that he still loved Will, and that he couldn't stay engaged to Paul any longer. Of course, this announcement went over like a lead balloon when they realized he was serious. It was not good and led to Sonny breaking away from the rest of their group, and taking off.

T says that Paul lost it when Sonny broke up with him, he demanded that Sonny sign the papers, and that they were going to get them filed immediately so that they could get married. He was ignoring everything Sonny had just said, and when Sonny refused, he grabbed Sonny and shook him so hard that he left huge bruises, that are just starting to fade now. He shows them the pictures, and they are shocked at the idea of how hard he must have shaking Sonny for those bruises to still be there.

Gabi is stunned and says this is the man that was supposed to be helping raise her daughter, she can't believe it, what would he have done if Ari ever made him that mad? Gabi starts to tremble, and she looks like she is going to be sick.

She looks at T, and says there's a lot you're not telling us isn't there? T looks at her, and says that he can't, that there are going to be charges against Paul, and that he can't take the chance that it might get back to Paul. He needs to preserve the integrity of the case, and Eli agrees. They must make sure that none of the evidence is tainted, or Paul could walk away from all of this with no repercussions.

Gabi says hell no, he won't get away with this. She gets a determined look in her eyes. Eli asks her what is she planning to do? She says that she isn't going to do anything yet. That the courts better take care of Paul, that would be kinder for him. She tells them that creep took away her little girl's father, because Will was in the way of him getting Sonny back.

T warns her not to do anything illegal. Ari needs her mother with her, not back in prison. Gabi says she won't lay a hand on him. She thinks to herself, that if she must, she will contact her father and get him to take care of the situation. She can't control what her father will do, especially against someone who hurt his daughter and grandbaby.

She promises T and Eli that she will do nothing to Paul, she's not lying, if her father does, that's not her. He has enough experience and training that they will never connect it back to him, and especially her.

She admits that even before they got the test results, she was not feeling as loyal to Paul as she had been before they left Salem to come here. She tells T that before she found out that they were coming here, that Paul had come by the apartment to see if Sonny had called her or Ari since they had gone to Memphis or in the last few days.

She realizes now that Paul was trying to find out if she knew where Sonny was. She had told him that the last time she spoke to Sonny was right after the crashed wedding. The only ones that she heard from in their original group was Sami and Lucas; and that was after Will had been taken to the aircraft carrier for his surgeries. The day Paul came by to see her, she was feeling bad for Paul after being dumped by Sonny so unexpectedly, she could understand how that felt, after what Chad did to her just a while ago.

So, she spent some time talking with him, and they had tea, and he was telling her how much he had been looking forward to helping raise Ari. She realized now that's why she had been so resistant to the idea of Paul being responsible for the drugging, and why she had said what she had said. Now the thought of him being near her baby made her feel like she was going to be sick to her stomach.

While she is trying to wrap her mind around everything that she just learned, she is startled when her phone rings. She looks at the display, and it's Paul. He must be calling to see if she has heard from Sonny. She answers the phone, and puts it on speaker mode so that Eli and T can hear.

She says hi, and he asks her has she heard from Sonny yet, and she says no. He says that when he went by the apartment to see her and Ari, that when there was no one there, he was concerned so he contacted Rafe to make sure everything was alright. He says that Rafe didn't know she was gone anywhere, he then asks her where she and Ari are?

She looks at the guys, and then asks Paul how he knew that they weren't just out for the day, and he tells her he was so concerned when he didn't get an answer to his knock, that he used Sonny's extra key to get in and make sure that something hadn't happened. He looked around the apartment, and realized that her carryon and Ari's little suitcase were gone.

Eli looks at Gabi and gestures to her that she should answer Paul, and she nods yes. Gabi speaks up and tells Paul that after Ari saw her dad on the video link before his first surgery, she was anxious and feeling out of sorts, so Gabi had decided to take Ari away for a few days so that she can have a chance to process as best as she can that her daddy is alive.

Gabo says that the last few days have been very emotional, and she had thought a few days away would let them both relax, and when the time came for Ari to reunite with Will, that she would be ready for it. Paul can be heard gritting his teeth and agreeing that helping Ari feel better is the most important thing right now.

He then asks Gabi again if she has heard from Sonny, surely, he has contacted his little girl to see how she is doing since she found out about her father. She says that no, but he must still be in a spin from seeing Will alive again, and from breaking the engagement, that is what had happened, wasn't it?

