Soul Mates

Chapter 10

On the way home, Will called his parents and asked them to come to the Kiriakis mansion because he and Sonny had a surprise for everybody.

"How do you think your mom will handle the news?" Will asked Sonny while they sat there in front of the house.

"Will, you know how she's tried to keep us apart ever since we got together. I imagine she's not going to take it very well." Sonny took Will's left hand in his and brought it up to his mouth. "But she's going to have to deal with it because I love you and we are married now."

"I love you Jackson Steven Horton-Kiriakis." Will leaned over and kissed his husband.

"And I love you too William Robert Horton-Kiriakis." Sonny loved kissing his gorgeous husband. "Are you sure you want to add my last name to yours? Matter of fact, if you would rather we just keep our own last names, it will be okay with me."

"I want to share the same last name as my husband. I want the world to know that I am yours and you are mine. We can keep it the way it is if it's okay with you."

"Good because I think I'm going to like being called Sonny Horton-Kiriakis. Now why don't we go in and tell our parents that they are related to each other now."

"Your mom is really going to love being related to my mom." They both laughed as they climbed out of the car and headed for the front door of the Kiriakis mansion.

"What's going on Will? Why did you want me and your dad over here when you arrived?" Will could tell his mom was nervous about what he was going to say.

He saw the look on Adrienne's face and he knew almost immediately that she had seen the rings on his and Sonny's left hands.

"Please Sonny say it isn't so." Adrienne stood up and started pacing around the living room. "How could you do this Sonny without talking to us about it?"

"What is she talking about?" Justin asked.

"This Dad." Sonny grabbed Will's left hand with his and held their joined hands up so everybody in the room could see the gold bands on the fingers.

"You are married?" Lucas asked unbelievingly. "Why didn't y'all tell us?"

"Because Dad, we wanted it to be a secret. I was told that I would have a better chance of getting custody of Marley if I were married. When I told Sonny what the lawyer said, he asked me if I would marry him."

"So this is just a ruse so you can get custody of your daughter from her mother?" Will could hear the animosity in Adrienne's voice and he knew that she didn't approve.

"Actually Mom, I have been planning on asking Will to marry me for quite some time I just hadn't asked yet. I consider Marley my daughter so I see this as an opportunity to not only marry the man I love but get the chance to be a real father to her." Sonny and Will sat down on the couch while everybody just stared at them in disbelief.

"Sonny, what makes you think that a judge would take Marley away from her mother just to give her to Will and you? And why should she be taken away from her mother? A child should be with her mother."

"Not when that mother sides with her husband when he kidnaps said daughter and won't bring her back because her father is gay." Will was frustrated with Adrienne siding with Gabi just because she is Marley's mom. "How can you side with her against your own son?"

"It's not that I'm siding against Sonny, Will. It's just that I don't think he's thought this through. I believe that later on he's going to realize he's made a mistake."

"You still think that I'm not good enough for your son, don't you? You think that he can do better than me because of all my baggage."

"You are right Will. I think that my son can do better. I don't think he's ready to be a dad to another man's child and I believe that he should get this marriage annulled now before it's too late."

"Come on Will. I don't think I can stand here and listen to my mom bad mouth my husband like it's no big deal. And mom, one day you're going to wake up and realize that you've not only pushed away your son, but you've pushed away your son-in-law and your granddaughter." Sonny stood up and held his hand out to Will.

"Don't leave Son." Justin tried to stop his son from leaving but Sonny was adamant about leaving.

"I can't stay here dad and listen to her talk like that about Will and Marley. They are my family now. He is my husband she is now my daughter. You and Uncle Vic are welcome to come to the house any time you want but until she can accept Will and Marley, she's not welcome."

Sonny walked over to the doorway and waited while Will went to say goodbye to his folks. "I hope y'all are okay with this marriage."

"Will, we are okay with it if this is what you want. We only want you to be happy." Lucas pulled his son into his arms and hugged him. "I'm proud of you for doing what you want and not giving up on your man."

"Thanks Dad." Will turned around to see what his mom had to say. "What about you Mom? How do you feel?"

"I love you." She kissed her son on his cheek and then walked over to Sonny. "Welcome to the family. I hope you can make each other happy."

"Thank you Mrs. Brady."

"Please call me Sami now that you are married to my son."

"Yes, ma'am." Sonny hugged Sami's neck and then turned back to his husband. "Come on Will. Let's get Marley and go home with our daughter."

"Yes, sir Mr. Horton-Kiriakis." Will kissed his husband and they headed upstairs so they could gather up their little girl and her things so they could take her home.

After gathering up Marley's things and putting her in her car seat, Will and Sonny headed back downstairs to leave. When they got in the foyer, Justin stopped them before they left.

"Sonny, don't give up on your mom. She only wants what is best for you."

"And that is Will and Marley. They are my family now dad and if mom doesn't want Will as her son-in-law then she doesn't want me as her son. I'll talk to you later."

"Okay. Love you son. Love you to Will." Then Justin went down on his knees in front of Marley's car seat. "PawPaw loves you too Marley." Then he kissed her on the forehead.