Please remember that I do not own these characters. All of what I have written in these 26 chapters is completely my imagination. Again, if you don't like what I write, don't read it. This is not Days of Our Lives, it's Days of My Imagination. Ha-Ha! Enjoy.

Soul Mates

Chapter 26

"Judge, I am his father and I know for a fact that there is nothing wrong with his mental state. He and his husband got married without my wife's approval and that made her angry. She didn't want our son to be in a relationship with William Horton in the first place and she's made it perfectly clear to both of them and everybody who will listen to her nonsense, how she feels. She doesn't like the fact that Sonny considers Marlena Grace his daughter and she absolutely refuses to even consider that little girl as her granddaughter. When Jackson was shot on the day that he adopted Marley, she blamed my son-in-law for the shooting. She had the doctor's deny him access to information about his husband's condition. She's done everything short of threatening bodily harm to Will if he continued their relationship even though they are legally married. I know my son loves Will. I know Will loves my son. I know they both love my granddaughter. If you allow my wife to get her way Judge, you'll not only destroy a perfectly happy marriage but you will take away one of the two fathers' that this little has known since the day she was born. Matter of fact, my son was the first person she saw when she came into this world because he delivered her. He loves her more than his own life. Please don't take that away from them." Justin sat down beside his son and son-in-law, despite his wife's angry stare. Will was afraid that this court preceding would destroy a marriage but it probably wouldn't be his and Sonny's.

"Thank you Mr. Kiriakis. We will take an hour recess while I go over the evidence. We will reconvene at one p.m." Will and Sonny watched the judge leave the courtroom and then they got up to leave. But before they could make their escape, Adrienne walked up to them.

"How are you doing Sonny?" she asked her son, never turning her gaze towards his husband.

"How do you think I'm doing mom? You are trying your damnedest to destroy my life. You want to take away my husband, my daughter and my freedom. I'm not crazy but you are trying to drive me there all by yourself." Sonny took Will's hand in his and headed for the door.

"This is your fault." Adrienne spoke up again. They turned around to face her. She was obviously talking to Will. "You are destroying my family and you don't even care, do you?" Will let go of Sonny's hand and walked up to his mother-in-law.

"You have a lot of nerve. I'm not destroying your family. You're destroying mine. You don't even care that your son has cried himself to sleep every night since we were told that you were taking us to court to have him declared incompetent. Because of you, he can't even enjoy the fact that Marley has called him daddy half a dozen times since he got out of the hospital. When my parents learned that she called him daddy first, they asked me how I felt and I told them that I was happy because he is her daddy. My mom, my dad, my grandparents, my siblings and our daughter love him. My family would sacrifice anything to protect him because in their opinion, he's family. You are the only one who has a problem with our marriage and our daughter. I want you in Sonny's life because you're his mother and I want Marley to have another grandma but I'm not going to sacrifice my husband's health and mental stability for you."

With that, Will turned around and rejoined his husband and father-in-law. All together the left the courtroom for lunch.

"Thank you Will. Nobody has ever defended me the way you have. I love you."

"You're my husband, Marley's daddy and our family. Of course, I'm going to defend you. I love you too." They kissed before they climbed into Justin's town car.

An hour later, they were sitting back in the courtroom waiting for the judge to give his verdict.

"I have had some cases in my career that were as obvious as daylight to determine. Then I've had some that were the most difficult cases of my career. This case is no different. It's got a mother that obviously loves her son and only wants the best for him." Will's heart started to hurt at the judges words. "But love doesn't make a mother hurt her son in this way."

"Another thing that is obvious is how much these two young men love one another and they love this little girl. I don't think it's crazy to love a child, even if it's not yours biologically. I think that is an awesome thing to do Mr. Horton-Kiriakis. You have not only accepted her husband's child as your own but he has also accepted her as yours. She calls you daddy first and he's happy for you. If that's not love, I don't what is. I'm sorry Mrs. Kiriakis. You may not like your son-in-law or his child being in your son's life but I do believe that they are truly in love and are happy or would be if would let them be. I'm ruling in favor of Jackson Steven Horton-Kiriakis is this matter. He not crazy, he's in love. Thank you Mr. Horton-Kiriakis for loving your family and fighting for them. Have a good day." He left the courtroom.

Sonny leaned over and kissed Will right in front of everybody. "I love you. Thank you for being there for me."

"You're my husband no matter what anybody else would like think." Will stood up and walked over to Adrienne. "I love your son no matter what you think. I would give life to protect him. I know you don't believe that but it's true. I only want him to be happy. If he's happy, I'm happy. I just hope that one day you will believe it." Will hugged her neck against her will and then walked back over to his husband and they left the courtroom with Justin.

Later that night they were sitting on the couch attempting to watch a movie while playing with Marley when their doorbell rang. "I'll get it." Sonny walked over to the door and opened it. He was surprised by who was standing on their front porch. "What are you doing here?" he asked.

"I came to see you. I know you probably don't want to see me and I understand if you don't but I really do need to see you."

"Then come in." Sonny stepped to the side and waited while she walked into the house. He shut the door and went back to sit on the couch next to his husband and daughter. "What can we do for you mom?" he asked as Adrienne sat down in the chair opposite from them.