I hope you enjoy this chapter. It's another one of my favorites.

Soul Mates

Chapter 20

"What is he doing in here? I thought I made it clear that he was not allowed in my son's room." Will and Justin both turned around at the sound of Adrienne's angry voice.

"What did you say Adrienne?" Justin asked, trying very hard to stay calm.

"I told the doctor that Will was not to be told anything and he would be allowed in here. So how did you get him in here?" she asked Justin even though she never took her eyes off Will, who still sat at Sonny's bedside, holding his hand.

"Will is Sonny's husband. He has a right to be here with him." Justin answered his wife's question.

"Not in my opinion. He is the reason our son is laying in that bed with a bullet hole in him. I don't understand you Justin. I would think that our son's life would be more important than their sham of a marriage." With that, Will stood up and walked over to stand in front of Adrienne.

"Adrienne, I don't care if you like me or not. No matter what I do, you will never give your blessing for me and Sonny to be together. But guess what, we don't your blessing. We are married. It's not a sham, it's not pretend and no matter what you do or say, I will stand by his side for the rest of my life. I will never walk away from him unless he tells me to do it." he went back to sit by Sonny's bedside.

"I think it's time for us to go Adrienne. You have done enough damage here today." Justin grabbed her arm, attempting to force her to leave the room but she jerked her arm out of his hand.

"I don't think so. I'm not leaving him alone with my son."

"Want to make a bet?" Justin got up in her face. "Don't make me call security and have you escorted out of Sonny's room. We can come back later." After several minutes, Adrienne finally agreed to leave.

"Fine. I will go but I'm not happy about this." She walked to the other side of Sonny's bed. "Bye son. I will see you later." She kissed him on the forehead, keeping an eye on Will at the same time. "I just want you to know that no matter what you do, you will not come between me and my son. Just because you have won Justin over to your side, doesn't mean you will do the same with me. Do you understand?"

"Adrienne, I have never wanted to come between you and Sonny. I have always wanted you and Justin to be a part of our lives. I want you to know your granddaughter. I want you to be a part of her life."

"Don't call her that. She will never be my granddaughter. Do you understand?"

"But Sonny has adopted. Hadn't you heard? Gabi relinquished her parental rights and gave her permission for him to adopt her. He signed the papers today. So no matter what you think of me or my relationship with Sonny, he is her father now."

"Well, my son doesn't know what's best for him. He seems to think that because he's gay, he'll never have children of his own so he's settling for your child. But I will never think of your daughter as my sons child regardless of some paper he signed at the last minute." She turned around and allowed Justin to escort her out of their son's hospital room.

As soon as Justin and Adrienne were gone, Will turned back to Sonny, crying at the sight before him. "You need to make it babe. I don't think I can make it without you and I need to make it for Marley's sake. So you have to make for both of us because we love you."

"Is he going to be okay?" he turned around, shocked at the voice coming from the open door. Then she walked towards the bed and looked down at Sonny, pale and unconscious.

"I don't know. I hope so because he is the love of my life and I can't survive without him."

"He'll make it because he loves you and Marley. That is why I did what I did. You and Sonny are the perfect couple and I want Marley to grow up with wonderful parents who love her and will fight to the ends of the earth for her." Will saw tears in Gabi's eyes.

"You didn't have to give her up Gabi. I still want you to be a part of her life. She needs to know her mother too. Please say you'll stay in Salem and help Sonny and I raise her."

"But I've already signed away my rights. Sonny has signed the papers and he's her father now. There's no room for me."

"Can I ask you a question?"

"Sure."

"Are you through with Nick this time?" Will asked.

"Yes, I am. After this," she motioned her hand to Sonny's still body, "I could never be with him again. This was the last straw. I hope you and Sonny can forgive me."

"You didn't know he was going to shoot Sonny outside the courthouse, did you?"

"No, I didn't. But he did it because I let you and Sonny have Marley. I did what was right but he thought I should keep fighting you for custody. I didn't want to and he didn't like it."

"Well, when Sonny gets out of the hospital, we'll figure something out. Right now I've hired T as another manager to run the club while he's here and I'm here with him."

"I still can't believe that Sonny hired T to work for him after everything he did to him and you. Sonny is a lot more forgiving than most people would be in his circumstances."

"That is one of the things that made me fall in love with him. He's a generous, gently and forgiving man."

"Yes he is. I'm going to go now and leave you to visit with your wonderful husband. When he wakes up, tell him I am sorry for what Nick did and tell him that I'm happy that he wanted to be Marley's other father." She started for the door, stopping long enough to hug Will goodbye.

After Gabi was gone, Will sat back down next to Sonny's bed and fell asleep.

Everything felt hazy, kind of like he was trapped in a dream but he didn't remember falling asleep. He opened his eyes to see where he was and immediately recognized where he was. He turned his head when he heard a faint snoring coming from his right.

"Will," he called out his husband's name. "Wake up Will." As soon as he heard his name, Will sat up and looked at Sonny.

"Oh baby, you're awake. How are you feeling my sweet man?" Will leaned down and kissed Sonny passionately. "I'm going to go get someone."

"Will, there is something wrong?" Will noticed the worried look on Sonny's face.

"What's wrong love?"

"I can't feel my legs Will."

"What?"

"I have no feeling in my legs. I'm paralyzed from the waist down Will." Sonny started crying.