A/N: Time for some light-hearted Will/Liam moments as we go through his life in New York. If you want to fast forward, feel free to do so!

CHAPTER FOUR

"Liam Robertson! I miss you homie!" Alfonso Rodriguez gave the tightest bro hug to his best friend.

"Gosh I missed you too!" Liam pulled away from the hug. "There's not a day that goes by where I don't think about you guys and the baby which I have built!" Liam took a look around the office. "So how's business?"

"Business has been going great!" Alfonso laughed. "I mean, we aren't millionaires but things have been going smoothly! Thanks for selling me the business at such a low price."

"You're my best friend," Liam place his hand over Alfonso's shoulder. "If there's anyone I can trust my baby with, it's you!"

"Alfonso!" A waitress came running in. "She's here!"

"Oh shit!" Alfonso panicked. "Ok I will be right out!"

Alfonso and Liam left the office and went to the floor.

"How many time have I told you guys that I don't want plants in my restaurant?" They both saw the landlady barking at the waitress.

"There she goes again…" Alfonso's hands started to tremble.

"There you are Alfonso, it seems like you haven't told them no pets in the…" The landlady dropped her handbag when she saw the man standing beside Alfonso.

"Hello Dorcas, it's been a while!" Liam stared at her nonchalantly.

"Liam, what are you doing here?" Dorcas' hands started to tremble.

"I'm back." Liam informed.

Sonny Kiriakis sat on his swivel chair, contemplating on everything that had happened over the past few weeks.

Thoughts of Liam Robertson and Paul Narita ran through his mind. One ended ties with him, the other left.

"Sonny!" He heard a voice.

"Hey Mom!" Sonny stood up from his chair.

"Sonny, I've heard about everything that has happened." Adrienne proceeded to take a seat opposite Sonny from across the table.

Sonny turned away.

"How have you been?" Adrienne asked worriedly. "I have been trying to call you but you just won't answer."

"Mom, now isn't really good time." Sonny shook his head. "I don't want to talk about this."

"No, you aren't getting away with this!" Adrienne raised her voice. "Why are you laying your office moping? You should be doing something!"

Sonny took a pen from the pencil holder and flipped through the pile of documents on the table.

Adrienne snatched the pen from Sonny. "You should be going back to Paul and telling him that you still love him! You should be telling Paul that you want to have a life with him!"

"Paul is the one who ended things with me! It's not like I'm the one who broke things off!" Sonny shouted back.

"All the more reason you need to tell Paul that he's your future! You need to stop him from moving on with someone else!" Adrienne persuaded.

"Adrienne!" Sonny saw his father entering the office. "I told you, this is not the time to bring this up!"

"Then when will it be a good time? He needs to take action eventually!" Adrienne replied in frustration.

"Will you two just shut up?!" Sonny screamed at his parents. "Seriously, I'm working right now and I'm not in the mood to deal with this!" He walked in front of his desk and gently pushed his parents to the door. "Seriously, both of you need to leave now!"

"Sonny, you need to make a decision!" Adrienne argued.

"And that is none of your concern!" Sonny retorted. "Now both of you out!" He pushed them out of his office and slammed the door before locking it.

"Sonny!" Sonny heard Adrienne banging the door, "Sonny!"

Sonny lugged himself back to his desk and fell back onto his chair. To distract himself, he tried to focus on the paperwork on the table.

"Why are you so scared of her?" Liam asked.

"She's rather intimidating." Alfonso shrugged his shoulders.

"Are you kidding me? Dorcas Johansson is one of the easiest women I've had ever dealt with! Everyone in Queens knows that she ain't nothing but a trifling bitch! Tell me now! What has she done to you since I left." Liam demanded.

The latino man turned away, not saying anything.

"That look on your face tells me that you have let her walk all over you!" Liam chided, "You see that's the problem with you Al! You are a terrific chef but you're a horrible businessman! You're too nice! You don't know how to deal with people! We are in New York for Christ sake! People here are sneaky and cunning!"

"I know all of that. But I'm also trying my best not to step on anyone's toes." Alfonso defended weakly.

"Dorcas Johansson is one of the most horrible women I've ever met my entire life!" Liam lamented. "Seriously, one of our stoves was down for half a year, HALF A YEAR! And she wasn't able to send a repairman to fix the stove!"

Alfonso looked down in guilt.

"Oh yeah, the stove wasn't fixed when I left New York. Did she finally send someone to fix it?" Liam questioned.

Alfonso leaned further back into his chair.

"Tell me." Liam ordered.

"We got it fixed ourselves and she did pay a single cent." Alfonso confessed.

"I knew it!" Liam snapped. "This is what she does best! Taking advantage of people's kindness! Did you ask her to pay you back?"

"Well… She said she will pay us back but…" Alfonso quipped.

"She didn't, did she?" Liam guessed.

Alfonso remained silent.

"Do you still have the receipt?" Liam asked.

"The receipt for what?" Alfonso raised his eyebrow.

"The receipt for fixing the stove, stupid!" Liam answered.

"Yeah I do." Alfonso nodded his head.

"Show me all the records and bills over the past year. I want to see them!" Liam said.

Alfonso obediently went stood up from his desk and began searching through the shelves for the files.

Sonny Kiriakis unlocked the front door to his apartment. When he opened the door, he saw his parents sitting on the couch.

"Hey Sonny." Adrienne greeted.

