Madelaine did her best to try to recover. She smiled and acted surprised that Will Horton would be offended by anything she could have said:

"Monsieur Will, I was simply singing a French lullaby to this charming little girl, I am sorry if my French offends you…"

Will stared at her, dumbfounded. Had she not read any of the things Sonny and Will sent her? One of the reasons they chose Madelaine was the fact that, Will especially, but Sonny as well, could communicate with her in her own language. He decided to demonstrate that very fact:

"Mademoiselle Madelaine, j'ai tout bien compris ce que vous avez dit (Miss Madelaine, I understood perfectly well what you said)…I would like to see my daughter please…"

Madelaine seemed very reluctant to hand over Little Ari to someone she obviously disliked; to someone she felt was unclean and unsuitable to be a parent. Again taken aback by Madelaine's behaviour, Will became rather angry when he saw Madelaine not only hesitate but he saw her searching for an escape route:

"No one is going to take my daughter from me ever again! Hand her over now!"

Will had placed himself so that he actually could block both doors. He was not about to let her leave. Because Madelaine was hesitating, this gave time for Will to remember his encounters with the nanny over the last few hours. And something suddenly clicked. He couldn't believe he hadn't thought of this at the beginning when he saw Madelaine's attitude when they arrived. In point of fact, he had thought of it, but dismissed it. But he would say something now.

He looked at this young woman in front of him and said: "Who are you really? Because you aren't the woman we meant to hire are you…what did you do with the real Madelaine Frémas?"

At Will's words, Madelaine, threw Little Ari at Will, causing Will to move away from one of the doors, in order to catch his daughter. She pushed past Will, who let her escape, since he did not want to endanger his daughter. Will then ran after her shouting for anyone to stop her. Will wondered where the security staff was. Will could see some of the staff looking confused as they saw Madelaine run down the stairs, and run out the front door.

There seemed to have been a boat waiting for her. Will could see her as she jumped in and told whoever was driving to step on it. And they were away. The security staff were not too far behind, but Madelaine, it seems, had gotten too much of a head start.

Since this was an Island owed by Victor Kiriakis there was security staff, they were well trained but this had been thoroughly unexpected. Madeleine had been vetted; at least, they all thought she had been.


Sonny was on video conferencing with the agency that they had used to hire "Madelaine Frémas". According to their records, there had been a cancellation at the last minute and a cancellation fee was paid:

"No one cancelled though. I didn't my husband didn't and I just received word that neither my uncle nor my dad did. And the four of us were the only ones that could"

Will got Sonny's attention, not too subtly, by whispering Sonny's name several times: "Ask them if Madelaine is still available…"

Sonny stopped his conversation with the agent and turned to Will. Sonny didn't think that using this agency, or hiring anyone else was a good idea. How could they trust anyone now? And he voiced that opinion. Will had a rebuttal:

"Sonny, as much as I love Little Ari, this is our honeymoon…We need someone...so we can have some grown-up fun…The situation isn't liable to happen again. It would be too obvious."

Sonny relented and turned his attention back towards the agent and asked him if Madelaine was still available. The agent looked up her file on his computer, and sure enough she was still available. He even offered to refund the cancellation fee. Sonny told him to keep it, since they didn't pay the fee in the first place. The agent countered that their fee would be reduced by the amount already paid, nonetheless.

The agent asked if he could have time to contact the nanny and see when she could be available to be transported to the island. When asked how long he would need, the agent said: "Ten minutes".

Sonny and Will took these ten minutes to talk with Victor and Justin. Everyone was of the opinion that "Madelaine" must have been working with, or for, someone who had a grudge against Sonny and Will. As far as Justin was concerned, there were only two possibilities; Joshua Fallon, or an organization associated with him, since he was still in Salem Police custody, as far as Justin knew; or, the other possibility was someone involved with the O'Greary Crime Family was trying to either send a message or retaliate for what Will and Sonny did to their organization, sending members, rather high up in the family Hierarchy to prison, or potentially to prison, since some of the trials were still outstanding.

Victor was very apologetic. He promised to beef up security by sending some of his more experienced men to the island. Justin asked Sonny and Will if they just wanted to pack up and leave. Sonny replied: "No way".