Paul says yes, and they can hear the anger in his voice, he tells them that Will had guilted Sonny into breaking up with him. Gabi then asks Paul if Sonny had spoken to Will for very long before they took him to the aircraft carrier to begin the surgeries, and did Sonny go with him?

She tells Paul all that she heard was that Sonny didn't come home with the rest of the group, but she didn't think he was with Will. The reason she is asking is because when they spoke to Will before his surgery, the only ones with him were his parents. Unless Sonny was off with the doctors', but no one mentioned Sonny during their conversation.

Gabi tells Paul that Will spoke to her, Ari, and the others at her apartment that morning, and then he went straight into surgery. Her understanding is that they were going keep Will unconscious between the surgeries, so that his body could continue to heal.

She says that they can't wait to hear from Will once his surgeries are over, and he is conscious. They are looking forward to that so much. Ari has been asking when she is going to speak to her daddy again. She has been drawing pictures for him so that they can be sent to him, and that once he is well enough, that they are gong to get together in person. She jokes that she needs to make sure that she has waterproof mascara that day, or she will look like a raccoon.

She tells Paul that she has to go, that she has planned an outing for them, so they were just getting ready to leave when he called. She can tell that he doesn't want her to hang up, but he can't force her to stay on the line. She says bye and hangs up.

Good thing she does then, because as soon as the phone shows that the call is ended, she freaks out. She wants to scream, that thing had entered her apartment and searched it to find out where she and Ari were. She wonders if that was all he wanted to know, or did he have something else in mind?

T calls Sonny at Carrie and Austin's place. He tells them that Gabi was definitely drugged, and has been since she got free but thank God Paul hadn't drugged Ari; apparently, he didn't have time to get to Eli, so as soon as the drugs are out of Gabi's system, he will bring them over to the house.

Gabi then tells them about the disturbing call she just got from Paul, it creeped her out completely, and she says that she doesn't feel comfortable about the thought of going back to somewhere that Paul had searched. She is going to get the manager of the building to change the locks, and to not give any keys out until she is back. Gabi say that Paul sounds like he is getting desperate in trying to find Sonny, and Carrie and Austin agree.

T goes into detail and tells them that Paul just called Gabi, that he was wondering where they were, he told them that he had checked the apartment and noticed that there was luggage missing; that he acted like he was sure that they wouldn't mind him doing this.

That Paul told them that he used Sonny's spare keys for emergencies to get into the apartment to search it and try to figure out where Gabi and Ari were; and to see if Gabi had any information about where Sonny is right now.

Gabi speaks up and tells him that when Paul discovered they were gone, that he went to Rafe to ask him if he knew where they were, and her normally overprotective brother Rafe had no problem with Paul searching for them, that it didn't seem weird to Rafe. Apparently, though Rafe was perfectly fine with how Paul was acting. He didn't even blink when Paul told him that he looked through Gabi's apartment.

She asks T how many people were drugged besides her and Sonny; he tells her that they don't have a complete number, but it is leaning towards perhaps most of the town, especially anyone related to Will or Sonny, or close friends of their families.

Sonny is fuming when he hears this, that Paul had the nerve to think he could go into Gabi and Ari's home to look for information about Sonny, and to try and use Gabi to find out what he could about the situation. Something needs to be done about Paul as soon as possible, he is becoming more dangerous by the day.

Sonny wonders if this was Paul's only intention for being in the apartment, was he planning something that would force Sonny to come back to Salem. He mentions this thought to T, and T says that it is quite possible that he might have been doing something like Sonny thought, he wouldn't put it past him because he has gotten so used to controlling everything and everyone.

He is so sure that the drugs are giving him complete control over people that he is blatantly doing things that normally would get people talking, and looking at his actions. They would normally be saying this kind of behavior isn't normal, and calling him out on what he is doing.

However, right now they are so much under Paul's control, that they believe that he can do no wrong. He hopes that once the testing program and quarantine period are over, that their family and friends will hopefully be back to themselves; and be rational normal people again, instead of the mindless followers they are acting like right now.

Gabi says that she needs to make that call to the apartment manager right away, and get them to change the locks on the apartment, that she can't stand the thought that Paul was able to go into her home, and go through all her and Ari's belongings.

The thought of him going through her apartment, so that he could find information on Sonny makes her skin crawl. T tells her that the agency will take care of it for her, and they will make sure that they install the most secure locks that are available.

To think that before T got her tested, and kept away from the tea, that she was one of the people who would have gone along with Paul, it makes her feel nauseous and angry. She wants to shred him to pieces for putting everyone but especially Will through hell these past three years.

