Soul Mates

Chapter 17

After all the witness' had taken the stand and been questioned, the judge finally spoke. "Since it is so late in the day and this is the weekend, we will reconvene Monday morning at nine. Have a good weekend."

Will and Sonny left the courthouse with Sonny's dad, Justin. They headed to the Kiriakis mansion so they could pick up Marley, whom was being watch by their Aunt Maggie.

"Sonny, I'm sorry." Justin spoke as they pulled into the driveway.

"Why are you sorry dad? You have helped us so much. You asked Mr. Graham to help us with our case."

"I'm sorry for what your mom is doing. I don't know why she is doing it."

"It's not your fault dad. Neither Will nor I blame you for what she is doing." Sonny hugged Justin's neck when they finally climbed out of the car.

When they walked into the living room, they saw something that they thought they would never see in their lives. Victor Kiriakis was sitting in the floor playing with Marley.

As soon as Marley saw her daddies, she jumped up from playing and ran over to them. Will should have been angry when she held her arms up for Sonny to pick her up but he loved that his little girl loved his husband so much. Sonny picked her up and kissed her all over her sweet little face.

"Hello there beautiful. We have missed you so much." Marley laughed when Sonny loved on her. "Thank you for watching our little munchkin Uncle Vic and Aunt Maggie."

"It was no problem Sonny. I love that little sweetie and I have never enjoyed seeing your uncle act like a big kid so much. He's been in the floor playing with her for the last hour."

"I'm just glad that we have family that we can depend on." Just then, Sonny's mom, Adrienne, walked into the room. You could have heard a pin drop it was so silent in the room. "Aunt Maggie, do you think you and Uncle Vic could watch her again on Monday when court resumes?" Sonny asked, avoiding looking at his mom.

"Of course we will." Maggie hugged Sonny's neck and kissed Marley on her cheek. Sonny walked over to his dad and hugged his neck too.

"We'll see you later dad. Love you."

"Love you too son. Are you going to say goodbye to her?"

"No, I'm not. If she wants to betray us like this, then she gets avoidance from me and my family."

"Okay. Talk to you later. Bye Will."

"Bye, Justin."

Will and Sonny gathered up Marley and her things and they left the house, heading home. When they pulled into their driveway, a blue car pulled in behind them. They started getting Marley out of the car when they saw who was driving the other car.

"What do you want?" Will asked. "I really don't think you should be here."

"I just want to see her. I miss her so much. Please can I visit with Marley for just a little bit? I won't stay long."

Will turned to look at Sonny. "It's up to you babe. I'll stand by you with whatever decision you make."

"You can visit with her for thirty minutes but then you have to leave." They walked into the house.

Will and Sonny sat on the loveseat watching Gabi play with Marley. Will knew that she missed their daughter but he was having a hard time trusting her.

"Gabi, can I ask you a question?" Sonny asked. She looked up from Marley and looked at him.

"Sure."

"Did you and Nick ask my mom or did she volunteer to help you?" Will knew that was weighing heavy on his husband's mind. He too wanted answers.

"She came to our apartment. She wanted to know if we had a lawyer and Nick said told her that we couldn't afford one since I wasn't working and Kate had fired him."

"Ok. I don't understand how my mom could do that to me. I know she's never approved of my relationship with Will but to hire a lawyer for you and Nick after she found out what he's done to us."

"I tried to tell her that she didn't have to do it but Nick wouldn't hear of it. He told her that she could hire anybody she wanted to hire as long as they helped us get custody of Marley."

"I don't understand Gabi. I thought the deal between us was going okay. I know that neither of us was spending as much time as we wanted to with her but we weren't fighting over her in court. I never wanted to take her away from you."

"And I never wanted to take her from you and Sonny. The two of you are just as important to her as I am." Gabi picked Marley up and walked over to them. She hesitantly placed her little girl in Sonny's lap. "She will always be your daughter too Sonny. After all, you delivered her and were the first person she saw in this world." Gabi leaned down and kissed Sonny on the cheek. "I have to go guys so take care of our little girl. Bye sweetie." She kissed Marley on the forehead and Will on the cheek. She headed for the door.

She opened the door to leave but turned around before she walked through. "Will, Sonny, I need y'all to do me a favor."

"What is it Gabi?" Will stood up and walked over to her. Sonny followed with Marley in his arms.

"Don't ever let her forget me. You don't have to tell her that I was a great mom because I know that I haven't always put her needs first. But can you at least tell her that I loved her more than anything in this world."

"Gabi, why do you sound like you are saying goodbye forever?" Will asked.

"Just love our little girl with everything you have, both of you. thank you Sonny for loving Will and Marley and being the strong shoulder they can lean on when the world gets mean." Again, she leaned over to Sonny and kissed him on the cheek, Marley on the forehead and then she hugged Will.

Before Will could ask any more questions, Gabi was gone and they were alone with their daughter.

Neither of them said anymore about the visit from Gabi. They just fed Marley, gave her a bath and put her down for the night. When she was sound asleep, they went to their bathroom and filled up their garden tub.

They undressed each other slowly and climbed into the hot water. Sonny was leaning against the tub wall while Will was between his legs, leaning against him.

"I'm glad you thought of this. After the day we've had, we needed to unwind and relax. And what better way than a glass of wine, a tub of hot water and the man I love."

"Will Horton-Kiriakis, I love you so much. You and that sleeping little girl in the other room are my life. I never thought I would be interested in settling down because it wasn't adventurous enough for the man who climbed mountains on a daily basis but being married to you and being a father to Marley is just enough adventure. I don't need to climb mountains anymore to get my adventure high because going to bed with you every night and waking up to your gorgeous face every morning is what gives me my high now." Sonny leaned down and kissed Will.

"Make love to me?"

"Okay but let's go to bed."

"But I thought you wanted adventure." Will turned around and straddled Sonny's lap. "Make love to me right here my sexy husband. Take me now."

To Be Continued…