"Oh please, not now." Sonny placed his palm on his forehead. "I can't deal with it right now."

"Sonny," Adrienne walked towards him. "You should go and tell Paul that you want to be with him. The only reason Paul broke up with you is because Will came home."

"Mom, Arianna and Gabi will be home anytime now." Sonny warned her.

"Just tell Paul you want a brand new start with him." Adrienne tried to convince.

"What Paul said is right." Sonny admitted.

Adrienne stared at Sonny in shock.

"The truth is I still love Will." Sonny continued.

Adrienne Johnson was taken aback by the words that came out of her son's mouth.

"Everything Paul said was right." Sonny sighed. "I still love him. Even after all these years, I'm still unable to forget him."

Adrienne and Justin both saw the sorrow in their son's eyes. They knew Sonny will always have feelings for Will Horton.

"I took the job at the restaurant because I wanted to get close him. Hell I even went after him!" Sonny let out a bitter laughter. "I spent every single waking moment thinking about how to get closer to him, how to make him laugh, how to get him to become attracted to me!" He sat back on the couch.

"Honey, you were shocked that he came back. It was natural of you to want to get to know him better! He came back and fooled all of us, it wasn't your fault." Adrienne coaxed.

"He didn't even know who he was until recently!" Sonny defended. "If he really knew he was in the first place, he'd never returned to Salem at all!"

Seeing her son speaking up for Will Horton, Adrienne did not want to add fuel to the fire. She just remained silent.

"Everything Paul said is right. I wanted him to be mine the moment he stepped back into Salem. That hasn't changed." Sonny shook his head reluctantly. "Mom, Dad please just go!" He pleaded.

"But Sonny…" Before Adrienne went on, Justin stopped her.

"Adrienne, we should let Sonny rest. Gabi and Arianna will be home anytime soon!" Justin told Adrienne.

Adrienne stared at Justin in annoyance. However, she relented.

"We will be going now Sonny." Justin Kiriakis said his goodbyes before the two left the apartment.

Memories of the peculiar blonde chef came flooding through his mind yet again.

"So if I were to do it all again, I wouldn't change a thing. Not one bit." Liam explained. "Because if I didn't cheat on you, if I didn't scheme to get Paul out of Salem, I wouldn't be the person that I am today. More importantly, I wouldn't have found a second chance at love and a second chance at life."

Those words pierced right into Sonny's heart. Never did he think that Will Horton, his husband, he man who fought for their marriage would have just thrown their relationship down the gutter.

Liam Robertson was skimming through the account books of the restaurant.

"Li, please don't do this." Alfonso begged.

"I know you don't want me to read through this because you know I will go off!" Liam said, "But I'm doing this for your own good! Dorcas Johansson is a bully and a rip off! And you're too kind! Who know what else you are hiding from me?"

"I swear I'm not hiding anything else from you." Alfonso promised.

"Really?" Liam took the bills from the table. "You have been paying for all the maintenance here and she hasn't return you a single cent! You let her increase the rent! If the restaurant isn't doing well, you would have been broke by now!"

Alfonso crept backwards guiltily.

Before Liam could continue with the accounts, a waitress came rushing in.

"Liam! Your mother called" The waitress passed him the wireless phone.

"Hello?" Liam answered.

"Li, something bad has happened!" Tamela panicked.

"Calm down Tamela! What is it?" Liam questioned.

"Remonda has been shot!" Tamela informed.

"What?" Liam's eyes widened. "Where is she now? How's Zeke doing?"

"Zeke is not good right now. He's a mess!" Tamela replied.

"Where are you right now?" Liam asked.

"We're now at the hospital!" Tamela answered.

"Okay, I'll be right there!" Liam hung up and passed the phone back to the waitress.

"What's the matter?" Alfonso asked.

"My niece is in the hospital!" Liam said hastily while putting on his coat.

"Oh my goodness!" Alfonso exclaimed.

"This isn't over! I will be back tomorrow to check the rest of the accounts!" Liam said sternly before rushing out of the office.

"Liam!" Tamela greeted and rushed to him for a warm embrace.

"How's Remonda doing?" Liam pulled away from the hug.

"She's still undergoing surgery." Tamela told Liam.

Liam looked behind and saw his brother-in-law with his head, sobbing away.

"How is Zeke?" Liam asked.

Before Tamela could answer. The doctor came out of the surgery room.

Everyone rushed towards him.

"Doctor, how's my daughter? Please tell me she's alright." Zeke pleaded.

"The operation is a success, but that doesn't mean she is out of danger." The doctor told them. "As of right now, she is in a coma. As to when she will wake up, it all depends on her strength and willpower."

Upon hearing the doctor's words, Zeke's legs gave way and he fell onto the floor, bawling.

"Oh Zeke!" Tamela sit on the floor beside Zeke and pulled him into a hug. "It's alright! It will be okay! The doctor.

Tears trickled down Liam's cheeks. He understood the pain of losing someone too well. He really did not want his loved ones to go through the same thing.

A/N: Okay, this chapter may be a little mundane but I'm trying to give more backdrop of Will/Liam's life in New York. Plus, I didn't want to show Will/Liam moping around and pining after Sonny or Paul 24/7.

I will tell you that these mundane storylines will play a vital part to the story in the chapters to come.

So tell me what do you think? Is it too boring? Or should I just fast forward to the good parts?

Thanks for reading! :D