Gabi says she should have listened to Ari when she told Gabi that she didn't like Paul, that he was just acting like he was nice whenever he was around them. Sonny asks her what she is talking about, and she tells them all that a few days before the wedding, that Ari told her that Paul wasn't nice to her when they were alone.

That he didn't really want her around, and that he didn't want her in the wedding, but that he couldn't tell Sonny that he did not want Sonny's daughter to be part of their special day. At the time, Gabi said that she just thought that Ari was exaggerating, because she had only ever seen him act sweet towards Ari.

Gabi thought that perhaps Ari was having trouble seeing her Daddy Sonny be with someone besides her own daddy. She thought that once Ari saw how happy Sonny was when they got married, that she would grow to like Paul. She says that she realizes now that Ari saw right through Paul, too bad the rest of them couldn't do the same. Everyone agrees with her.

They say it is lucky that the FBI moved Sonny there when they did. Thank god that he is not anywhere that Paul can get his hands on him, or Sonny would be pumped so full of the drug that he wouldn't probably even be able to speak.

T also tells Sonny that he was correct, that Paul had been dosing him in San Francisco, but a much smaller dose, probably just enough to be agreeable to keeping Paul's secret and hiding their relationship. Sonny is almost relieved at the news.

He couldn't understand why he had not fought about hiding their relationship because Sonny had always said that he would never hide himself or anyone he was seeing, and then just did that without even blinking. He realizes that Paul had been manipulating him from the day they first met.

Sonny tells Gabi that he and Carrie had spent the past two days, getting the house ready for Will and everyone else who was staying there. It took a while because getting a whole house full of furniture, especially for six bedrooms takes time, and even with getting it delivered, it took time set up the house for Will, making sure everything is accessible for him until he can get around on his own.

Carrie agrees but says that they are ready though for when the doctors on board will let Will leave and come to Switzerland, they can't wait. Sonny offers to sleep at the new house, and Ari and Gabi can stay at Carrie and Austin until everyone else arrives, and then he will move back to Carrie and Austin's place. T tells them that the FBI is keeping Gabi, Ari and Eli at the hotel until the others have come.

Gabi asks them if they have any updates about Will, the last she had heard was that he needed to have multiple surgeries but nothing since then; and they tell her that the doctors have completed all eight surgeries, and that Will has made it through all of them. He is now in a medically induced coma, and that he should be awake in about six or seven days time.

Once the doctors feel he is stable enough, he will be airlifted to the base here in Switzerland, and brought to where they are right now. When he gets here, the PT that they have hired will meet with him to see when they think Will can begin his physical therapy.

Gabi says that's great. The sooner that Will heals the sooner he can come back to Salem, and Ari can see her daddy every day. Carrie and Austin say that they don't know if that will happen right away; because Will is going to have to deal with all the emotions that the thoughts of going back to Salem, and seeing everyone who hurt him so badly will bring up.

They explain to her that Rolf having arranged for Will to see everything happening in Salem, and how seeing everyone seemingly forgetting about him, and going on happily really affected him, especially Sonny and his family, and that on top of how he was treated that last year in Salem because of something that he wasn't responsible for; that it may be awhile before he feels up to or even wants to visit Salem.

Gabi asks Sonny what he means by the comment Carrie just made, that Will wasn't responsible for his actions that year. She wants to know why she said that, and they tell her about the tumor that had just been removed from his brain that was affecting his judgement and his decision-making abilities; that it would have caused Will to act irrationally and to spin out of control, making him act paranoid.

Gabi gasps, and says oh my god, that's how Will was acting before he was taken. Sonny also tells her that the FBI believe that Will was drugged the night he was supposed to have cheated on Sonny, so if anything happened that night, that it was not consensual.

At first, Gabi and Eli just sit there, then Gabi looks stunned, and she starts to cry as she realizes the implication of what Sonny just told them. That bastard most likely raped Will, so that Will would believe that he had betrayed his husband.

They tell her that after that last year in Salem and two years of being held captive, that Will is going to need to see a therapist, and that they have arranged that as well. That either way, Will won't be going back to Salem until everyone who was drugged by Paul is detoxed; and that they have found a way to make it up to Will.

Those people in Salem are going to have to be sincere and work for Will's forgiveness; because Will cannot be expected to be the one to make amends or to apologize to make people feel better after they had hurt him so badly. Gabi agrees totally with this. She knows that she has her own apologies to make to Will in how she didn't try to keep his memory alive for Ari. She just hopes that he can forgive her, she needs Will in her life. He was always her friend, even when she didn't deserve his friendship.