Will's reply was a bit less characteristic: "Justin, I mean Dad, and Uncle Vic, Sonny and I will be staying. But I want whoever's responsible for this to pay. I'm not sure what the imposter's role was, but it involved my daughter; and as I told that imposter no one, NO ONE, is going to harm my daughter again, or take her away from me, from us…"

Will waved his hand towards Sonny then continued: "I will not be at all forgiving when it comes to her safety. Not ever again!"

Then Will realized that he was shouting, he stopped and a look of dejected amazement that turned very quickly to a look of solid determination came upon his face. Sonny went to his husband cupped his head with his hands and gave Will a tender, loving kiss, and he didn't care who was watching.

A rather smiley Victor turned to Justin and said: "I've said it before, but I'll say it again…They'll do."


Will and Sonny were lounging in the hot tub they found tucked in one corner of their room, hidden by portable blinds. It was magical. Sonny raised his glass and Will reciprocated. They were drinking Champagne. They had enough food to last them at least a day.

They had left instructions to the staff, via Bente the butler, to not be disturbed; everyone except for the real Madelaine, who of course could disturb them, especially if Little Ari became fussy. Although, she didn't seem to be much trouble just from the cooing that they heard coming from the baby monitor that Madelaine herself installed. They could also hear Madelaine singing lullabies, in English and French and even German.

Sonny recalled that just a few minutes ago, after they discovered the hot tub, Will got excited and rushed to put his bathing suit on. He hadn't had many experiences in hot tubs and wanted to try it out right away.

It took Sonny to point out to Will that they were alone, they were newly married and they had already seen each other naked before this; so why did Will need to wear a bathing suit? Sonny could see the wheels turning in Will's head; the fright that someone would barge in, or what if Little Ari needed them? But Sonny simply grinned a sheepish grin and tilted his head, and licked his lips just a little, and Will was undressing rather remarkably quickly; so much so that when Will saw that Sonny had barely moved, he said: "Well, Sonny, what are you waiting for? I want you…badly."

And so they had spent the first fifteen minutes in the hot tub exploring each other, tasting each other, touching every single inch of one another, as their tongues did a wild and crazy tango, the likes of which neither one had experienced before.

Then, after the clinking of the glasses and feeding each other chocolate covered strawberries, mangoes, and a delicious concoction from the cook containing a little bit of rum, and resuming their fondling of one another, Sonny got up out of the hot tub and put on a large white plush robe that they had found in a closet. Will got out of the hot tub and did the same.

They walked, hand-in-hand towards the door to Little Ari's room and knocked, very lightly, on the door. Madelaine answered the door, with her index finger to her mouth, she whispered: "Little Ari is finally asleep messieux…would you like to sneak a peek at her?"

Both Sonny and Will nodded. They really liked this Madelaine a lot better than the other one. She seemed much more kind and open-minded. When she met both Sonny and Will, she gave them both a huge hug and a double-kiss each. She did not wonder why Little Ari wasn't there just yet, she must have been briefed. She came right to the point and said that Sonny and Will were the parents, she would act, as best she could, as a surrogate parent for Arianna Grace, so that they could have some alone time:

"Every newlywed couple deserves some alone time. That is the point of it, non? But I know you will both worry…so I brought some things along…"

Sonny and Will had taken advantage, even in this short a time, of several of the things Madelaine had brought. The baby monitor was one. A portable change table was another; and she also brought a few toys to help stimulate Little Ari's senses and keep her happy.

The boys went up to the crib to where the sleeping Arianna Grace lay, wrapped in her blankets and snuggled up nice and tight. They both itched to pick her up and snuggle with her but that would be dangerous. She would probably wake up and be in a foul mood, so they left her sleeping; but they pined. "She's so beautiful", they both said simultaneously.

Sonny and Will both looked at each other, smiled, leaned in and gave each other a tender kiss. Then both looking embarrassed, they glanced towards Madelaine, who simply smiled:

"I can tell you love your daughter and each other very much. I can only dream to have what the two of you have. I'm a little jealous."

Will and Sonny smiled at Madelaine as they left her and Little Ari,to go back to what they had been doing. Yes they definitely liked this Madelaine more than the other one.